You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me: A Gas Station And Petting Zoo In One!?

Yes, you herd me correctly.

A gas station and a petting zoo.

A farm and a Chevron gas station near Metter, Georgia have made it the best animal-themed exit in Georgia.

Or maybe the world!

It costs approximately $3.00 per adult to go to the fence that lines Mosley’s World Famous Animal Exit Farm. You can also goat some huge baaaaahhgs of food for only $1.00 each. For only $8.00 (plus tax) we had a great hour of fun feeding the goats and one very intrepid goose.

We arrived around 4pm on a Friday. The petting zoo area is open from sunrise to sunset daily. We were also welcome to bring Truffles over as long as she wasn’t going to upset the farm animals. We weren’t sure what she would do, so we put her in her backpack and walked over.

Based on other pictures available online, it seems that there might be other animals available during different times of the day. I was a little disappointed that it wasn’t a little more ‘petting zoo-y’.

We were confused at first how to get to the animals, but when we checked we were told to walk to the fence and whichever animals came to the fence were the ones we could feed and pet.

We ended up having two baby goats, three adult goats and one goose who came to us for the pets and snacks. There was another area off to the right with geese, swans and ducks, but we weren’t really excited about trying to pet them. There were also a few birds that looked similar to wild turkeys or pheasants who escaped into the gas station parking lot, but they made their way back into the farm area eventually.

The baby goats were the cutest. Oh em gee! They had little goat cries and wanted snacks and pets. If I’d realized that goatzilla was on his way over I’d have spent more time with them.

The three other adult goats made their way to us about 10 minutes after we arrived. A cow attempted to join them too, but he couldn’t fit through the opening in the fence that was provided at that time for the petting zoo animals.

The alpha goat immediately took control of food distribution (to himself) and pets (for himself). He was very sweet with us but very domineering with the other two adult and two baby goats.

Mid-feed, he goat a tickle in his nose and sneezed all over me. Goat boogers and food flecks all over my face, scarf and jacket. Let me tell you, it was worth it. I got some great shots (sadly just close up goat faces, not of the sneeze) and really, how often do you get goat sneeze on you?

In the end, Truffles was fine with the goats at a distance but when they came close to eat the food off our hands she was a little pupset. That meant sometimes she had to be walked around while the other one of us fed the goats.

Eventually we ran out of food so the older goats wandered away. The babies came baaaaaack over for a few more minutes and their own photo shoot. After about 45 minutes it was time to get back on the road to Savannah.

For the bit of money that I’m pretty sure helps support the family farm behind the Chevron, and the time to stretch your legs (and your smile), I’d definitely recommend a stop. If you ever find yourself near Metter, Georgia (off I-95) you’ve just goat to visit Mosley’s World Famous Animal Exit Farm at the Chevron gas station.

Here are a few more of our time with the goats.  Goat to have a copy?  For prints please visit Shae Pepper Photography.