Ferrets

Quick, nosy and funnier than they have any right to be. The ferret talk is at 2pm.

The ferret talk is at 2pm. Keepers explain what ferrets were bred for, why they smell like that, and how to hold one without being bitten (calmly, and with the keeper's help).

Please do not feed the ferrets.

Details being confirmed with the keepers

All the animals

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Can I feed them?
No, please. Look and enjoy.
Talks
2pm

Wash your hands

After every animal, before every snack. The stations are by the paddocks and the picnic tables.

Also worth meeting

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Black foxes

Silver-black foxes with their own big enclosure. The 4 o'clock feed is the talk people plan their day around.

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Goats and sheep

Rare breeds among the regulars, including Castlemilk Moorit and Manx Loaghtan sheep, plus the goats that had triplets in February 2026.