Christina's Reptile & Animal Sanctuary

01/21/2025

Meet Theodore and Prescott. They both are male Russian tortoises that are roughly 10-12 years old each. Our one foster picked them up today who will quarantine them until they are ready for adoption. Both, especially Theodore has a very overgrown cusp; but that will be taken care of.

01/21/2025

Chili wanted to rest on his rock today.

01/21/2025

Whiskey was adopted today! Remember the little fella that came in with the necrotic foot? We are all so happy for him that he is thriving and found his wonderful forever home 🙌🏻🙌🏻

01/20/2025

Big boy Tigger and Lizzy were also adopted yesterday.

01/20/2025

Augie, Joey, Sunny and George were also adopted today.

01/20/2025

Tortuga and opal were adopted today by a wonderful family!!

01/20/2025

Meet Newman; a roughly 18 year old male sulcata tortoise. He was adopted from us two years ago; however, sadly unexpected life changes happened for the owners and needed to be surrendered. He was taken care of amazingly with his last family and they are heartbroken. He is such a great boy. He will be quarantined and fostered; and as of now does have a forever home lined up afterwards.

01/20/2025

This extremely young northern Diamondback terrapin we got in today from the Pennsylvania State Police. We decided to name him Nugget for the time being. He does appear to already have some MBD as his carapace is curling around the edges. If he does well; he will be up for adoption after quarantine.

01/20/2025

Ratatouille out eating while I clean his cage. His cataracts are getting worse; but at least he still gets his food good.

01/20/2025

Jade.

01/19/2025

Misty stole some acorn squash from me while feeding the torts. Waffles look in the second pic 🤣

01/19/2025

We touch often on the subject of not cohabbing the majority of species of reptiles. The majority are solitary; however this also applies to when having your reptiles free roam in or out and about elsewhere. Never put them together or in close proximity of each other. It doesn’t matter how tolerable your reptiles are: many are solitary and will stress if put by, or with another reptile; especially of a different specie. It’s not smart and it’s not responsible to do so. Sure they may seem calm (remember, they are out of their enclosures and their core body temperatures have dropped drastically, leaving them more lethargic and less alert ect.). They do not want to be around each other at all. Male’s especially are dominant. It is just highly irresponsible to put them around each other specifically different species that wouldn’t even come across each other in the wild. It only takes a split second for something to potentially happen. If nothing has happens for you thus far; great - you’ve been getting lucky. Don’t take the chance. Obviously the same goes with cats and dogs around your reptiles as well also always educate about. Your response time for reaction is much slower then a dogs or cats’.

01/19/2025

Great video regarding free roaming with bearded dragons. I love how he even critiques himself regarding not having carpet for traction for the joints of the beardie. Just always be careful how long your reptiles are free roaming. Some are more forgiving then others; as they require their ambient temps, surface basking temps, uv and so forth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cSQRKdYrA&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHSksrIxY6al32pYPx5brHg9TqTIbMATuvHEQncyvLM1qpoOJGNVFyMbr2g_aem_DkbkyhbaVNS0vXmwjr6imw

This is a tutorial on how to allow your bearded dragon to free roam outside of its enclosure. Here are some tips on how to safely allow your bearded dragon t...

01/18/2025

Porkchop!!

01/18/2025

Basil; you want some arugula? He’s like “hell no” 🤣

01/18/2025

Big boy Tigger was adopted today. Now renamed Wasabi by the adopters 😁

01/18/2025

A few pictures that we took of today’s program. Thank you everyone for coming out; hopefully we will be back in the summer. So if you missed or had to cancel today; check back in when the weather warms up 😁