Easter Chicks	21st -24th March 2008 Jays Animal Encounters will be visiting Glasgow Science Centre for 'Bunnyland' over the Easter weekend. With lots of Easter babies, from pygmy hedgehogs to cute little chicks and Big Eared Bunnies - should be fun!
Green Trees Mating	3rd January 2008 Happy New Year! and what a great start, the Green Tree Pythons have been cycled and were seen mating all this week, so fingers crossed.
Christmas at the Glasgow Science Centre	10th December 2007 Jays Animal Encounters visited Glasgow Science Centre to take part in their Christmas Extravaganza. It was great fun and I must say a big thanks to all the Staff for making us feel so welcome.
Children at Sensation	26th September 2006 ' Computer feeling a bit better!' Well, atlast the computer is almost back to normal - Massive apologies to those of you that had Emailed me over that period or were waiting for me to update the website. Should be getting things back to normal over the next week or so.   Jay
Jay meets the Hamiltons	28th August 2006 ' Lunch with the Hamiltons' As part of this years Edinburgh fringe, Jay was invited to 'Lunch with the Hamiltons' a live chat show in the Pleasance Dome. It was great fun and Neil and Christine were both superb with the audience and the animals.
Education Award	Thursday 1st June - 'Our First Award!' On the first of June ' Jays Animal Encounters' collected it's first ever award for forging links with Edinburgh Schools. It was a fantastic day, with some superb school projects on display. I would especially like to thank 'Davidson's Mains Primary School' for my nomination and their enthusiasm each time I visit.
Belly Dancers at the Races	Monday 22nd May - Musselburgh Race Course Jays Animal Encounters turned even more exotic with a day at the races. It was arabian night at Musselburgh Racecourse and what a fantastic night, belly bancers, camel racing and of course snake handling! a big thanks to Claire Richardson for organising such a superdb and enjoyable night!
Laura and Diego the Tegu	Friday 14th - Monday 17th April, Easter at Glasgow Science Centre Jays Animal Encounters put on an Animal Eggstravaganza over the Easter Weekend at Glasgow Science Centre - A big thanks to all the lovely people that we met and especially to Laura, Ruth, Steve and the rest of the Science team for all their help.
New female Blue Tongue	Friday 3rd March - Beautiful Blue Tongue! With her fabulous colours and sweet nature, this gorgeous girl just had to join the animal encounters team. Blue Tongue Skinks are really interesting animals, having shiny almost fish-like scales, reduced limbs and of course a bright cobalt blue tongue - to warn off any would be predators!
Animal Care Students	Thursday 19th January - Animal Care at Keighley College Jay has started to teach one day a month, on the two superb animal care courses on offer at Keighley College in Yorkshire. A big thanks to Robin, Ian and all the students for making us feel so welcome.
Jay and Sydney	Sunday 4th December - Sad Goodbye to Sydney the Snake Sadly on Sunday morning, Sydney the most beautiful carpet python you could ever meet had died. He was a true gentle giant and brought so much to all those that met him. Sydney was a good age and had grown to be the largest male carpet python that I had ever seen, he will be sorely missed. Thanks for all the good times!
Day old Frillie	Friday 25th November - Baby Frilled Dragons start to hatch well it seems to have taken for ever to achieve, the frilleds took a long time to reach sexual maturity, then after two failed clutches - and a couple of small changes we finally seem to have cracked it. Our first baby frilled dragons - with their big heads, tiny frills and beautiful hi-contrast patterns, the wait was certainly worth it!
Baby Hedgehogs Suckling	Monday 31st October - First litter of baby Pygmy Hedgehogs Miss Tiggy the African Pygmy hedgehog gave birth to her first litter of hoglets (including 2 albinos). There were 5 born although sadly one died within the first hour. Poor old Mum, didn't quite know what to make of them at first and it looked like they may be rejected. Then amazingly instict kicked in and as you can see she has become a perfect Mum.
Jay looking Devilish	Friday 28th October - Halloween night at Glasgow Science Centre Jays Animal Encounters Spent a spooky night at Glasgows Science Centre. Giant snakes and the worlds largest species of spider were the main attractions on a fabulous night. If you didn't make it this time - it's a must for next year! Top effort to all those in fancy dress and a special thanks to Jo my corpse bride! whooaah!!!
Our Dynamic visit	Saturday October 15th - Friday October 21st 'Our Dynamic Earth' Jays Animal Encounters spent a fantastic week at Edinburgh's 'Our Dynamic Earth'. Snowball the Albino Pygmy Hedgehog was the star of the show. Many thanks for all the lovely Emails from the people we met, very much appreciated.
Ziggy and Friends	Saturday September 24th Jays Animal Encounters took part in the 'Eco Day' at Abernethy Primary School. The weather was fantastic, it was a great day out and some of the animals (especially Ziggy) made some new friends.
Red Knee with her young	Wednesday July 6th Both of the Mexican Red Knee Tarantulas egg cases hatched out today. There are hundereds of little spiderlings which will take around five years to reach adulthood. If you look closely at the picture you should be able to see the babies.
New Ferret Enclosure	Tuesday June 28th The new deluxe Ferret Enclosure was finally finished and Frankie, Fudge and the kids all moved in.  In true ferret style they did what ferrets do best - ferret around! It wasn't long before every nook and cranny had been explored, all the toys went down well but they loved the big tunnel the best - They all slept really well that night!