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| Gator Tim feeding Jack a tomato! |
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| While you are at Sawgrass please don't miss our "Swamp"yard Island!
You and your family can interact and feed many of our animals at this exhibit. The "Swamp"yard exhibit features our three tremedous pot-bellied pigs, Jack, Wilbur and Lefty. These pigs will eat just about anything!
Their diet often includes apples, green beans, lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, bananas, peanuts, mangos, watermelon, and even mushrooms! You can often find them rutting a hole in their pen and rolling in the mud.
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| Afro saying "Hi" to the camera! |
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| We also have our Peaking ducks, Afro, Aflack, Joey, Chandler and the new babies John, Roosevelt and Lily.
These ducks enjoy their pool and spending time with one another, they are very close friends.
They usually eat a wheat based feed for barnyard animals and they also love a variety of deep greens and the occasional blueberry!
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Handsome and Peanut are our resident Iguanas. Many of these animals have been brought to South Florida over the last few years and are now one of the main invasive species in the area.
They love berries, green and especially star fruit and papaya. We often mist them with the hose and watch them close their eyes and enjoy the shower.
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| Handsome the Iguana! |
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| Queenie says hello to the camera! |
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Queenie and Jimmy and Timmy are our bunnies. Queenie is a large white Himalayan rabbit. She is almost twice the size of her boy counterparts!
Jimmy and Timmy were adopted from the Wildlife Care Center in Fort Lauderdale. They are cute little furry black bunnies with spots of grey in their coats. They just love celery, fresh herbs, strawberries, tomatoes, and especially broccoli.
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On this island, you will also find about 17 various chickens and roosters roaming about. Many of them are hatched babies from the parent hens and roosters.
We also showcase 3 beautiful peacocks, Ed, Max and Penelope. They often make loud honking noises when they are looking for one another.
These guys are very friendly so don't be alarmed if they waddle right up to you looking for a snack!
Please note that the variety of animals on display may change from day to day and there is no guarantee of specific animals at any time.
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| Max and Penelope Kissing! |
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