Utica Zoo Wish List

Thank you for thinking of the animals at the Utica Zoo. Listed below are some of the items our animals and their keepers would love to have!

Food & Enrichment

Baby food

Chicken broth

Almonds

Craisins

Applesauce

Smooth peanut butter

Peanuts

Sweet Potatoes

Carrots

Slow feeders

Kitchen Spices (Oregano, Nutmeg, Paprika, Cumin, Ground Cloves) and Catnip

Bubbles

Perfume

Exhibits, Health & Veterinary Care

Vinyl, latex-free, gloves

Chinchilla Dust

Reptile and Small Animal Hides and Houses

Gallon Bottles of Spring or Distilled Water

Moss and Coconut Fiber Bricks

Bagged Cracked Corn

Play Sand

Heated water buckets

Cypress mulch

Teff Grass Hay Pellet Horse Feed

Cleaning

Bleach (normal not no-splash)

Dawn dish soap

Sponges

Paper towels

Brown lunch bags

Pine-sol

Miscellaneous

Ziplock bags (sandwich and gallon)

Brown lunch bags

5-gallon buckets

Packing tape

Dry-erase markers

Dry-erase boards

Tempera Paint 

Hand Sanitizer

Chef Knives

Can’t decide on a donation? Gift cards to Petsmart, Price Chopper, Hannaford, Walmart, Target, Lowes, or Home Depot are always appreciated!

You can also help us by donating items to us right through our Amazon Wish List!

Want to Purchase Items for the Zoo Right Through Amazon?

Our mailing address is:

Utica Zoo
1 Utica Zoo Way
Utica, NY 13501

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