Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge and Tortoise Sanctuary

Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge and Tortoise Sanctuary 501(c)3 non-profit reptile & exotics rescue, rehab, adoption, and tortoise sanctuary. We are home and foster based.
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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 are here as a resource for any and all reptile owners. We accept owner surrenders, rehabilitate the sick/injured, house the unadoptable, and adopt the adoptable to responsible, permanent homes.

Good morning friends!Harlow update/Vet visit:She does have stomatitis as suspected. She also has multiple layers of stuc...
12/08/2025

Good morning friends!

Harlow update/Vet visit:

She does have stomatitis as suspected. She also has multiple layers of stuck shed and retained eye caps we will be working diligently on getting soaked off. It's a process.

She recieved an antibiotic injection, and we will be applying a topical medication to her mouth daily. With time and effort, this sweetness should be back to optimal health.

Stay tuned for updates. 💚🐍

HAPPY ADOPTION DAY to Stimpy! Look at him with his awesome new family 🥹
12/06/2025

HAPPY ADOPTION DAY to Stimpy!

Look at him with his awesome new family 🥹

💚🚗 TRANSPORT HELP NEEDED: 🚗💚 ASAP:Tylertown, MS to Picayune, MSThis little doll of a goat found herself as an unclaimed ...
12/05/2025

💚🚗 TRANSPORT HELP NEEDED: 🚗💚

ASAP:

Tylertown, MS to Picayune, MS

This little doll of a goat found herself as an unclaimed stray in a shelter.

This is not a reptile obviously, BUT, it is still an animal in need of rescue that is going to join our little herd here to live out the remainder of her days safe and happy, IF we can get her here!

Please PM us if you can help. Thank you!

***Edit to add: Harlow has a vet appointment scheduled for Monday at 10 am! ***💚Hello friends! Dual purpose post here.💚 ...
12/05/2025

***Edit to add: Harlow has a vet appointment scheduled for Monday at 10 am! ***

💚Hello friends! Dual purpose post here.💚

It's $5 Friday! We just made our weekly greens purchase (receipt below,) and we are about to make our monthly order of frozen rabbits for the big Burmese we have.
Any and all contributions are IMMENSELY helpful.

We also welcomed a new medically needy intake today. Newly named Harlow, a ball python. I am getting her scheduled with our vet, as she most definitely needs some antibiotics. We suspect minimally stomatitis and scale rot upon triage. Her vent may also have infection. In addition, she is very dehydrated and mid shed. Stay tuned for updates on her journey to recovery. Pardon the blurry photos, I was doing her triage alone so had to handle her and take photos at the same time.

🐢CashApp: $gcrrinc

🦎Venmo:

🐍PayPal (fees taken): [email protected]

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

🐢Contributions directly to our impending vet bill can be called in to:

Watts Veterinary Services
769-242-0201

Our account is under Gulf Coast Reptile Refuge.

*We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization*

Thank you!

Now that their confiscation hold has been released, I am lawfully permitted to introduce these guys to you all. They are...
12/02/2025

Now that their confiscation hold has been released, I am lawfully permitted to introduce these guys to you all. They are officially GCRR animals now.

They are three Burmese Pythons. Their names in order of size are Danger Noodle, Plantain and Slim Jim.

The longest is 10 feet, the other two are in the 7 foot range.

All three are underweight to various degrees, but one is exceptionally thin (hence the name Slim Jim).

We already have them on a "weight gain" feeding regimen and are working on getting everyone back to optimal body condition.

We will also be working on some more custom larger enclosures for these guys now that they are officially rescue residents.

The trio wanted me to mention that we ALWAYS welcome donations of frozen feeder rats and/or rabbits. We are going through quite a few, especially with these guys needing to eat small meals more frequently right now.

*Photos from intake day below. No one is being co-habbed.*

👉🏽🔴Please do not inquire about adopting any of these guys right now. They are not medically cleared for adoption. When they reach that point, we will most definitely announce it with a new post. Thank you! 🔴

Hello friends! It's been super busy around here, but I would like to share an exciting announcement. As of this mornin...
12/02/2025

Hello friends!

It's been super busy around here, but I would like to share an exciting announcement. As of this morning, we have electricity in the rescue building!!!

This has been a strenuous process, multiple roadblocks, so we are very much celebrating this milestone.

We could truly use your help. We need two of these heaters below to heat the building.

We need two, but even if just one is donated, that would make a WORLD of difference to us.

This is the link:
https://a.co/d/79oB22z

Our shipping address is:

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

I also have a new announcement on a trio of recent intakes that I will be sharing soon. Stay tuned.

THANK YOU!! 🐢🦎🐸🐍

Hello friends. Today is my birthday so I'm behind on posting, but we'd like to welcome Joanna the juvenile Mangrove Moni...
11/30/2025

Hello friends. Today is my birthday so I'm behind on posting, but we'd like to welcome Joanna the juvenile Mangrove Monitor to the Refuge!

This little pipsqueak (for now lol) with be a permanent resident and hopefully a future educational/ambassador animal. She's off to a good start!

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Chree Bennett, Lacey Pate, Corrine Ciodyk, Savannah Belde...
11/29/2025

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Chree Bennett, Lacey Pate, Corrine Ciodyk, Savannah Belden, Chloe Beaugez, Karri Owens, Nicole Tucker, Jessi Wilson, Amber Marchand, Frances Rayner, Giovanni Pellacchia, Ronak Patel, Wanda Ford, Mary Pagan, Ray Hopper, Digambar Kalwale, Anna Re, Usha Mishra, Amy Nolan, Heather Baker, Mannu Sharma, Jackie Rebardi, Angata Champia, Autumn.Fawns.Photography, Deusdete Soares Dourado, Caterine Kowaski, Géraldine Bréant, Karvzar Gafrica, Michelle Dean, Brittney Ybarzabal

We'd like to welcome Mr. Darcy to the Refuge. He is a 5 year old ball python, in good health. Very gentle disposition. ...
11/28/2025

We'd like to welcome Mr. Darcy to the Refuge. He is a 5 year old ball python, in good health. Very gentle disposition. He will be joining our adoptables line up upon successful completion of quarantine. 💚🐍

11/28/2025

💚 $5 Friday: Help Us Feed the Ones Who Can’t Ask for Themselves 💚

Our sanctuary is filled with beautiful reptile souls—tortoises, snakes, beardies, geckos who were abandoned, iguanas who needed a safe sanctuary, many various reptiles who arrived scared, ill, or underweight.

Right now, we’re struggling to keep up with the cost of greens, veggies, and specialized diets, along with supplies and our significant electric bill.

$5 today makes a REAL difference.

Your kindness fills empty bellies.

Thank you for caring for the gentle ones often forgotten. 💚🐢

🐢CashApp: $gcrrinc

🐍Venmo:

🦎PayPal (takes fees): [email protected]

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

We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

I have been so consumed with many things behind the scenes here, this little guy's intro post slipped through the cracks...
11/27/2025

I have been so consumed with many things behind the scenes here, this little guy's intro post slipped through the cracks. He's been here a couple weeks now.

We'd like to welcome surrender Silver to the Refuge. He is a beautiful corn snake.

***New intake, not yet available for adoption***

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Picayune, MS

Telephone

+12283630759

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