Welcome to ReptiZoo Rescue and Encounters – Scotland’s Biggest Exotic Animal Experience
Looking for something wild, unforgettable, and hands-on?
ReptiZoo Rescue and Encounters is Scotland’s biggest exotic animal experience, offering thrilling mobile petting zoo and mini zoo encounters that come to you — or you can come to us!
Based in Wishaw, our fully licensed sanctuary is home to a huge range of rescued exotic animals that now live happy, healthy lives in our visit-ready facility, open for educational visits, private bookings, and unforgettable events.
Whether you’re hosting a birthday party, school event, nursery visit, care home experience, gala day, community fair, or even a wedding or corporate event, we bring a hands-on adventure like no other — packed with education, fun, and face-to-face animal encounters.
What Makes Us Different?
Scotland’s largest and most diverse exotic animal experience
Home to rescued reptiles, mammals, amphibians, and invertebrates — every visit supports animal welfare
Our animals live at our rescue sanctuary in Wishaw, which is open to the public by booking
We offer a fully mobile petting zoo & mini zoo – perfect for any venue or outdoor space (Weather permitting)
Fully licensed & insured, with full risk assessments available on request
Staff trained in paediatric first aid
Tailored educational sessions for schools, nurseries, ASN groups, and more
Hands-on fun with snakes, lizards, frogs, tortoises, tenrecs, giant snails, tarantulas, scorpions, guinea pigs, rabbits, fancy mice, and more
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Events We Cover:
Birthday Parties (Kids, Teens & Adults)
School & Nursery Visits
ASN / SEN Sessions
Care Home Animal Therapy
Scouts, Cubs, Rainbows & Youth Groups
Gala Days & Community Events
Seasonal Events – Halloween, Christmas, Easter
STEM Education Workshops
Corporate Family Days & Team-Building
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Two Ways to Experience the Wild
Visit Us
Come to our rescue and education centre in Wishaw, where you can meet our animals up close in a safe and immersive environment — ideal for groups, school trips, and birthday parties.
Or We’ll Bring the Zoo to You
We’re fully mobile and can set up indoors or outdoors at your home, venue, school, or event space. We cover a wide area including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Falkirk and beyond.
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Support Rescue. Inspire Wonder.
At ReptiZoo, you’re not just meeting animals — you’re supporting their second chance at life. Most of our animals have been rescued from neglect, abandonment, or unsuitable homes and are now ambassadors for their species, helping to educate, entertain, and inspire.
On The Farm – Chicken Experience
Learn all about Chickens perfect for Fun Days, gala & experience days
Children learn about chickens and there evolutionally history and then our Farmers & Egg hunters get to work on the farm!
Schools
1 hour Classroom visit.
School Educational Handling Sessions:
Single class in school, one hour
- School educational session with opportunity to handle some animals
- Single class for 1 hour.
- Stickers are provided for all class.
- set out in a fun and informative way covering Latin names, habitat, species dynamics & depending on species a chance to observe feeding.
- add on other classes
Fairs, Fetes Festivals
Tailored to you and your needs.
We love working with charities so please contact us if you have an upcoming event.
- We can Provide photo back drop with any of our animals
- we can provide a look only deadly 60 experience
- we can provide a marquee that we can use
- we can offer a full animal show for children and adults alike
- we can offer a table top animal handling experience.
- we also have our own merchandise that can be purchased.
- Please contact us to discuss your event and work out the most beneficial price scheme for you.
- (Please note if its forecast to rain we will need to be inside for the welfare of our animals or sadly we won’t be able to attend)
Photo-shoots, Music Video, TV/Filming & Advertising
Let us offer you some amazing animals for your projects.
Please contact for prices and to discuss your ideas.
Prices will include the hire of our animals, hire of our handlers and travel/fuel costs,
please note: we are willing to travel, however if we need to stay overnight accommodation will need to be arranged.
once an agreed time and price is set, if the shoot over runs a fee will be added to the price
Our focus is on making it a fun, interactive experience for all involved. we can provide anywhere from 30 minutes to full days of animal filled fun!
We offer both 1:1 small sessions, as well as large scale events, including handling and meeting at set times, static displays, shows and educational sessions. All of our animals are friendly and well handled (apart from our No Touch species displays) We attend large shows all over the country.
