Wild Education

Rescue/surrender #67 for 2024.
This HUGE carpet python was surrendered yesterday and is actually over the legal length allowed in BC! Any snakes over 3 meters (about 9'10") requires a permit which we do not have. This beauty is 10'10"!! We will most likely not be applying for a permit due to the fact that this is considered a dangerous snake now because of a size and we would not be allowed to have anyone in our building with that snake being in there, even with a permit... She is about 16 years old and was surrendered to do some medical issues she is having. You can see in the pictures there is a large mass growing under her skin. We are heading to the vet this morning at 10:15 as we got permission from conservation to do so since it is actually illegal to transport the snake without a permit! Conservation officers will they be coming this afternoon to take a look at the snake and determining what to do from there.

Rescue/surrender #66 for 2024.
This is Medusa, a very thin ball python. She was surrendered due to her owner moving and we are not sure if her age. It may be hard to tell from the pictures but her skin is literally folding over itself from the lack of muscle. Often when snakes are transported and moved to a new home they take a few days to settle in and begin feeding. This one took food from my hand while I was holding it as soon as it came in. It was VERY hungry..

Here are some before and afters of that poor leopard gecko that was surrendered a few days ago. It took a LOT of soaking to get that shedding off without doing more damage to the toes. It looks like she may still lose a couple but it could have been way worse if her previous owners waited much longer... If you have a pet, please pay attention to it so that you know if/when it needs medical care before it gets to this point.

Rescue/surrender #65 for 2024.
This little Russian tortoise was found roaming the streets in Abbotsford for a brief but most likely fun time after he escaped his outdoor pen. Sadly for him, his journey ended quickly when he was found, brought to us and then quickly reunited with his very happy family. We will NEVER get upset or punish someone who simply lost their pet while trying to give it the best life possible. People lose their dogs and cats all the time so why would this be any different :)

Rescue/surrender #64 for 2024.
This beautiful ball python was surrendered today. His name is Artie and he is about 5 years old. His teenage owner had lost interest in him which is very common. These snakes can live up to and over 30 years so it is a very big commitment!

Rescue/surrender #63 for 2024.
This poor leopard gecko was surrendered today. You can see the VERY stuck shedding on her toes that really needs to come off as it is killing the toes. Her owners also said that she has been keeping her eyes closed lately and that is because, if you look really close in the picture, you can see some retained shed in her eye as well. This is very common when these geckos are not given the proper conditions / humidity. This is such a simple fix and can be prevented so easily if people just did their research. We were hoping that these people would have taken the gecko to the vet when we explained what was going on but they didn't and decided to bring her to us instead.. she is now soaking overnight and hopefully won't lose too many of her toes :-(

Rescue/surrender #62 and 63 for 2024.
This is Mellow (whiter one) and Primo (grey one). These sugar gliders are brothers and almost 3 years old. They were surrendered because their owners no longer had time for them. Sugar gliders are a LOT of work and a VERY big commitment which is why we never recommend them as pets.

Rescue/surrenders # 60 & 61 for 2024.
The first picture is Aphrodite and she is about 6-7 years old. She is pretty small for her age and a little underweight so we will work on correcting that asap. The second (darker one) is Zeus and he is about 7-8 years. We aren't really sure why there were surrendered as their previous owner just said that "I've had them in my apartment for over 4 years". Please keep in mind that when you purchase or adopt a snake, you are committing to an animal that can live 30 years or more!

While most people were complaining about the heat today, Cybill the rhino iguana was just loving it at our display during Berry Fest in Abbotsford!

Rescue/surrender #59 for 2024.
This chahoua gecko is about 2.5 years old and was surrendered yesterday. He has a bit of a deformed spine near his back legs but it doesnt seem to effect his mobility at all. We have never had one of these amazing geckos before so we are pretty happy about this one!

Rescue/surrender #58 for 2024.
This is "Blue" the blue and gold macaw and she is around 28 years old. Her owner has recently lost her job and she was no longer able to care for this beautiful bird. As you can see, she has plucked herself pretty bad at one point in her life. The feathers will not grow back but we will still love her! Hopefully Blue, Buster and Tia can all love together one day.

Rescue/surrender #56 & 57 for 2024.
These two beautiful little tarantulas were surrendered due to their owner moving and not being able to have them in the new house. We posted a video showing how fast and jumpy they are but they are otherwise very nice little tarantulas!

We are looking for some volunteers to help us out at our booth at Berry fest this Saturday in Abbotsford! Your job will be to help teach people about our rescue, our animals and help people pet/hold our animals while having a great time! We are there from 12:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. I would prefer if people can do minimum for hour shifts. If you can help, send us a message!