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Cicchelli Second Chance Rescue And Exotics

Largest rescue and educational facility in Northern Michigan, home to over 300 exotic animals!

02/12/2025

This time of year we get a lot of deer scraps that help keep the carnivores well fed in the colder months ❄️

We still accept freezer clean outs as well, we have multiple carnivores that are limited on red meat and all of our carnivores benefit from all kinds of poultry, rodents, and fish!

If you have a donation of meat you can message us here or it can be dropped at the gate any day 🙂

07/11/2025

Gracelyn is one of many capuchins at our facility. She has the silliest personality 🐾

05/11/2025

We get several calls weekly for surrender requests. Life changes and having a place to turn to when it does is important, I’m thankful we are that place for many.

These two sulcata tortoises joined our crew this week, we have several aside from them that call our facility home.

04/11/2025

Can you believe a lemur is what started our facility? Now, we’re one of the largest PRIVATE exotic rescues/facility.

We’re home to over 300 exotic animals, 32 of those being ringtail lemurs.

Ringtail lemurs are notorious for being rehomed, over and over again until they end up in a facility capable of housing them. They are known for their aggressive behaviour as soon as they reach maturity.

03/11/2025

Many different species of animals call our facility home. Do you know what this sweet boy is? 🐾

02/11/2025

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30/10/2025

Halloween enrichment 🎃

21/10/2025

Rya, one of our many African servals enjoying the cooler weather 🍁

We recently took in two more servals recently, that needed placement. Their owner wanted to make sure they were placed and in a proper facility if anything were to happen due to her age.

These cats are a larger species of cat with strict dietary needs and complex personality’s.

They typically don’t bond with more than one person, or anyone outside of their normal care routine.

Due to their specialized care, and natural spicy behavior they do not make great pets.

19/10/2025

This time of year, every year, our surrender intake increases drastically for primates.

These guys are purchased as babys with broken promises from brokers, not realizing the future of a MATURE primate with intact canines.

We have never pulled a primates canines or altered any animal in our care. & don’t typically recommend it to others asking for our guidance either. I have always believed, that if you have to pull the animals teeth to successfully house it, then you shouldn’t own the primate.. and unless it’s detrimental to its troop mates, it’s something that should be fully considered before doing.

Pulling a primates canines can cause future issues, as well as pairing with its own species a much harder task if you are ever faced with the difficult task of rehoming. This is their defense and protection.

Educate yourself before going into primate ownership, and be prepared to adjust when they hit maturity so you can continue to give them the best life.

These guys aren’t for everyone. They require speciality care and exsperience, and at maturity they are unpredictable.

KIP came to us two years ago roughly, where I left town in a hour notice for an owner that was terrified of him breaking out of his enclosure at any given second.

His canines are no joke and can do severe damage if given the opportunity to 🐒

14/10/2025

Getting in these last bit of nice days before everyone moves in for the winter season 🐒🐾

13/10/2025

Enjoying the nice fall weather we have been lucky with ☀️

10/10/2025

We work with a lot of primates, Rocky and Neco our rhesus macaques are the most aggressive species we house and the biggest pain in the ass.

We were referred to another family this last week for a young rhesus needing placement. Most people would say hell no… but situations like this is what our facility was built on and what I stride for.

Being the last pernament home. Preventing them from being rehomed over and over because people don’t realize what they have gotten into with most of these species, due to no fault of their own.

Jack is only 16 months old, and we are his 4th known home. A semi truck driver purchased him, and he lived on the road being fed junk, then he was purchased by a family to get him out of that situation where they quickly realized primate life is a bit too much.. and now he’s here, where he will remain, mature, and be a primate.

We will work a lot with him hands on, to hopefully prevent him being like Rocky and Neco. But a mature primate; will always be just that. A mature primate. And I’m thankful we are set up to give them the home they need, when they become anything but cute and snuggly.

Welcome to the Cicchelli family, Jack boy 🐾❤️

Address

10944 W Rosted Road
MI

Telephone

+12318789741

Website

https://cicchellisecondchance.com/

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