Our Animals
Penny Wallaby
Snuggle Bug
Penny, named after The Beatles song "Penny Lane," wants to spend all day, every day, snuggling. She loves to lick, but that's just her way of giving a big kiss. She is dainty and sweet, but can still get wild. Her favorite activity, besides cuddling of course, is chasing the rabbits in the rabbit pen and zooming around the house.
Her brother, Jude, is also at Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo.
Pictures of Penny
Shepperly Farm Fun Facts
Wallabies are primarily found in Australia and on other surrounding islands.
Wallabies are marsupials and are a member of the Kangaroo family.
When wallaby joeys are born, they are helpless and undeveloped. They typically spend 2 months living exclusively inside their mother's pouch. Inside the pouch, the joeys continue to develop and grow until they are ready to come out. Once they are out of their mother's pouch, they often jump back in when a situation becomes dangerous.
Wallabies are one species of animal that experience the phenomenon called embryonic diapause. This occurs when a mother wallaby becomes pregnant again, but her other joey is still inside her pouch. The growing embryo will pause development until the joey is ready to leave the pouch. Then the embryo will continue development.
Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo
Where Fur and Fun Meet
Join us at Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo, where our animals are family. We have over 100 animals who love to be around people. All of our animals love to be pet, scratched and loved on by our visitors to the farm. We hope you come to Shepperly Farm and learn something new and leave with a new found appreciation and respect for animals. But it's not just animals here- we also have concessions, yard games and a party room with vintage, coin-operated arcade games.
So come down to the farm, relax, and have fun with our furry pals!
Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo
Meet Our Furry Friends
We are proud to have over 100 animals at our petting zoo for your family to enjoy. All of our animals are taken care of and loved every day. We have wallabies, chickens, goats, alpacas, rabbits, donkeys, ponies, ducks, pigs and more. During your time here, feel free to pet, scratch and love on all of the animals who call this farm home. Animals can provide great comfort and relaxation, so we hope your soul feels refreshed after visiting Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo in Cañon City, Colorado.
Enjoy meeting all of our furry friends here at Shepperly Farm Petting Zoo!
This place is A-MAZING! I can't say enough good things about the owners and animals at Shepperly Farm. I could have spent all day there.
What a wonderful experience for adults and children! Thank you for sharing your time and farm to teach children the love of animals.
Such a fun place to visit! My kids had so much fun and the owners are so nice. This this is a must see while in Cañon City! We will definitely be back! Thank you Shepperly Family!
This place is very family friendly. The kids had tons of fun, and the Shepperly family was very knowledgeable about all of their animals. My kids learned a lot while cuddling the cutest and cleanest animals. We will return several times this year. Exactly what Canon needed.
Lots of fun! Family friendly and the sweetest animals ever! Very therapeutic! And the owner is amazing!
What an awesome and educational place to take the kids to! The owners were so welcoming and knowledgeable. We got to physically pet or hold all the animals. The animals were all very friendly and some even posed for pictures.