Paws and Claws Animal Encounters

Paws and Claws Animal Encounters Enriching animal encounters at the Gateway to Hocking Hills since 2015. Encounters on our farm have begun! Check out https://www.pandcencounters.com to book.
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Proud to offer swimming with otters, painting with otters, fox, sloth, and capybara encounters, as well as full tours at one of the most unique farms around.

We don’t normally ask for help, but we need some. We are searching for a great home for Will Eye Am, our very cute and s...
10/30/2025

We don’t normally ask for help, but we need some. We are searching for a great home for Will Eye Am, our very cute and sweet pony. Will arrived in December along with almost 20 other horses, malnourished and had a ruptured right eye that had to be removed by our vets. It was obvious it had been that way for a very long time as the removal did not impact him whatsoever. He is great with kids (although we have not done any riding), and has great ground manners. He is a little more than 13HH. He stands well for the farrier and does great with our other horses, mini horses, camels, donkeys, cows, and emus. He’s an easy keeper and would make a wonderful companion horse. He loves to be loved. We have thrown a saddle on him, which he didn’t seem to mind, I just don’t have little kids to put on him. If you think you would be a great fit for him, please let us know.

These pictures were taken at the beginning of the month and I’m so behind on posting them. If you have been here over th...
10/30/2025

These pictures were taken at the beginning of the month and I’m so behind on posting them. If you have been here over the past week (or are coming tomorrow), check out how quickly their winter coats have come in! Just when you think they can’t get any cuter, they become little fluff balls.

10/29/2025

Mowgli found the best spot in the house - the top of Lyle's head. 🤣

Did you know that foxes decrease the spread of Lyme Disease? Small mammals like mice tend to carry around ticks and spre...
10/28/2025

Did you know that foxes decrease the spread of Lyme Disease? Small mammals like mice tend to carry around ticks and spread them in areas where pets stay. The presence of fox drastically decreases the amount of rodents. Just another reason they are awesome animals!

These girls couldn’t get any sweeter 🩷
10/28/2025

These girls couldn’t get any sweeter 🩷

How is your Monday going? Did you know otters eat up to 30% of their body weight? They have a very high metabolism and r...
10/27/2025

How is your Monday going?

Did you know otters eat up to 30% of their body weight? They have a very high metabolism and require a lot of calories to stay warm in cold water.

An evening with some of the miniature horses 🐴🩷 Did you know that miniature horses have a 400 year history? They were br...
10/26/2025

An evening with some of the miniature horses 🐴🩷

Did you know that miniature horses have a 400 year history? They were bred for mine working and even gifts for royalty.

Canyon was not sure about the pumpkin cauldron, but he eventually decided it was safe to sit in. Now that most of our em...
10/26/2025

Canyon was not sure about the pumpkin cauldron, but he eventually decided it was safe to sit in.

Now that most of our employees are coming back to work this week, I should hopefully be able to keep up with social media and messages a little better. If you have messaged and I have not returned the message, please feel free to message again. Sometimes things accidentally get overlooked, especially when we are short staffed. Thank you for everyone’s patience, it’s been a heck of a month.

Have you met our six banded armadillos, Romeo and Juliette? You can find them sharing an enclosure with our two-toed slo...
10/22/2025

Have you met our six banded armadillos, Romeo and Juliette? You can find them sharing an enclosure with our two-toed sloth, Calliope! Six banded armadillos and two-toed sloths can be found in the same habitat in the wild, meaning they can cross paths! While Calliope and our armadillos can interact, they don’t have to, and it’s very rare to see them interact with each other. Calliope gets curious every once in awhile, and will sometimes come down to the ground to check them out. Both species have access to their own food and water sources ensuring no cross contamination.
Make sure to stop and say hi when you visit.

If only every evening could be like an October evening. We are loving this fall, how about you?
10/20/2025

If only every evening could be like an October evening. We are loving this fall, how about you?

Is she a bat or a binturong? Priya, our Palawan binturong is always surprising us and loves to hang upside down waiting ...
10/18/2025

Is she a bat or a binturong? Priya, our Palawan binturong is always surprising us and loves to hang upside down waiting on her morning exam and breakfast. The Palawan binturong (aka bearcat) is native only to Palawan Island of the Philippines and is much smaller than its relative, the mainland binturong. If you’ve taken part in our VIP tours over the past month, you have been able to meet both subspecies and see the physical differences in person.

Forest was being extra photogenic.
10/16/2025

Forest was being extra photogenic.

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