Joe's Owl Encounters & Exotic Mobile Zoo 

Our Animal Therapy Sessions are designed to stimulate and engage, whilst promoting mental well-being.

Animal-assisted therapy sessions can; help bring people together, help people to see things with a different perspective and to cope in the most adverse situations. 

We find our work very rewarding, visiting places such as care homes for the elderly, children’s hospices and in pupil referral units. It is all about making people’s lives better! We offer three unique packages designed with something to appeal to everybody.

Our bird therapy visits are very interactive and educational. 

We will bring 6 different species of birds into your care home and allow your residents to view each bird, in turn, while being informed of the birds’ background. There will be opportunities for some of the birds to be handled by both residents and staff alike. Unfortunately, we do not allow people to touch our birds for animal welfare reasons, but the birds are happy to sit on your gloved hand. 

There will be smiles all round!.

The current birds in our ‘Bird Therapy Team’ are: Gonzo the Burrowing Owl, Pip the Barn Owl, Sheila the Laughing Kookaburra, Sam the White-Faced Owl, Reiver the African Spotted Eagle Owl and everyone’s favourite Charlie the Common Raven.

Our Exotic Mobile Zoo therapy is an extremely hands on affair! We will visit your care home with a collection of our exotic animals and allowing residents to touch, hold, or, depending on how brave they feel, just look.

This is an interactive session with lots of fun and allowing LOTS OF INTERACTION.

Our Meerkats will entertain anyone and everyone with their playful, mischievous behaviour.

Our Meerkats are not handle-able and are only used for viewing purposes only.

We will arrive 30 minutes before your session start time to allow us time to set our 6 x 6

foot enclosure up in a room convenient to you. Your residents can then sit around the enclosure and be entertained by the non-stop antics of this adorable creatures. 

This will be a therapy session that your residents will not forget!

Each session lasts for 1 hour and is ONLY £80.00 per session

If 3 or more visits are booked a 10% discount will be applied.

We are based just outside Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. 

Travelling expenses may apply, see the map below.

Please fill out the contact form below for animal therapy enquiries