Alpaca Acres of Olin is a mini petting zoo designed for up close and personal interactions with the animals. During your visit, you will learn about the habits, care and history of each animal (2 Mini Donkeys, 3 Alpacas, 4 Chinchillas, 3 Holland Lop-Eared Rabbits, 2 baby African Spurred Tortoises, many Chinese Painted Quail, Homing Pigeons and chickens with opportunities to feed and pet the animals.
The encounters will take place in and outside our beautiful barn with the different animals in separate stalls or cages. You will pet and feed the donkeys carrots, offer handfuls of feed to the Alpacas, pet and feed our sweet rabbits carrots, offer treats to the Chinchillas and (perhaps) watch them take dust baths, watch homing pigeons flying around and call “Chicky Chicky” to the chickens to feed them bread.
Encounters are available Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00-6:00. Allow for about an hour to enjoy our animals. Cost is $7.00 for all guests over the age of 2.
If you would like to enjoy a visit with us, schedule an appointment by texting or calling Tami at 704-838-6386 or emailing tameradee5@yahoo.com. Text is best.
Group Discounts are available.
Somethings to be aware of:
- Animals poop. Even though that the stalls and cages will have been cleaned prior to your visit, without a doubt during your encounter experience you will see, smell and, perhaps, step on their poo poo. So, wear appropriate shoes.
- Chinchillas and Bunnies have soft wonderful fur that is delightful to touch but can also cause allergic reactions in some people so if you have allergic tendencies, we suggest wearing a mask or bringing inhalers or anti-histamines.
- There is a hand sanitation station and soap dispenser by water pump for hand cleaning.
- Bottled water available for $1.
- There isn’t a bathroom in the barn, (yet), but one available in our home, if there is a need for that. Also, if you need to change or nurse a baby, you can use our home. Please take shoes off at the back porch entrance because, you know, poo poo.
- Rain – makes things messy but can be done but is much more fun on sunny days.
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