Turtle Rescue and Rehoming

Turtle Rescue and Rehoming Rescue, rehabilitation, adoptions, advice on turtle care. ChCh, New Zealand. Donate or volunteer Rescue, re-homing and advice on caring for turtles.

Based in Christchurch, New Zealand.If you need help and advice with a sick turtle, let us know! Many turtles are available for adoption. Donations ( with tax receipt) to Nature by Design Ltd * Ref TurtleRescue* 02-0828-0091088-083. You need to email Donna with your name and address so you can receive a receipt. OR ANZ "Turtle Rescue" 010798 0096119 00 if you don't need tax receipt. All donations gratefully received. Volunteers needed to help with tank maintenance etc. 021 2020 185

Gorgeous Brighteyes had a trip to the vet tonight and had minor surgery to remove an abscess from the side of her head. ...
04/11/2025

Gorgeous Brighteyes had a trip to the vet tonight and had minor surgery to remove an abscess from the side of her head. WARNING don't look at pics if you're concerned about needles, scalpels and wounds.
Brighteyes arrived here as a stray 11 years ago. She had thick, built-up scutes but they were flexible due to lack of calcium. She's kept excellent health and been living in a pond for the past 11 years. There's no known cause for why she's developed the abscess, but hopefully she will recover quickly and can move back to the pond in a few weeks.
I was holding Brighteyes head/neck for the procedure and trying to manouvre the camera and take photos with my left hand without really looking through the view finder. The things we do! :)

Last Monday I had to take 2 turtles to see the lovely Tyrenne at McMaster and Heap Vet and sadly they both required euth...
27/09/2025

Last Monday I had to take 2 turtles to see the lovely Tyrenne at McMaster and Heap Vet and sadly they both required euthanasia. Then a quick trip home to collect 7 turtles and head up to do a presentation at 'the Homework Club,' Cashmere Primary School, holiday programme. The children were very engaged and asked lots of great questions. Check out the letters that some of the children wrote while I was packing up. Happy holidays children!

There's always plenty to do at Turtle Rescue. I had the privilege of meeting about 100 primary school children at Adding...
27/09/2025

There's always plenty to do at Turtle Rescue. I had the privilege of meeting about 100 primary school children at Addington school during 2 Monday visits. They were studying ' "Under the Sea". Freshwater turtles don't live in the sea of course, but the children loved meeting the turtles, hearing their stories and learning about their care and needs.

24/09/2025

Lets see if this works? Thanks for the recording Rochelle :)

Well, there was lots of pre recording of turtles and then it was time for the interview. Fascinating standing for about ...
19/09/2025

Well, there was lots of pre recording of turtles and then it was time for the interview. Fascinating standing for about 15 minutes with an ear piece in listening to the pre recording of the weather etc. I'll never view the weather quite the same again! 🙂 Then my piece seemed to be about 1 minute and I hardly said anything. Turbo was a bit wriggly as I had been holding her for the 15 minutes waiting for the time for our bit to be recorded. Lovely to meet Jendy and the camera guy. They loved all the turtles 🙂 7 Sharp tonight 🙂

The turtles and l will feature on TV 1on 7 sharp program tonight. Talking about the stray turtle population.
18/09/2025

The turtles and l will feature on TV 1on 7 sharp program tonight. Talking about the stray turtle population.

Awww, look what I got today! Squirtle came here for a couple of weeks from a local primary school while his cracked tank...
31/08/2025

Awww, look what I got today! Squirtle came here for a couple of weeks from a local primary school while his cracked tank went for repairs. He was collected today and I received these fantastic thankyous and a yummy box of chocolates :) Squirtle will be back for the Christmas holidays, so he's pretty familiar with hanging out here at Turtle Rescue :) He's a lovely social boy and lives in a tank in the school library where he gets lots of love and attention :)

It's always nice to pop home from work in my lunchbreak and spot the turtles out basking in the early spring sunshine. 🌞...
26/08/2025

It's always nice to pop home from work in my lunchbreak and spot the turtles out basking in the early spring sunshine. 🌞 Some pics taken from a distance so as not to disturb the turtles, so not very clear. The longnecks enjoy the pond cover being opened up so they get direct sunlight. Rocky (black male) , the 2 reeves girls and RES females are starting to become more active as spring approaches. Still won't be feeding them until end of October tho. 🐢😁

It was a great day at Pet central, Hornby. I have to mention how friendly and helpful all the staff were. Just lovely! T...
24/08/2025

It was a great day at Pet central, Hornby. I have to mention how friendly and helpful all the staff were. Just lovely! They ran a fabulous raffle, with all the proceeds coming to Turtle Rescue and rehoming. Thank-you! Lots of people enjoyed hanging out with turtles and having cuddles. It's exhausting standing and 'talking turtle' for 4 hours, but it's always great to meet new people and educate about appropriate turtle care and environment. Managed to get a few pics during a quiet moment :) Permission given by parents to allow for children to appear in the pics :)

Mozzie, Valetta and others will be at Hornby Pet Central today from 10.30 till 2.30pm. 5a Chappie Place, Hornby. Come an...
23/08/2025

Mozzie, Valetta and others will be at Hornby Pet Central today from 10.30 till 2.30pm. 5a Chappie Place, Hornby. Come and check out the sea turtle shell, turtle eggs, turtle x-rays, photos.... and say hi to us there :)

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Rescue, re-homing and advice on caring for turtles. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand. If you need help and advice with a sick turtle, let us know! Many turtles available for adoption. Donations ( with tax receipt) to Nature by Design Ltd * Ref TurtleRescue* 02-0828-0091088-083. You need to email Donna ( [email protected] ) with your name and address so you can receive a receipt. OR ANZ "Turtle Rescue" 010798 0096119 00 if you don't need tax receipt. OR via www.totallytanked.co.nz/turtle-rescue for pay pal account. All donations gratefully received. Volunteers needed to help with tank maintenance etc. 021 2020 185