Mammals
Please support Suffolk Owl Sanctuary by adopting one of the beautiful mammals featured below with a one-off donation or a small regular payment to help the Sanctuary as it strives to survive. Thank you.
The Meerkat Mob
Currently numbering ten, the meerkat mob have recently moved into new luxury accommodation. Over the last couple of years, the sanctuary has expanded its site to include a new suite of aviaries, indoor education centre and a hedgehog rehabilitation centre. A bigger, better Meerkat Kastle has also been developed in this area, increasing the accessibility of public viewpoints. This enables larger groups of visitors enjoy the daily meerkat feeding sessions while strategically placed windows in the enclosure walls offer improved visibility for wheelchair users and young children. Indeed this feature has also proved very popular with the furry residents!
Large Hairy Armadillos
Melanie and Pedro are Large Hairy Armadillos, one of many armadillo species found in South America. Our two both moved to Suffolk Owl Sanctuary from Banham Zoo in 2024, Melanie at 13 years old and Pedro, a much younger 8 years old. Pedro is a very boisterous armadillo who enjoys pushing logs around and digging in search of foo,d whilst Melanie, who also loves to dig in search of snacks, loves nothing more than taking a good nap whilst basking under her heat lamp
Red Squirrel Scurry
Our Red Squirrels, Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom! A sure giveaway that what you’re looking at is a red squirrel is usually its lovely ear tufts. However, during periods of moulting, particularly at the end of the summer, they may temporarily lose these tufts, which grow back as the new year approaches. Bubbles is a strikingly dark rusty red squirrel with long pointy ear tufts and definitely wins the prize for ‘best ear tufts’. Buttercup is a fiery red and inquisitive girl, known for her love of nuts, especially hazelnuts
The Porcupines
Our two African Crested Porcupines, Anna and Elsa, are sisters, born in April 2016. They arrived with us in February 2024 and have soon become firm favourites with staff and visitors. They each have different personalities: Anna is the more independent, slightly bigger than Elsa. She loves sweet potato, likes to use her teeth to test out anything new and is always the first to get to the browse - the term for feeding on or nibbling at various plant materials, such as leaves, twigs, tree bark, and buds. Sister Elsa is the boldest of the two and likes to rub her long, sharp quills up against her keeper’s legs.
