American Made Miniatures Farm Sanctuary

09/05/2024

I can’t describe how overwhelmed I am right now. There is soooo much to do & the requests keep coming; for intake as well as foster. So grateful for those individuals keeping me afloat right now! ❤️Socializing new animals is soooo time consuming! Time that we do not have! Chilling with the piglets is way more helpful (to me as well as the animals!) than one can truly imagine! ❤️

08/30/2024

I’ve always known there was tremendous healing power in animal interactions but it wasn’t until our family was experiencing one of the most devastating losses one can imagine, that I truly understood the depth of healing on such a personal level.

I had taken my kids to a farm far from home, some place where there were no memories, nothing to trigger more pain before the current pain had been processed. The owner of the farm turned us loose on his property to hangout with his animals & told us to stay as long as we wanted. ❤️ (I feel it was no coincidence that the farmer had experienced the same thing when he was young, so the depth of understanding & compassion was unmeasurable. 🙏)

Our nonprofit has always offered free “animal snuggles” (we legally can not say animal therapy) to those dealing with grief, trauma, terminal illness, etc. but now there will be an actual licensed therapist available here providing sessions with an equine partner. ❤️ Therapy fee paid to therapist.

Adult clinic coming up Sept 14, details in the comments.

08/24/2024

Last Minute Opening - Shared Farm Tour

TODAY @ Noon (Up to 4 people)

(Normally $40 for adults & $30 for kids/seniors)

Please text 707.778.2060 (Probably won’t see messenger messages in time)

07/23/2024

DISCOUNTED Shared Tours

**TAKEN** Tomorrow @ 5:00 pm 50% off (Up to 6 people)
Saturday July 27 @ 4:00 pm 50% off (Up to 2 people)

(Normally $40 for adults & $30 for kids/seniors)

Text me if interested 707.778.2060

07/23/2024

There’s little I can say to really explain how much our animals do not like the heat, so here’s another picture……

07/13/2024

We decided to join the Cotati Kids Day VERY last minute. ⏰ (We’ve always enjoyed taking the horses but didn’t feel we had the bandwidth this year…….but with horse entries becoming almost nonexistent we decided to make it happen.) ❤️

Thank you for the shirts & for the banner! ❤️

07/13/2024

Flip Flop goes to town. 🚔 🫏

Safari Encounters

07/11/2024

The morbidly overweight pig has been here just over a month & still does not want to get up. 💔 She’s on pain meds to help keep her comfortable but without exercise she won’t make much progress.

We haven’t had many options due to the heat but since we had a relatively cool day, we decided to kick her out of her little hermit hole. She doesn’t have to walk around but she has to be outside……..or not.

Apparently walking is too hard, but breaking and entering is not. 🤦🏻‍♀️ We’ll try again after this current heat wave passes.

07/11/2024

Ever have that one coworker who always looks busy but you never see them produce anything? 🤣

I’m absolutely not a fan of turning indoor cats out, but we do not have indoor capability, no cat rescue or shelter has been able to assist them & after almost a year of fostering them in a catio with no interest we’ve decided to allow them to venture outside during the day. (Although they still spend the majority of their time in the catio.)

Our non-profit does not take cats but unfortunately when the cat owner had to move into a memory care facility, no resources for the cats were found. 😔

07/06/2024

Have our mentioned how much our animals enjoy their normal mild California weather? This is why we adjust our farm tour schedule when it’s hot. 🤣

07/01/2024

‼️ Adoption Event ‼️
Sat July 6th Noon-1:00 pm
Registration Required.
Petaluma, Ca
[email protected] or 707.778.2060

Current Adoptable Animals
~ 1 Miniature Horse Gelding
~ 2 Miniature Horse Mares
~ 1 Miniature Donkey (Adoption Pending)
~ 1 Icelandic Mare
~ Mule John (Adoption Assist)
~ 1 Potbelly Pig Male (Adoption Pending)
~ 1 Alpaca Male
~ 2 Male Guinea Pigs
~ 1 Goat
~ 3 Sheep
~ 1 Heeler 3 years old, unaltered female
~ 2 Adult Male Cats
~ 2 Adult Male Savannah cats (Adoption Assist)
~ 🎉 ADOPTED 2 Ducklings
~ 1 Adult Male Duck
~ 1 Jersey Steer (Adoption Assist)

💵 Farm Tour Fundraiser - Buy $100 Gift Certificate, Get one Adult Admission FREE

06/30/2024

This week is forecasted to be a HOT one! 🥵

Our animals are very much California animals & do not enjoy socializing when it’s hot. They much prefer hanging out in the shade & periodically having their staff hose them down. Morning tours will be 9:00 am & 10:00 am, evening tours will be 5:00 pm & 6:00 pm

Stay cool! 😎

06/22/2024

Happy World Camel Day! 🐪❤️🐫❤️

06/22/2024

National Selfie Day! 🤣 Have a selfie from the farm, share it! ❤️

06/22/2024

National Selfie Day! ❤️ Have a selfie from the farm, share it! ❤️

06/22/2024

National Selfie Day! Have a selfie from the farm, share it! ❤️

06/19/2024

Adult Farm Tour
Saturday July 6 @ 8:00 am

I believe this farm tour is a great experience for all ages, however kids tend to prefer the domestic animals over the exotics & adults tend to prefer the opposite. 🤷🏻‍♀️

06/19/2024

‼️ Meet the Adoptables Event ‼️ Sat July 6th Noon-1:00 pm - Registration Required. [email protected] or 707.778.2060 Please feel free to share ❤️

Current Adoptable Animals
~ 1 Miniature Horse Gelding
~ 2 Miniature Horse Mares
~ 1 Miniature Donkey (Pending)
~ 1 Icelandic Mare
~ 1 Potbelly Pig Male
~ 1 Alpaca Male
~ 2 Male Guinea Pigs
~ 1 Goat
~ 3 Sheep
~ 2 Male Cats
~ 2 Ducklings
~ 1 Adult Male Duck
~ 1 Jersey Steer
***We always appreciate donations of unwanted produce lettuce, pumpkin, zucchini, carrots, squash etc.

06/11/2024

I feel like it’s been 45 days since our feet have had a chance to be still (well except the week the flu took me out 🤢) Our summer is booking up super fast & June is almost completely booked. Here is what we have left.

SCHEDULE
Wednes June 12th 10:00 am Private Tour
Fri June 14th 11:00am Shared Adult
Tues June 25th 10:00am Shared Tour

SPECIAL EVENTS
Sat June 15 Teen Leadership/Self Esteem Workshop
June 26-June 29 CLOSED for Exotic Animal Trainer
July 6 - Meet the Adoptables Event
Aug 1-Aug 11 9:00 am Tour ONLY

05/25/2024

We try and do natural abatement whenever possible. ~ Soay sheep for thistle.
~ Guinea Fowl for ticks.
~ Owls for rodents.
But anytime time animals are involved, there’s an added level of care required. Apparently one of our owl boxes (the favorite box of our resident owls) became damp inside making it uninhabitable. We only found this out when we noticed a downed owlet. 😥

Sonoma County Wild Rescue is now caring for what ended up being 3 owlets & hopefully they can return home soon. 🤞🏼

Thank you

05/25/2024

Rarely do animals attempt to steal the emus food, as they do not share well. The peacock does not care.

05/25/2024

When I say we have fair weather animals, I’m truly not exaggerating. It barely hit 80 and everyone ducks for cover.

05/13/2024

Discounted shared tours to anyone from this post.

Thurs May 16th @ 10:45 am Tour 50% off (Up to 4 people)

Sat May 18th @ 9 am 50% off (Up to 4 people)

Thurs May 23rd @ 11 am Adult Tour 50% off (Up to 4 people)

(Normally $40 for adults & $30 for kids/seniors)

Please text 707.778.2060 (Probably won’t see messenger messages in time) Jodi Richardson

05/10/2024

Welp, looks like we’ll be housing a couple of male guinea pigs for a while. Their temp enclosure is a bit of a trial run but it’s at-least done for now.

05/08/2024

World Donkey Day …… and half donkey?🤷🏻‍♀️❤️
Zeke - Zonkey (Zebra Donkey Cross)
Dude - Donkey
Otis - Mule (Horse Donkey Cross)

05/03/2024

We have a lot of guinea pigs; taking on a couple here and there really makes little difference, as long as they are FEMALE!

We have a requested to take in a pair of male guinea pigs because their humans are moving. We have agreed but we would really rather them find something better. ❤️

I feel like we have a really nice setup for our girls but we don’t have that kind of setup to accommodate boys.

Is there a wonderful home out there who would like these two beautiful boys?

08/08/2023

08/07/2023

Classy Cowboy or Classic Cowboy

08/07/2023

Sassy (the previous feral foal) soaking up the attention at the Sonoma County Fair. ❤️

08/05/2023

Come see Zeke the Zonkey @ the Sonoma County Fair TODAY ❤️🦓🫏❤️