Substrate, hides, water bowls, and first-week essentials for one intake.
Sponsor at $25
Reptile Rescue
Every animal deserves a safe second chance.
Second Shed provides rescue intake, rehabilitation, rehoming support, and educational resources for reptiles and exotic animals.
Support their recovery
Rescue is more than intake. Recovery requires informed care.
Many rescued animals require medical treatment, quarantine supplies, heating systems, UVB lighting, and rehabilitation care. Contributions directly support their recovery — not administrative overhead.
All financial contributions support animal care directly: resources, materials, veterinary care, and the staff time required to make recovery possible.
Where your money goes
Pick a tier — or choose your own.
A complete quarantine enclosure with heat, lighting, and observation tools.
Sponsor at $75Funds an exam, parasitology screen, or stabilization treatment for an intake.
Sponsor at $150Any amount is meaningful. Recurring contributions fund longer recoveries.
Choose Amount
How surrender works
From request to placement
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Submit Request
Tell us about the animal, the situation, and the urgency. Photos help.
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Intake Review
We review every request individually and reply within 48 hours.
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Quarantine & Evaluation
Health screen, parasite check, behavioral observation in dedicated quarantine.
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Rehabilitation
Veterinary care, husbandry correction, and the patience recovery requires.
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Placement
Matched with a vetted adopter, with continued support after placement.
Surrender Request
Tell us about the animal
We review every request individually. The more detail you can share, the faster we can assess fit and respond.
Species accepted
Reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and other exotics
We review all requests individually. If your animal isn’t listed below, ask anyway — we’ll either help directly or refer you to a partner organization.
Reptiles
Pythons, colubrids, boas, beardies, geckos, and tortoises.
Amphibians
Tree frogs, Pacman frogs, salamanders, axolotls.
Invertebrates
Tarantulas, jumping spiders, wolf spiders, and praying mantises.
Other exotics
Case-by-case — please describe in your request.
If the animal will require shipment, please contact us so that we can facilitate safe shipment.
Ethical standards
“Rescue is more than intake. Recovery requires informed care.”
Quarantine. Every intake is held in dedicated quarantine until cleared.
Enrichment. Naturalistic enclosures with appropriate substrate, hides, climbing, and humidity gradients.
Veterinary care. Working relationships with reptile-experienced vets for parasitology, imaging, and surgical work.
Enclosure standards. We help you rebuild enclosures to species-appropriate dimensions and equipment before placement.
Welfare-first. We will turn down a placement if welfare can’t be assured. We won’t place an animal at risk.
Adoption
Provide a responsible permanent home
Adoption is matchmaking. We pair animals with adopters whose experience, enclosure, and lifestyle fit the species — and we stay available after placement.
If we don't have your dream reptile at the moment, still send an inquiry, and we'll keep you in mind as we get new arrivals.
Need urgent placement assistance?
For emergency intake — abandonment situations, owner hospitalization, or disaster response — email secondshedreptiles@gmail.com with “EMERGENCY” in the subject line. We respond as quickly as we can.