Pet Encounter Cumbria

Pet Encounter Cumbria Our mission is to educate and inspire with our animals, while offering a unique hands-on experience.
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We are passionate about promoting responsible pet owning and explain the care, equipment, enclosures and costs involved in owning these animals.

07/03/2025

I'm in love with my new exo terra, terrasky for our chameleons 🤩🦎

Pet therapy at Dalton Court Care Home yesterday 🦎🦜🐇🐍Did you know we are Dementia Friendly and understand every resident ...
07/03/2025

Pet therapy at Dalton Court Care Home yesterday 🦎🦜🐇🐍

Did you know we are Dementia Friendly and understand every resident is different when it comes to meeting our animals 💛


It might be 11pm and probably bedtime for me 🥱 🛌 but our Cockroachs have just woken up as they are nocturnal 🌙This is th...
06/03/2025

It might be 11pm and probably bedtime for me 🥱 🛌 but our Cockroachs have just woken up as they are nocturnal 🌙

This is the perfect time to health check them all, and give their enclosure a good deep clean since they are all awake ⏰️

Every year, we donate books to our children's school to help celebrate world book day 📚This year, Guinevere, our rescue ...
06/03/2025

Every year, we donate books to our children's school to help celebrate world book day 📚

This year, Guinevere, our rescue munchkin rex rabbit, joined the children in their morning reading time 🐇😍 📚

📚📚 Happy World Book Day 📚📚
06/03/2025

📚📚 Happy World Book Day 📚📚

👩‍🏫 📣CALLING ALL TEACHERS📣👨‍🏫 🧪Fancy Science week with a twist?🧪📚 Or bringing your lesson to life 📚Then why not book on...
05/03/2025

👩‍🏫 📣CALLING ALL TEACHERS📣👨‍🏫

🧪Fancy Science week with a twist?🧪

📚 Or bringing your lesson to life 📚

Then why not book one of our amazing hands-on encounters 😁

We own 40 different species of animals for you to choose from and are Cumbrias' biggest animal encounter service and won local business hero 2021
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We also bring along a wide variety of taxidermy, feathers, skins, shells, and so much more that have been ethically sourced.

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We cover EYFS to Y6 topics such as classification, adaptations, rainforest, Africa, habitats, minibeasts, creativity writing, live art workshops, and so much more 😊

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We aim to educate and inspire, which is fun and interactive with a very hands-on animal encounter experience.🦜

We can discuss with you to ensure our experience covers the required curriculum to meet your school needs.🕷🐌

If you're a teacher, why not drop us a message to see what we can provide for you❓❓

05/03/2025

Have you ever heard a wallaby break wind 🤭💨

Skippy looked very surprised 😲 😆🦘

Skippy visited the fantastic Vicki from Millcroft Veterinary Group for a check-up. We had concerns about his front leg a...
05/03/2025

Skippy visited the fantastic Vicki from Millcroft Veterinary Group for a check-up.

We had concerns about his front leg as he's not been walking on it since he came to us. 😦

Tomorrow, he will be visiting the vets again for an x-ray to see what's going on, and hopefully, it's nothing too serious but will keep you all updated! 🩻

05/03/2025

How to tell if it's bad weather 🤔 🌧

All the cats move in for the day 😹

Thank you Chichester Hall for inviting me to your care home 😁 I'm still giggling when the lady asked about were the batt...
05/03/2025

Thank you Chichester Hall for inviting me to your care home 😁 I'm still giggling when the lady asked about were the batteries go in Ben our meerkat to make him move 😂

🐤🐤 Happy 8th birthday, Maiya 🐤🐤Duck mad Maiya, never stopped smiling throughout her encounter and had absolutely loved m...
04/03/2025

🐤🐤 Happy 8th birthday, Maiya 🐤🐤

Duck mad Maiya, never stopped smiling throughout her encounter and had absolutely loved meeting our animals ❤️

🌎 🐘 Happy world wildlife day 🐘 🌎10 years ago, I travelled to South Africa voluntarily for 1 month to learn, understand, ...
03/03/2025

🌎 🐘 Happy world wildlife day 🐘 🌎

10 years ago, I travelled to South Africa voluntarily for 1 month to learn, understand, and help out with conservation 🇿🇦

The best experience in my life I have ever done, and I love sharing my stories with others about the wildlife I encountered and the people I met ❤️

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I thought my messages were a bit quite lately 😅 Didn't know I needed to do a system update 🫣 and no have over 200 messag...
02/03/2025

I thought my messages were a bit quite lately 😅

Didn't know I needed to do a system update 🫣 and no have over 200 messages!

It's going to be a long evening, so I think a mug of coffee is in order 😅

Ben visited the amazing The Fairydust Emporium today at Silloth for a cheeky coffee and cake 🎂 If you are ever in the lo...
02/03/2025

Ben visited the amazing The Fairydust Emporium today at Silloth for a cheeky coffee and cake 🎂

If you are ever in the local area, please visit this magical cafe and give the a follow on their page 🧚‍♀️

02/03/2025

Volume up 🔊

I always get asked what Henry (African grey parrot) is like to travel, and if he makes noises in the car 🚗

If he sees the camera, he doesn't talk, hence why you can't see him 😆 but yes, he can talk for a good hour 😉

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🥳 Happy 6th birthday, Olivia 🥳Olivia never stopped smiling or giggling during her encounter. Her favourite was the meerk...
01/03/2025

🥳 Happy 6th birthday, Olivia 🥳

Olivia never stopped smiling or giggling during her encounter. Her favourite was the meerkat, and she was excited to meet our rabbit 🐇

01/03/2025

Wow 🤩 right place, right time 🦉

Pulled over to watch a wild barn owl hunting on my way home from todays encounters 🐁

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Workington

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+447397548562

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Proud to be supporting Autism Support Allerdale and Copeland 🥰 #autismawareness #Autism #Wellbeing #Pineappleconure #Pet #Animal #Cumbria

Henry is doing his best cat impression 🤣 🐈😻 #Catimpression #Africangreyparrot #funny #Parrot #Cumbria #Pet #Animal #animallovers

Henry is doing his best cat impression for this morning party 😅🐈 😻 #Africangreyparrot #Parrot #catimpression #Dean #Workington #Cumbria

Marmite finally moved back into her home after the storm damaged her enclosure. 🙌 🦉 #welcomehome #Marmite #Barnowl #Petencounter #Cumbria

Marmite finally moved back into her home after the storm damaged her enclosure. 🙌 🦉 #welcomehome #Marmite #Barnowl #Petencounter #Cumbria

Everybody asks us what our most dangerous animal is. Well here she is the Siobhanoraptor. I’m thinking of adding a sign to her enclosure saying please do not feed the wild animal 😂 Ben

Education is power for our future 🌏 #Planetearth #Habitats #Environments #Education #Educationiskey #educationispower #Educationisfun #Petencounter #Animalenounter #davidattenborough #Maryport #Flimby #Cumbria

Education is power for our future 💪 🌏 #Planetearth #Habitats #Environments #Education #Educationiskey #educationispower #Educationisfun #Petencounter #Animalenounter #davidattenborough #Maryport #Flimby #Cumbria

Toffee is like having a third child, who doesn't like his bedtime 😴 😅 #Shutup #Bedtime #macawparrot #Macawlife #Parrotlife #Pet #Petencounter #Workington #Cumbria

Toffee is like having a third child, who doesn't like his bedtime 😴 😅 #Shutup #Bedtime #macawparrot #Macawlife #Parrotlife #Pet #Petencounter #Workington #Cumbria

Jump Mocha 🦎 #Crestedgecko #Gecko #Jump #Reptile #mocha #Pet #Petencounter #Animal #Animalencounter #Cumbria

Kiwi just kept going, higher and higher 😆🦜 Love her dive, back to earth, and her tail waggle 🌎 😂 #parrot #Parrotlife #Pineappleconure #Counre #Pet #Petencounter #Animal #Animalencounter #Beautiful #Keswick #lakedistrict #Cumbria

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Our Story

We are a family run business based in the North West of Cumbria.

We have over 30 different species of pets and offer unique, interactive, educational animal experiences.

Our number one passion is to educate, on how to look after each animal, their environment, adaptions, classifications and individual requirements.

We do this through by offering a hands on experience, by the means of pet therapy for the young or old , a special birthday, school education classes (mini beasts, Amazon Rainforest), sensory therapy or just to get over your phobias we are here to accommodate all your needs.