Big Daddy the Tortoise Species: Tortoise Breed: Sulcata Born: 1980 How he came to call the Retreat home: How he came to call the Retreat home:  Big Daddy was donated by the Hesperia Zoo.  They had two males and could not afford to keep both. [...]

Baby Girl Watusi Calf Species: Cattle Breed: Ankole-Watusi Born: October 2, 2017 at 2PM How she came to call the Retreat home: She was born at the Retreat.  She is the daughter of Burkina, her mom and Calypso, her dad. Fun Facts: [...]

Carrot the Bunny Species/Breed: European Rabbit/Mix Born: April 2017 How she came to call the Retreat home: Carrot was born here.  Her mom is March, her dad may be Hugo our Lionhead mix bunny. Fun Facts: Rabbits come in an array of breeds [...]

Lucy the Goat Species: Goat Breed: Boer Born: 2017 How she came to call the Retreat home: She was alone in a very small pen and the owner gave her to us as he did not have time to bottle feed her. She came with Lulu [...]

Hope the Zebra Species: Zebra Breed: Grant Born: March 11, 2016 How she came to call the Retreat home: Hope came to us from Texas.  We went to pick her up and found her suffering from 2nd degree chemical burns to her face.  Injuries [...]

Babe the Pig Species: Pig Breed: Mini potbelly Born: September 2015 How she came to call the Retreat home: Babe was so cute, Agnes couldn’t resist when she was in Oklahoma picking up animals in need of a new home. Fun Facts: [...]

Peanut the Horse Species: Horse Breed: Miniature Born: February 26, 2016 How she came to call the Retreat home: Peanut was born at the Retreat.  Her mom is Chestnut, her dad is unknown.  Her mom came to us already pregnant with Peanut. Fun [...]

Pearl the Horse Species: Horse Breed: Friesian Born: April 28, 2016 How she came to call the Retreat home: She was born here.  She was a complete surprise.  Her mom Trudi was still healing from years of starvation when she came to live with us [...]

Nutmeg the Alpaca Species: Alpaca Breed: Suri-Huacaya mix Born: September 17, 2017 How he came to call the Retreat home: He is the son of our alpacas, Cinnamon, a Huacaya and Sherman, a Suri. Fun Facts: An alpaca is a domesticated [...]

Belle the Parrot Species: Parrot Breed: Greenwing Macaw Born: San Diego in 2009 How she came to call the Retreat home: She came to the Retreat on September 25, 2017.  A local veterinary clinic asked us if we could take her as her owner could [...]