Florida Native Snake Rehabilitation & Rescue

Florida Native Snake Rehabilitation & Rescue Our facility in NE Florida specializes in rehabilitating sick or injured venomous & non-venomous wild snakes native to the Southeast United States.

We are fully permitted by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission.

Checking in on Miss Aceso, our ambassador Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. She’s looking better than ever… even though s...
06/16/2026

Checking in on Miss Aceso, our ambassador Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. She’s looking better than ever… even though she eats with her mouth open. 🤭
We are so glad she is actually able to open her mouth, an accomplishment only made possible with the help of our expert veterinarian, Dr. Cory Woliver. Aceso was found in the road several months ago after being hit by a car. She sustained very serious injuries; a concussion, a fractured jaw, a large open laceration, and a dislocated jaw. (You can view Aceso’s full story if you scroll back on our page). After many months of intense treatment and rehabilitation we were finally able to get her all healed up, but sadly the resulting disfigurement prevented her from surviving on her own in the wild. We were then successful in petitioning FWC so that she could be declared as “Non-releasable wildlife” and eventually be placed here at our facility as an ambassador. So far, she has been settling in very well and not missing any opportunities to make her presence known!

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

Yesterday one of our fabulous volunteers alerted us to a potentially injured yearling Florida Cottonmouth. We went and p...
06/11/2026

Yesterday one of our fabulous volunteers alerted us to a potentially injured yearling Florida Cottonmouth. We went and picked him up to evaluate. Clearly he’d gotten into some trouble, judging by the deformity of his head and missing eye. The injury appears to have almost completely healed, however. Because he’s underweight, we’ll do a feeding trial to make sure he’s capable of eating and if he is, he’ll be released. We will update you as we go!

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

The Corn Snake that we took in to our wildlife rehabilitation facility after it ate two false pigeon eggs is recovering ...
06/10/2026

The Corn Snake that we took in to our wildlife rehabilitation facility after it ate two false pigeon eggs is recovering well! If you remember, we were able to remove the two false eggs that were causing a complete gastrointestinal obstruction. Now that he’s recovering, he went through a successful shedding cycle. The first photo you can see his beautiful fresh skin post-shed, the second photo you can see his dirty laundry (the cast-off shed skin). We will continue to monitor him to ensure he recovers. Once he eats a couple meals and we know his gastrointestinal system is working correctly again, he will be released.

**Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

06/06/2026

Two wild Florida Cottonmouths that are being rehabilitated here at the Florida Native Snake Rehabilitation & Rescue. We took them in a few weeks ago after they sustained injuries from being entangled in chicken wire. Both snakes are healing nicely and should be releasable right after their next shed cycle. These two do enjoy hiding in large cardboard tubes! Like any animal, enrichment while in captivity (even short term) is important and we switch up the furniture in their enclosures on a regular basis.

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

This morning we traveled out to Madison County, FL to pick up a harmless Corn Snake that had ingested two false pigeon e...
06/04/2026

This morning we traveled out to Madison County, FL to pick up a harmless Corn Snake that had ingested two false pigeon eggs. This is typically considered an emergency, because these present as a gastrointestinal obstruction that results in a mortality event. With the guidance of our veterinarian both eggs were safely removed and the snake is now in recovery. We will monitor him for two to three weeks to be sure his digestion is back up and running normally.
Please do not use false eggs in pet bird or chicken boxes. The very snakes that help control the rodents often eat these false eggs with deadly results. If you must use false eggs, securely glue, screw, or epoxy them to the bottom of the nest box OR epoxy or glue a cluster of three eggs together. This prevents our beneficial snakes from consuming them accidentally.
Hopefully this young fellow makes a complete recovery after his ordeal.
Many thanks to Laura Bauer for rescuing this snake!

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

06/03/2026

Update: the State Designated Florida Pine Snake continues on a positive trend toward healing. The sutures Dr. Woliver used to close the large wound on her side look great and she is eating like a champion. She does protest quite loudly during necessary treatments like antibiotic therapy and wound checks, and we thought you’d like to hear it for yourself! Members of the Pituophis genus, such as this female Pine snake, have a modified glottis (trachea) which allows them to make loud hissing and bellowing sounds. This modification is called an epiglottal keel; a thin, erect, and flexible piece of cartilage that runs vertically across the glottis. You can clearly see it in the video. The glottal keel facilitates a “reed effect” when the snake exhales forcefully; much like blowing across a blade of grass. The resulting hissing and bellowing sound is designed to give predators pause and is has sometimes been described by people as similar in sound to a rattlesnake rattle. In the video, we are restraining her for antibiotic therapy and a wound check. She is clearly not pleased with this situation and very vocal about it!

Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

Cottonmouth Soup!! 😂 Junior, Marjorie & Old Man’s baby from last year, enjoying a fun soak in his water bowl. Marjorie &...
06/02/2026

Cottonmouth Soup!! 😂 Junior, Marjorie & Old Man’s baby from last year, enjoying a fun soak in his water bowl. Marjorie & Old Man are our half-blind adult ambassador Florida Cottonmouth snakes. Junior, pictured here, was born on June 24th of last year. He’s coming up on his first birthday very soon! We have thoroughly enjoyed watching his antics as he explores his world. These usually involve snorkeling is his water bowl, clumsily falling off of perches, digging big holes, knocking over his plants, and other silly activities. He is such a little goober!

05/31/2026

Update on the Yellow Ratsnake that swallowed a ceramic egg! Since the foreign object obstruction was removed two weeks ago, this big fella has been making great progress towards recovery. He has eaten two small meals and is behaving more and more like himself. He will need perhaps another week or so being monitored in our care, but he should be ready for release thereafter. We are proud of his progress so far!

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

Update on the nylon mesh entangled Corn snake… This lil fella went through another shed cycle and his wounds have finall...
05/31/2026

Update on the nylon mesh entangled Corn snake… This lil fella went through another shed cycle and his wounds have finally healed! We are so proud of him. He’s been eating, drinking, and behaving normally so he’s been cleared for release. We will update you with a video when it happens!

*Our small snakes-only wildlife rehabilitation facility operates on an equally small budget. If you’d like to help us help more snakes like this one, we are grateful for donations! All funds collected go towards veterinary care, medical supplies, and food for our rehabilitation patients. You can donate at either of the platforms below. Thank you!

Venmo:
https://venmo.com/u/ShastaTsoukias

OR PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/ShastaTsoukias

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