Micke Grove Zoo

Micke Grove Zoo A five-acre zoo in Lodi, CA. Check out our Amazon wish lists by clicking the link in the details section!

Micke Grove Zoo is an intimate five acre zoo tucked away in shady Micke Grove Park, just on the outside of Lodi’s city limits. A perfect size for families with small children, Micke Grove Zoo offers a relaxing and educational experience that is accessible to families throughout San Joaquin County. Come see our diverse collection of animals from around the world! Discover the animals of Madagascar,

the most bio-diverse place on our planet. Hang out with our primates, view our majestic raptors, and experience birds up close and personal in our walk-in aviary. Don’t forget to check out the snow leopard and bobcat, the two felines that call our zoo home.

This past Saturday, Daisy Scout troop 3327 came to Micke Grove zoo to help us get started on our new browse garden as pa...
01/16/2025

This past Saturday, Daisy Scout troop 3327 came to Micke Grove zoo to help us get started on our new browse garden as part of their Take Action project!

The troop used money that they raised to buy two fennel plants and two parsley plants that our keepers will be able to give to our animals as enrichment.

We are so grateful to these Girl Scouts and their families for their hard work and support. Keep up the good work girls!

Our animals had a fantastic Christmas this year thanks to all of those who donated items from our Amazon wish lists and ...
01/10/2025

Our animals had a fantastic Christmas this year thanks to all of those who donated items from our Amazon wish lists and who made enrichment items during our Christmas Tree Lighting event! It warms our hearts to see that there are so many people in the community that care about our little zoo and all of the animals in it! We aren't able to post pictures of every enrichment item that was bought/made but just know that our animals (and keepers) love all of them!

Our enrichment and husbandry wish lists are available on Amazon year-round, so if you are interested in donating to the zoo, click the link below!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LPDIB87SDK7B?ref_=wl_share

We've had quite an eventful month here at the zoo with the addition of two new animals! Meet John Cleese (JC for short) ...
01/10/2025

We've had quite an eventful month here at the zoo with the addition of two new animals! Meet John Cleese (JC for short) the Black and White Ruffed Lemur and Ichabod the Turkey Vulture.

John Cleese came to us from Bramble Park Zoo in South Dakota and is living with our other Black and White Ruffed Lemur, Mayka, who happens to be his mom! Reunited, and it feels so good!

Ichabod came to us all the way from Hawk Creek Nature Center in New York. He was born in the wild, but suffered a permanent wing injury that resulted in him no longer being able to fly. However, he is an excellent jumper! He is now living with our other Turkey Vulture, Humphrey, who is with us for the same reason. Birds of a feather really do flock together.

But wait! There's more! Next week, we'll have an animal species that Micke Grove Zoo has never had before on exhibit. If you're curious to know what it is, you'll just have to come visit us! Please keep in mind that the two of them (yes, there are two of them- but that is the ONLY hint you're getting) will be adjusting to their exhibit, the staff, the public, and the zoo itself and therefore it might take them a while to feel comfortable enough to stay out of their den and be on exhibit.

If you still have your Christmas trees and wreaths, consider donating them to Micke Grove Zoo! They make great enrichmen...
01/02/2025

If you still have your Christmas trees and wreaths, consider donating them to Micke Grove Zoo! They make great enrichment items for our animals and it will give your trees and wreaths another purpose!

For the safety of our animals, we only accept real trees and wreaths that don't have any flocking or decorations on them.

If you would like to donate your tree and/or wreath, please drop them off at the Micke Grove Zoo! We have a drive-through gate next to our parking lot that you are more than welcome to drive through in order to unload your tree easily. Feel free to come to the zoo manager's office, which is the third building you see when you drive through the gate, and either the zoo's manager, curator, or education coordinator will be able to help! Our drive-through gate is locked on the weekends, so if you would like to drop off your tree/wreath on those days, please visit the zoo's kiosk and ask for a zoo keeper!

Since it's Christmas Eve, we're feline festive! Get in the holiday spirit by captioning this picture of our Bobcat, Copa...
12/24/2024

Since it's Christmas Eve, we're feline festive! Get in the holiday spirit by captioning this picture of our Bobcat, Copa, who got to open one of his Christmas presents early!

Time flies faster than Santa's reindeer because we are already just a week away from Christmas! Our animals swear they h...
12/19/2024

Time flies faster than Santa's reindeer because we are already just a week away from Christmas!

Our animals swear they haven't done anything naughty all year (or at least nothing the keepers can prove). If you want to treat our animals to some awesome gifts this Christmas, check out our enrichment and husbandry wish lists on Amazon by clicking the link below!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LPDIB87SDK7B?ref_=wl_share

We hope to see you all at our Christmas Tree Lighting Event tomorrow! Even though the event starts at 4PM, guests will b...
12/13/2024

We hope to see you all at our Christmas Tree Lighting Event tomorrow! Even though the event starts at 4PM, guests will be allowed into our zoo's amphitheater as early as 3:30 to begin decorating ornaments for our tree and enrichment for our animals!

After we light up our Christmas tree at 5PM, guests will be able to enjoy some hot chocolate as they walk around the zoo and see our animals until 6PM.

Please keep in mind that all of our animals are given access to their indoor dens and therefore some of them might choose to be indoors during the event.

Looking for a way to get on Santa's nice list this year? Donate to the Micke Grove Zoo by purchasing items from our enri...
12/07/2024

Looking for a way to get on Santa's nice list this year? Donate to the Micke Grove Zoo by purchasing items from our enrichment and husbandry wish lists on Amazon!

Our enrichment wish list is filled with toys, perfumes, and other items that we can give to our animals for them to play with and add something different to their exhibits!

Our husbandry wish list contains necessities for our animals, such as blankets and water bowls, as well as items that make our zookeepers' jobs easier, such as tools and trail cameras!

Click the link below to check out our wish lists!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LPDIB87SDK7B?ref_=wl_share

Help us decorate our Christmas tree that was generously donated by the owners of Ferrari Farms in Linden CA! Bring ornam...
12/03/2024

Help us decorate our Christmas tree that was generously donated by the owners of Ferrari Farms in Linden CA!

Bring ornaments that you no longer need or make your own to place on our tree that's on the grassy hill near our zoo's entrance.

Then, on December 14th join us in the amphitheater from 3:30-5 PM to make more ornaments for the tree as well as enrichment items to give to our animals throughout December! At 5PM, we'll have our tree lighting ceremony and our zoo will be open for an extra hour for guests to enjoy hot chocolate while walking around the zoo!

Parking will be $6
Zoo entry fee for ages 14 and older: $2
Zoo entry fee for ages 3-13: $1
Ages 2 and under are free

Please keep in mind that some of our animals might choose to be inside during the event as all of our animals have access to their indoor dens!

11/07/2024

Nyx, our Ringtail, is still adjusting to the time change. As a nocturnal animal, she is loving the longer nights! However, that makes the daylight hours all the more difficult to get through😴.

Now that Daylight Saving Time has ended, our zoo has started its winter hours. We will be open Wednesdays-Sundays from 10AM to 4:30PM with final tickets being sold at 4PM.

It's International Snow Leopard Day!What better way to celebrate than to post a bunch of pictures of our beautiful Snow ...
10/23/2024

It's International Snow Leopard Day!
What better way to celebrate than to post a bunch of pictures of our beautiful Snow Leopard, Trini and share some fun facts about her!💙

Fun Trini Facts:

-Trini is 11 years old and her birthday is May 3rd!

-She came to Micke Grove Zoo from the Albuquerque Biological Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

-In the second photo, Trini is next to a black, rubber tub. This rubber tub is her favorite thing and has been dubbed her "baby" by the keepers. Trini's #1 rule is: Don't. Touch. Her. Baby. Ever. She doesn't like it when her keepers move her baby to different parts of the exhibit.

-Her favorite scents that her keepers use for enrichment are cinnamon and nutmeg!

-Trini's keepers are working on multiple training behaviors to allow for more efficient vet exams. Some of those behaviors include side presents as well as "up" and "lay down", all of which allow the vets to get a full visual of her body. Her favorite training rewards are goat's milk and chicken!

At the beginning of September, Girl Scout troops 2322 and 917 came to the zoo to learn about how we take care of the ani...
09/19/2024

At the beginning of September, Girl Scout troops 2322 and 917 came to the zoo to learn about how we take care of the animals and what enrichment is. During their visit, they built two browsing braids out of firehose as well as gave us a bag full of braided fleece that we can give to our animals for enrichment!

Thank you girls so much for all of your hard work, our animals and zookeepers greatly appreciate it!

If you would like to schedule a scout program at Micke Grove zoo, call 209-331-2011 or email our education coordinator, Madeline, at mchester@sjgov,org.

It's International Vulture Awareness Day! As you can see, our Turkey Vulture, Humphrey, is very excited about it (especi...
09/07/2024

It's International Vulture Awareness Day! As you can see, our Turkey Vulture, Humphrey, is very excited about it (especially since his 20th birthday was also this week)!🎉🥳

Vultures are an important part of our ecosystem as they act as nature's clean-up crew by eating dead animals. Their stomach acid is so strong (stronger than battery acid, as a matter of fact), that it can kill off any bacteria that might have ended up on their dinner!

08/20/2024

Our Red-fan Parrots have their own private splash pad! 💁 (it's their keepers holding a hose on the mist setting). This is a great way for them to stay cool and interact with their caretakers!

It’s International Golden Lion Tamarin Day!Golden Lion Tamarins are an endangered species native to the rainforests of B...
08/02/2024

It’s International Golden Lion Tamarin Day!

Golden Lion Tamarins are an endangered species native to the rainforests of Brazil. It is estimated that there are only 3,200 left in the wild, mainly due to habitat loss. Currently, Golden Lion Tamarins only have about 5% of their original habitat left as a result of deforestation, mining, illegal logging, and urbanization.

Other threats to the species include poaching and being taken from the wild for the illegal pet trade.

In order to increase Golden Lion Tamarin populations, many zoos-including the Micke Grove Zoo- are part of the Species Survival Plan (SSP) for the species. This program helps maintain healthy and genetically diverse populations of endangered animals with the goal of reintroducing them to their natural habitats.

To learn more about Golden Lion Tamarins and what you can do to help, visit Save the Golden Lion Tamarin, a nonprofit organization, at: https://www.savetheliontamarin.org/.

Many animals will change their appearance during different times of the year. Our Red Fox siblings, Finn and Piper, are ...
07/27/2024

Many animals will change their appearance during different times of the year. Our Red Fox siblings, Finn and Piper, are great examples!

During the winter, their coats will be fuller and fluffier to help keep them warm. As the weather gets warmer, they will shed their winter coats so that they can stay nice and cool all summer long! 🦊

Winter picture: Finn is sitting in the front while Piper is laying down.
Summer picture: Finn has his back towards the camera.

It's Zookeeper Appreciation Week!🎉We are so grateful to our keepers who do everything they can to give our animals long ...
07/25/2024

It's Zookeeper Appreciation Week!🎉

We are so grateful to our keepers who do everything they can to give our animals long and happy lives, even in this 100 degree weather. Our zookeepers do a lot for our animals, including but not limited to: cleaning exhibits, providing medicine to animals that need it, creating enrichment items that are mentally and physically stimulating, training behaviors that will allow vet visits to go smoothly and be less stressful for the animals, and spending time with the animals to strengthen their bond.

Thank you to all the zookeepers at Micke Grove Zoo, you guys are truly amazing!💚

Back in the spring, we began creating a pollinator garden in our zoo. One of the animals we hoped to attract to the gard...
06/18/2024

Back in the spring, we began creating a pollinator garden in our zoo. One of the animals we hoped to attract to the garden is the Monarch Butterfly as they make their way to and from Mexico.

We would like to thank Monarch Watch, an education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas, for donating 64 Narrow Leaf Milkweed seeds!

Thanks to them, and our volunteers, we are making great progress towards creating a beautiful pollinator garden for animals and zoo guests to enjoy!

If you would like to help our zoo's pollinator garden, we are taking donations of the following California-native wildflowers:

-Blanket Flower
-Purple Cone Flower
-Sneezeweed
-Black-eyed Susan
-Yarrow
-Showy Milkweed
-Purple top Vervain
-Cleveland Sage
-White Sage

Address

11793 N. Micke Grove Rd
Lodi, CA
95240

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12093312010

Website

https://linktr.ee/mgzoo, https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LPDIB87SDK7B?ref_=wl_share

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Nyx, our Ringtail, is still adjusting to the time change. As a nocturnal animal, she is loving the longer nights! However, that makes the daylight hours all the more difficult to get through😴. Now that Daylight Saving Time has ended, our zoo has started its winter hours. We will be open Wednesdays-Sundays from 10AM to 4:30PM with final tickets being sold at 4PM.

Our Red-fan Parrots have their own private splash pad! 💁 (it's their keepers holding a hose on the mist setting). This is a great way for them to stay cool and interact with their caretakers!

Our Black and White Ruffed Lemur, Mayka, is enjoying some craisins that her keepers put in one of our brand new puzzle feeders! This puzzle feeder was donated to us by a very generous zoo fan via our Amazon Wishlist. If you would like to donate an item from our enrichment or husbandry wishlists, click the link below! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LPDIB87SDK7B?ref_=wl_share

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