Meet our Animal Collection

IACUC: Governing body for animal care in education

We are not accepting relinquishments at this time. In the event that we resume, we will need a clear bill of health provided by a Veterinarian. If you are interested in re-homing an animal please provide us a flyer with information about breed/species, sex, age and temperament so we can assist in the search!

Please see a list of resources put together by the Will County Humane Society.

Animal collection Guidelines

We do our best to provide quality care for all animals. Our animal collection is made up of animals that were surrendered from previous homes. Our animals are not pets, but ambassadors of their species for our students to learn how to properly care for them. Students provide daily husbandry for our animal collection. This includes, but is not limited to; cleaning out enclosures, providing fresh food and water, monitoring changes in behavior, socializing. Enclosures range from those that you would find at local veterinary clinics, top end research facilities, to zoos.

To provide the best we can for our animals your donations are always welcome. We are always in need of the following:

  • Newspaper

  • Towels

  • Blankets

  • Used toys

  • Slightly used aquariums

  • Slightly used animal carriers and/or kritter keepers

  • Intact stuffed animals

Please reach out to jalessi@wilcoacc.org if you are interested in donating to our program or have a flyer you would like us to share.

Current Collection

Bearded Dragon: Gunner

Relinquished in 2016

Male

DOB aprox: 2015

Bearded Dragon: Norbert

Relinquished in 2022

Male

DOB aprox: 2013

Corn Snake: Carlton

Relinquished in 2022

Male

DOB aprox: 2013

Russian Tortoise: Jackson

Relinquished in 2015

Male

DOB aprox: 2013

Sugar Glider: Flit

Born in captivity at Wilco

Female

Out of Pouch aprox: 2020

Sugar Glider: Meeko

Born in captivity at Wilco

Female

Out of Pouch aprox: 2019

Mini Rex Rabbit: Snowball

Relinquished in 2021

Male

DOB aprox: 2018

Domestic Ferret: Nala (sable) & Luna (cream)

Relinquished in 2018

Females Spayed

DOB aprox: 2017

American Singer Canary: Pepe Van Tweeters

Relinquished in 2021

Male

Hatch date: Unkown

Budgerigar Parakeet: Zephyr

Relinquished in 2021

Female

Hatch date aprox: 2020

Sonoran Millipede: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Relinquished in 2022

Unknown

DOB: Unknown

Found Forever Homes

Leopard Gecko: Toothless

Wilco care from 2018 to 2021

Ball Python: Yoshi and Zuko

Wilco care from 2019 to 2021

DSH: Zeus

Wilco care from 2017-2020

Mini Rex-Lion head: Buttercup

Wilco care from 2019-2021

Brahman & Rhode Island Red

Wilco care from 2019 to 2020