Hernando Reptile and Exotics Rescue, Inc.

🐢 AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION – Meet Tortellini! 🐢

We’re excited to introduce Tortellini, our handsome male Hermann’s tortoise, who is looking for his forever home!

About Tortellini:
🐢 Male Hermann’s tortoise
📏 Approximately 7 inches long (measured from the front to the back of his shell)
🎂 Estimated to be 3–7 years old
🥬 Healthy, active, and enjoys a varied diet of leafy greens, weeds, and grasses.
☀️ Primarily housed indoors with regular supervised outdoor time.

Before inquiring, please make sure you can provide:
✅ A species-appropriate enclosure with plenty of room to roam
✅ Proper UVB lighting and heat if housed indoors
✅ A nutritious, species-appropriate diet
✅ Regular access to safe outdoor sunshine whenever possible
✅ A lifelong commitment—Hermann’s tortoises can live 50+ years!
✅ Veterinary care whenever needed

Please note:
💚 Hermann’s tortoises are naturally social and often enjoy the presence of other Hermann’s tortoises. However, Hernando Reptile & Exotics Rescue does not adopt animals into cohabitation situations. We believe each tortoise should have its own enclosure to ensure the health and safety of every animal in our care.

🚫 Breeding is strictly prohibited. All animals adopted through our rescue are placed as cherished pets only.

Our Adoption Process
If you’re interested in Tortellini, send us a message! We’ll discuss your experience, enclosure, and husbandry to ensure he’s a good fit for your home. If everything looks great, we’ll schedule a meet-and-greet. If it’s the perfect match, we’ll complete our adoption agreement and finalize the adoption during your visit.

💲 An adoption fee applies. Every adoption fee goes directly back into our rescue to provide food, veterinary care, habitat improvements, and supplies for the reptiles and exotics we save.

Our goal has always been to place every animal in the best possible forever home. If you think Tortellini might be the perfect addition to your family, we’d love to hear from you! 💚🐢

🦉🦅 Help Us Help Owls Nest Wildlife! 🦅🦉

Today, we transported an injured Swallow-tailed Kite that was found in Webster, Florida, to Owls Nest Wildlife for care. These incredible people work tirelessly to rescue, rehabilitate, and release Florida’s native wildlife, often taking in animals that have nowhere else to go.

Wildlife rehabilitation is expensive, and they are always in need of supplies to care for the countless animals that come through their doors. Right now, some of their most-needed items are:

✅ Puppy Pads
✅ Bleach
✅ Chewy Gift Cards
✅ RodentPro Gift Cards

If you’d like to help, we are accepting donations specifically earmarked for Owls Nest Wildlife. Every donation received for them will be forwarded directly to support their efforts and the animals in their care.

Whether it’s a package of puppy pads, a bottle of bleach, a gift card, or a monetary donation designated for Owls Nest Wildlife, every little bit helps save lives.

Thank you for supporting the people who dedicate their lives to helping Florida’s wildlife get a second chance. ❤️🦉🦅

Please comment or message us if you’d like to donate.

🦎 From the Bottom of Our Hearts, Thank You 🐢💚

Today we’re coming to you with a simple but honest request.

Running a rescue is one of the most rewarding things we’ve ever done, but it’s also one of the most expensive.

Every day, animals in our care rely on us for fresh food 🥬, clean bedding 🌿, proper heating and lighting ☀️, enclosure supplies 🏠, and veterinary care 🩺. Whether it’s a tortoise 🐢, snake 🐍, lizard 🦎, or another exotic animal, their needs don’t stop—and neither do the costs associated with providing the care they deserve.

Hernando Reptile & Exotics Rescue is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit. There are no paid employees here—just a small group of passionate people doing everything we can to give unwanted, neglected, abandoned, and surrendered animals a second chance at a better life. ❤️

The reality is that rescue isn’t just about finding homes. It’s about providing medical care, nutritious diets, safe habitats, and sometimes months of rehabilitation before an animal is ready for adoption. Those expenses add up quickly, and lately they’ve been adding up faster than donations have been coming in.

If you’ve ever liked one of our posts, shared one of our animals, adopted from us, donated supplies, or simply followed our journey, we are incredibly grateful. 💚

If you’re in a position to help financially, no donation is too small. Whether it’s enough to buy a bag of bedding, a week’s worth of greens, or help offset a veterinary bill, every dollar goes directly toward the animals in our care. 🐢🐍🦎

💚 Ways to Donate:

💸 Zelle: [email protected]
💸 Cash App: $hernandoexotics
💸 Venmo:

If donating isn’t possible right now, sharing this post helps tremendously and costs nothing. 📲❤️

Thank you for believing in our mission. Thank you for supporting the animals. And thank you for helping us continue to provide care, compassion, and second chances to the creatures who need it most. 🐢🐍🦎

With gratitude,

Lauren, Kiomy, and the volunteers of Hernando Reptile & Exotics Rescue 💚🦎🐢🐍

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