| Learn the difference between a turtle and a tortoise, and hold them both! |
| Exotic Animal Shows |
| * Critter Camp earnings help to support the rescued animals.* |
| Critter Camp is a Not-For-Profit Registered Charitable 501c3 Tax Exempt Corporation Critter Camp is a 100% NO-Kill Shelter/Sanctuary Operated by Volunteers All income supports the rescued animals |
| Are we too far from you or not what you were looking for? Try Critter Places for more animal options! |
| Past Critter Camp Shows: (Note- Critter Camp is no longer booking Shows- we do not have the volunteer staff available.) Sycamore & DeKalb Public Libraries Bickford House in Rockford Park Towers in Rockford Rock Valley College Earth Day and Volunteer Expo in Rockford Five Points PreSchool in Rockford Christ Lutheran School in Sterling Highland Christian Academy in Rockford Freeport Catholic Schools 4th grade Pecatonica Elementary Kindergarten Classes Temple Baptist Church in Rockford Homeschool Science classes Prairie Hill School Reading Night in Beloit Quest Academy Cub Scouts, Webelos, and Tiger Cub Scouts in Palatine ABC Preschool in Sycamore Walter Lawson Children's Home in Loves Park Immanuel Lutheran School in Freeport Rockford H.O.U.S.E. HomeSchool Group Village of Orland Park at Ravinia Big Hills Council Girl Scouts Beloit WI Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore Second Presbyterian Church Freeport Chesterbrook Academy St. Charles Pecatonica Public Library Children's World Daycare in Naperville Macedonia Baptist Church in Rockford Madison Early Childhood Center in Elmhurst Irvin L. Young Memorial Library in Whitewater , WI Girls Scouts, Brownies, & Boy Scouts in Pecatonica, Rockford, Winnebago, Roscoe & Loves Park Taylor Park School in Freeport St. Paul Lutheran School in Rockford Four Winds Earth Day Celebration in Stockton Northern Illinois University for Kappa Phi Lambda in DeKalb HEART DeKalb County Homeschoolers Birthday Parties in Freeport, Cedarville, Pecatonica, Winnebago, Lena, Rockford, Sterling, Crystal Lake, Deerfield, Lincolnshire, Pingree Grove, Cortland, Mt. Prospect, Elgin, Aurora, Mundelein, Medinah, Roscoe, Winnetka, Wauconda, Lombard, Gurnee, Darien, Brookfield, Sun Prairie & Lake Geneva (WI), Naperville, & McHenry * Note that some of these shows took place before the allowable travel distance was decreased 1- 1-2007 |
| Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary TOURS! |
| We can occasionally bring specific animals for educational presentations. For example we recently brought Prickleball the hedgehog to kindergarten classes to reinforce their skills after reading Jan Brett books featuring hedgehogs. The kids were very excited to see and touch a real live hedgehog! Contact us for details! |
Critter Camp is open by appointment only for the safety and well-being of the rescued animals, however we are now offering Private Tours for individuals and small groups in exchange for a donation. Scheduling is flexible. It generally takes at least an hour to meet all of the animals here. Critter Camp is centrally located between Rockford and Freeport as well as between Chicago and Galena, only a few miles off of Route 20. Bring your animal lover here for a Private Tour on your way to or from your weekend get-away in Galena! Please contact us for details! See the MAP of our location Tours are available 7 days/eve.s a week, year round, by appointment only, for up to 6 people at a time. Best times are Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays day or evening, and Saturdays at noon or 1:00, or Sundays at 3:00 or later. Other times are available, weekends usually book several weeks in advance. Folks have come from Chicago & the Suburbs, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Texas, Canada, and Ethiopia! Bring your ANIMAL LOVER* to learn about, pet, & hold some the 200+ rescued critters we care for of 30 different species. We ask a tax deductible minimum donation of only $10* per person per tour or equivalent in supplies - please see our Wish List page for supplies we always need *Tours are FREE for our Sponsors! See details here. *Every cent goes to care for the rescued animals. *We NEVER buy, sell, breed or exploit the animals in any way! Critter Camp is: 100% volunteer operated & 100% No-Kill, fully insured USDA, ILDA & IL DNR licensed to care for and exhibit exotic animals. *P.S. Mom's & Dad's - don't worry about your child wanting to take an animal home- we do not adopt the rescues out! Only occasionally when we take in a litter of hamsters or gerbils for example do we try to find new homes for them, and even then we do not allow impulse adopting! |
See below for details! Please read all information!Phone: 815-266-1342
| Pet a Beared Dragon! |
| Also Experience Critters such as: chinchillas, degus, hamsters, rats, mice, gerbils, & more too! |
| Hold a Rabbit and a Guinea Pig in Bunny Haven and Piggy Haven! |
| Touch an African Pygmy Hedgehog and Baby Junior the Sugar Glider |
| Say hello to Peter the Quaker Parrot & he might say hello back! We know Verde the Amazon Parrot will! Maybe Jax the Macaw will play Peek-a-boo with you too! |
| Peek at Guinness the Kinkajou! |
| Bring your camera! |
| Note: We are currently booking tours on Weekday Afternoons and Week Day Afternoons and Evenings, & Weekends in May! Please plan ahead- we book 4-8 weeks in advance |
| Meet our 3 prairie dogs- Diggit, PD & Philsbury |
