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Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge and Tortoise Sanctuary

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Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge and Tortoise Sanctuary

501(c)3 non-profit Reptile & exotics rescue, rehab, adoption, and tortoise sanctuary We are here as a resource for any and all reptile owners.
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Here at GCRR, our mission is for no non-native reptiles to be abandoned, or released into the wild, to fend for themselves. We accept owner surrenders, rehabilitate the sick/injured, house the unadoptable, and adopt the adoptable, to responsible, permanent homes.

11/17/2024

Current adoptables that are not pending adoption:

Leopard geckos (all adults)
Multiple normal ball pythons ($2️⃣0️⃣ adoption fee special)
Sulcata Tortoise, male (roughly 13" across the shell)
Sulcata Tortoise, special needs
Argentine B&W Tegus (adults)
Two small aquatic turtles

If interested in adding any of the above critters to your family, please send us a message to discuss further. Adoption application and photographic proof of appropriate enclosure/lighting required.

Adoptions are conducted in Picayune, MS

11/15/2024

Hi friends, it's $5 Friday!

We did not recieve any greens donations this week, so we had to make a grocery store run yesterday. Any proceeds from today's $5 Friday will go towards feeding the beautiful hungry residents here at the rescue/sanctuary! Every dollar counts.

We are a 501(c)3 organization, donations are tax deductible.

💚CashApp $gcrrinc

💚Venmo

💚Check/In-kind donations:
Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge Inc
PO Box 1284
Kiln, MS 39556

Thank you!

11/14/2024

HAPPY ADOPTION DAY to Stevie! We are so happy that we had an approved adopter waiting and ready to give this sweet, sweet girl a loving home. 💚

11/11/2024

Hello friends! We just wanted to share the latest update with you guys. Thanks to your support, we have booked the date for the transport/delivery of the rescue building! It will be getting picked up and delivered here on the 25th, in just 2 weeks! We will have quite a bit of work to do to once it arrives to get it up to standard before we can move the animals in, but we will keep you guys updated along the way! We have to replace a significant portion of drywall throughout the interior, replace the flooring, paint, and rebuild the front porch, etc. It is going to be amazing upon completion! It feels surreal, as this has been our vision since Day 1, and it is finally happening!

A special heartfelt thank you to our board member, and long term foster mom/volunteer Heidi for having allowed us the opportunity to purchase this building! This wouldn't be happening if it wasn't for her generosity. 💚🐢🦎🐍🐸

*Also, stay tuned for some adoptable highlights! We still have multiple animals awaiting their forever homes*

11/11/2024

Sharing for LOUISIANA reptile keepers......

11/10/2024

***TRANSPORT assistance needed!***

Walker, LA to Picayune, MS

We have a bearded dragon who needs a ride from Walker, LA to Picayune. The individual surrendering reached out to a rescue closer to them, but they were unable to take her, so we are trying to get her here to us so we can get this animal veterinary care.

Please message us if you are able to help.

Thank you!

11/09/2024

HAPPY ADOPTION DAY to Pascal!
She scored an amazing reptile mom, with one of our repeat adopters 💚

11/09/2024

This here is a beautiful example of an appropriate outdoor Sulcata Tortoise enclosure.

This is GCRR alumni Rougaroux, who was recently adopted from us. He is so loved.

Thank you Miss Rachel for allowing me to share your photo!

11/09/2024

Courtesy Post: LOST Sulcata Tortoise, Pearl River

11/08/2024

Friends!

I am overwhelmed with emotion.

Thank you, thank you to each and every one of you who donated towards our $1,000 goal to cover the transporting of the building that is the soon-to-be facility of GCRR.

🔴WE DID IT! THE GOAL HAS BEEN MET!🔴

Thanks to all of you.

You guys made this possible. Us purchasing the building was just half the battle.

We will be able to house/save so many more lives with this expansion, and it is going to be amazing to have an actual facility for people to come to to conduct adoptions, and even volunteer to help with socializing/cleaning the animals. This is huge, and has been a massive goal for us from day 1.

It's going to be a process once we get this building moved onto our property, as we have to tear down and replace damaged drywall, floors etc. I will be sure to update you guys as we make progress on such.

Currently, we are preparing the portion of land that the building will be placed on, so we can book with the hauling company that gave us this awesome quote now that we have the funds!

From the animals here at GCRR, and all the future intakes to come, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!

🐍🦎🐢🐸💚

11/08/2024

Courtesy Post: LOST Sulcata Tortoise, Gulfport MS

11/07/2024

*ADOPTED!*

Hello friends! Pascal the veiled chameleon is now joining our adoptables line up. She's been with us for over 3 months now, as I wanted to give her prior owner ample time to reclaim her if she was able to get back on her feet. That hasn't occured, so she is now ready to find her forever family! Please, do your research before applying to adopt Pascal if you do not have prior chameleon experience, as these guys are a sensitive species. If you'd like to apply to adopt Pascal, please submit our online adoption application (see link in the comments,) and send us a message with a photo of the enclosure she would be living in if adopted, lighting included.

*Adoptions are conducted in Picayune, MS
*Adoption fee applies
*No animail adopted from GCRR is to be utilized for breeding purposes

Thank you

11/06/2024

We'd like to welcome owner surrender Adonis to the Refuge. Adonis is a juvenile Bamboo Rat Snake, native to Southeast Asia. His owner is headed off to college and is unable to bring him along. Adnonis' family was referred to us by another reputable organization from a state up north, as they were not aware of any rescues down here in MS. (Networking saves lives!)
Adonis will remain here at GCRR as an ambassador animal. You guys will be able to meet him at future events, or by appointment once we have our facility ready and open for visitors! Here he is below, happily exploring his new accommodations. 💚🐍

11/04/2024

We'd like to welcome owner surrender Lonestar to the Refuge. Lonestar is an 8 year old bearded dragon, and is quite the BIG boy. Probably the largest beardie we've had come through the rescue. He has a mild case of MBD, and is missing a few toe tips on one back foot, but he gets along just fine.
I was advised that he has been on a hunger strike, so we are going to be keeping a very close eye on him as he settles in to quarantine. It's possible that he could be in the early stage of wanting to brumate. Once he is beyond quarantine and is medically cleared, he will join our adoptables line up. He has a great temperament!

11/01/2024

Edit: AUCTION HAS ENDED!

Okay friends, we have a SUPER exciting announcement. 😱

We have officially personally purchased a building for the rescue!

It's a 16'x40' building, (photo below is of the actual building as it sits currently) that we will be working on remodeling to ultimately open as the official intake/operations building of GCRR! Upon completion, once we get select animals moved in etc, we will be able to conduct adoptions there, process new intakes, and welcome visitors by appointment. This is a huge, huge deal for us, as we will be able to expand our intake capacity to be able to keep up with the needs of our surrounding communities. We have reached out to multiple companies for quotes on having the building picked up and moved to our property. The best quote we obtained, was for $1,000. We must now fundraise to reach this goal! The sooner we reach that goal, the sooner we can get the building here to start the remodeling process.

We are kicking off our fundraising efforts with an auction for a one of a kind 5"x7" 'hand stamp' canvas painting created by our very own special needs resident Cotton! (Don't worry, we used non-toxic paint of course!) She was such a good sport, and was very happy with her "pay" of two juicy hornworms lol. Auction will begin now, and will end in 7 days on Friday, November 8th at 5pm central time. Please comment your bids in dollar increments.
Bidding starts at $5! Winner will also recieve an 'autographed' photo of the artist herself. 💚

If you're not interested in bidding on the art piece but would still like to help us reach our goal , you can donate via the following ways:

🐢CashApp $gcrrinc

🦎Venmo

🐍Check:
Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge Inc
PO Box 1284
Kiln, MS 39556

Please note 'building' in the notes or memo when sending your donation.

All donations are tax deductible, as we are a 501(c)3 organization. Once the building arrives to our property, we will be having a plaque made to display to commemorate every person who donated towards getting it here. 😊

We appreciate each and every one of you for your kind words and support. 💚

11/01/2024

Hi friends, today is $5 Friday!

Donations from today's $5 Friday will be applied to feeding all the of the hungry little mouths here at the rescue. Feeder bugs, rat pups, greens, veggies, timothy hay, turkey, chicken, etc.

No amount is too small, every dollar adds up. We can't do this without the support of our village.

*Donations are tax deductible*

Also, stay tuned for an exciting announcement!

💚CashApp $gcrrinc

💚Venmo $GCReptileRefuge

💚Checks or in-kind donations:
Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge Inc
PO Box 1284
Kiln, MS 39556

Thank you! 🐍🐢🦎

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The winner of the Iguana print is: Amy Dowe 💚🦎 Congrats Miss Amy, please PM us to arrange pick up or shipping of your print. Thank you all for participating and helping us get closer to our goal for the Choco Project. Please excuse my wobbly video.

Gift basket winner: Congrats Tracy Michelle Stern ! Thank you to all who entered! We are slowly but steadily getting closer to achieving or goal for Project Choco! 🐢

Thank you to all who participated. We have a couple more coming up, so stay tuned! We're trying really hard to reach our Choco Project goal. You guys are helping make that happen. The winner of the clown fish print is:

Good evening friends! I just did the drawing for the winner of the Iguana print. Congratulations to APDR/Miss Christy! Thank you all for your support. I will be announcing a couple more fundraisers over the weekend, all proceeds going to the 🐢 Choco Project! Stay tuned! Please excuse my shaky video.

Thank you all so much for your support! The winner of the beautiful, limited edition Dean Russo print is:

And the winner is.......

Adoptable highlight: Chip! Chip is a sweet guy, somewhere right around a year old. He will make someone a wonderful companion! Please share this, as well as Jake from State Farm's videos in hope of helping them find their forever families! Thank you!

Adoptable highlight: Jake from State Farm! This handsome guy is still here awaiting his forever home! Jake is estimated between one and a half to two years of age. He handles well. He does get sassy at times when you go to take him out of his enclosure, but once he's out he's just fine. He even hung out on one of our volunteer's chest for a few hours at our last adoption event. Jake's adoption fee is 3️⃣0️⃣. If interested in adopting Jake from State Farm, please submit our adoption application that I will link down in the comments. Thank you!

And the winner of gift basket #2 is........

📣And the winner is.........📣

Next, we'd like to introduce this sweet little one, (name to be determined.) We recieved a call from the manager of Petco in Slidell yesterday evening, about an emaciated rabbit that was dumped in a taped up box by their back door. We don't typically take in rabbits, but we have and will in dire situations like this. This poor baby was lucky to have been found, or he surely would have had a heat stroke in that box. He is emaciated, and had overgrown toenails, which the employees already cut before we picked him up. He is now settling in to his temporary accommodations, enjoying his fresh food and water. Once this little one is rehabbed and medically cleared, he will be joing our adoptables line up.