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Wild Exotics Animal Refuge

Ⓥ NJ 501c(3) Nonprofit. Saving unwanted and abused small exotic animals.

07/03/2025

✨ Compassion in Action: Vegan Supply Drive for the Unhoused ✨
From July 7–28, we’re teaming up with to host a Vegan Food & Supply Drive for our underserved neighbors. 🧡

We’re collecting:
🥫 Vegan nonperishables,
🧼 Hygiene items,
🛍️ Reusable bags,
🍴 Drinks, snack packs & more!

BECOME INVOLVED IN OUR DRIVE ⬇️
🫶🏼 For those who are more local to Ocean County, we have a drop-off collection point at in Lacey Township.
📦 To ship directly to MMM, please shop our cruelty free wishlist! 🔗 Also linked in our bio ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33FHBMR8VV5KM?ref_=wl_share
💸 Sponsor a meal with any amount via Venmo

Every item donated is an act of love. Let’s show up, together.

07/02/2025

Master of the side-eye and ruler of the warm hide. Don’t let the pout fool you—Bean is just waiting for snacks.
Blue-tongued skinks like Bean use their vivid tongues to scare off predators in the wild—but here, her biggest threat is a missed breakfast. Native to Australia, they’re hardy, ground-dwelling lizards with gentle temperaments (and strong opinions on salad placement) 🥗

07/01/2025

📚 The Wild Exotics Readathon Starts TODAY! 🦎🐢

Every book you read this month helps rescued animals get the care they need.
📖 Ask friends & family to pledge $5/book or make your own donation per book read/listened to.
📒 Track your reads on our log sheet
🐍 Raise funds, win prizes, and save lives!

✨ All ages welcome — adults, kids, even your dog can listen along.
Let’s turn stories into second chances. 💛

👉 Reading logs & further information can be found on our website: wearsaves.org - drop down menu, click “JULY READATHON”

06/29/2025

📚✨ Join our July Readathon! ✨📚
Help animals just by reading books this July!

Here’s how it works:
🔹 Sign up on our website:
🔗 https://wildexoticsanimalrefuge.org/july-readathon-sign-up
🔹 Print out your reading tracker via our website.
🔹 Each book read is a $5 minimum donation pledge!
(For example: You sign up to read all month long. If you read two book, you’re pledging a $10 donation. You can donate yourself or ask a friend/family member to donate on your behalf!) This is a great way to get yourself or kids back into the groove of reading!
🔹 Read (or listen to audiobooks) all month long!

📚At the end of July, total up your books and send in your donation.
🏆 Prizes will be awarded to the top 2 participants!
- Most books read
- Most funds donated

Every page helps us care for rescued exotic animals. Let’s turn stories into support! 💛🐍🐢🦜

06/28/2025

🌿 Say hello to The Wild Side — our brand new sticker pack featuring six chaotic critters with attitude, flair, and fangs.
Created in collaboration with the wildly talented , these vinyl, waterproof stickers celebrate the misunderstood, the misjudged, and the just plain weird.

🦎 Praying mantis? Savage.
🦜 Cockatoo? Unhinged.
🐢 Box turtle? Bold.
😉 And that’s just the start.

💵 $25 for the full set — and we’re covering the shipping. Use code “STICKERS” at checkout for free shipping!
Portion of the proceeds support the animals at Wild Exotics Animal Refuge 💚
🔗 https://wildexoticsanimalrefuge.org/shop

06/27/2025

🐢 How to Help a Box Turtle Cross the Road — Without Hurting Them

Box turtles are slow, but determined. Every spring and summer, they cross roads looking for food, mates, or nesting sites — and they need our help to get there safely.

✔️ Always move them in the direction they’re already heading
If you turn them around, they’ll just try again — putting themselves back in danger.

✔️ Use two hands and support their shell gently
They may wiggle, but they’re just scared. Stay calm and carry them across.

❌ Never lift them by their tail
It can cause serious injury to their spine. Always lift from the sides of their shell.

🚫 Don’t relocate them
Box turtles live their entire lives in one small home range. Moving them far away is often fatal.

They’re not lost — they know where they’re going. Let’s help them get there 💚

06/25/2025

📚Want to get back into reading this summer? Need motivation for your kids to read? Reading to help animals should do it!
You can sign up for free, to participate in our readathon ➡️ https://wildexoticsanimalrefuge.org/july-readathon-sign-up
After signing up, for the entire month of July, each book you read, is a $5 minimum donation pledge!

📖For example, you read 1 book this month, you donate $5.
You read 3 books this month, you donate $15.
❓Can you donate more than $5 per book? YES! That is the minimum donation pledge.
❓ Can someone else donate on your behalf? YES! A grandparent can donate on behalf of a grandkid, a friend or family member can donate on behalf of you! Or, you can simply donate on behalf of yourself.

🏆 Are there prizes? Yup.
🥇Most funds raised - You can be our very own Reading Rescuer! The participant who raises the most funding through their readathon can sponsor any animal in our sanctuary/rescue. They will receive a package full of goodies all about that animal (and then some)!
🥈Top Reader – (Most books read) - Sticker & bookmark pack!

🖨️ You can print out your reading tracker, donation tracker, and instructions, here: https://wildexoticsanimalrefuge.org/july-readathon-sign-up

06/23/2025

🐰 Most people think rabbits are easy animals—until they bring one home.
They’re not low-maintenance.
They need space to roam, a thoughtful diet, enrichment, and vet care from someone who understands exotic animals.

It’s not about scaring anyone away—it’s about making sure people are ready.
We are not a rescue that specializes or regularly works with rabbits. They require SO much, that we understand that we are not equipped for that species on a medium-to-large scale. As a rescue, as people who regularly work with animals - we are admitting that not even WE have what it takes to care for rabbits on a medium-to-high intake basis. We are so lucky to have rabbit fosters who work one-on-one with these animals when we need to step into the rabbit world. Which typically happens when someone finds a dumped rabbit, and needs an outlet to help.
When we tell you that ALL rabbit rescues are full, we mean it. They are so full that other cat/dog/reptile/farmed rescues are starting to step up to aid in the rabbit surrender crisis.

Impulse purchasing rabbits is a sure-fire way to set yourself up for failure. When people know what they’re getting into, make the commitment, and treat rabbits right, they ✨thrive✨.
Let’s make sure more of them get that chance. 💛

Address

PO Box 231
Lakehurst, NJ

Telephone

+17327162629

Website

https://linktr.ee/WILDEXOTICS, https://wildexoticsanimalrefuge.org/july-readathon-sign-up

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