Snake Rescue & Relocation Pensacola

15/07/2025

11/07/2025

These signs are popping up all over our neighborhood about the Soundside Conservation Project!! Berkeley Forest, Mandavilla, Soundside Shores, Woodlawn Beach, Roman Oaks, Seagate...

11/07/2025

How cute is this noodle?!!

My neighbors reached out to me a short time ago about a snake in their driveway, so I walked over to investigate 🐍
I had no idea what to expect, but was thrilled to see this little guy. To be fair, I would have been thrilled to see any snake 😆 But it's always fun finding a non-venomous one that I can pick up. This little guy was super chill 💚 After filling my neighbors in about what a great little guy this is to have around, I "relocated" him to their front yard, under an oak. Special thank you to my awesome neighbors for letting this adorable little guy hang out 🙏

10/07/2025

I LOVE this! We stole this from the Pro Snake Poultry Group!
https://youtu.be/tbySQL0sNGo?si=AQ8tlvnKf9uLZPnu

08/07/2025

🚨🚨🚨 This is so important. If you are local, please read and do not pass this up. Our local area is being absolutely ravaged by overdevelopment. The changes I have witnessed over the last 26 years here have been absolutely heartbreaking. It's total destruction.

Unfortunately, there is no end in sight. These developers won't stop until every last glade is filled in and paved in concrete. Hundreds of thousands of animals are being displaced. And you may not realize this right now, but you are going to miss them when they're gone. I promise. Our little piece of paradise is being slowly chipped away at, and getting smaller and smaller by the day. There is not much we can do. But there is something...

Please raise your voice in defense of this small parcel of wetlands that is facing imminent development. Please help preserve it, not just for the flora and fauna that live here, but for future generations to enjoy. This wild area cannot speak for itself, and it will not survive unless you lend your voice to its defense 🙏

07/07/2025

Check out this amazing photo taken by a homeowner in Milton last week! Can you tell what this is? 🐍

Two awesome local relocators (Ashley and Caesi) went to go relocate this chonk, but when they arrived she was gone. The rabbit was there though LOL

Apparently she bit off more than she could chew, errrr, I mean swallow 😆

Very special thank you to the wonderful homeowner for not giving this beautiful animal the shovel treatment, and contacting relocators instead 🙏

Hopefully chunky monkey has moved along, but if not, Ashley and Caesi are on standby to relocate her if she shows up again 💚

📷 Amber Branch

06/07/2025

Since baby season is in full swing, I thought we would take a minute to talk about baby possums 😊

This picture was sent to us by one of our awesome followers (the woman that rescued the mud snake last week)! There was a little baby possum that made its way into her beach bag last night. The area directly across the street from her house (Holley, between Navarre and Milton) is being clear-cut 💔 so lots of wayward animals are passing through her yard, running from the overdevelopment.

It was late when she found the possum, and not sure what to do, she let it stay there in the safety of her beach bag. This morning the possum was gone, but I have a feeling he will come back tonight, and if he does the woman is going to scoop him up and take him to the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge.

This is a gentle reminder that baby possums this size are too small to be separated from their mama. You can see in the picture he is about the size of a water bottle. Though he is quickly approaching adolescence, he is still a baby, and needs just a little bit more time under his mama's protection.

You may have seen pictures of baby possums riding around on their mother's back, as she goes from place to place looking for food, water, and shelter. But what you may not have known, is that when a baby falls off, the mother does not go back for it. In fact I imagine that a lot of the time she doesn't even realize it. So if you find a baby possum that's very small and you wonder if it's too young to be away from its mama, it's better to err on the side of caution and seek the advice of a rehabber.

Opossums are one of my favorite animals in the whole wide world! And like every animal running from over development, they should be met with kindness and compassion when they pass through our yards. They are completely harmless. Their only defense is to open their mouth wide and show their teeth to try and scare off a potential predator, and if that doesn't work, to play dead. They are immune to most venomous snake bites, and eat thousands of disease bearing ticks every year.

They have a very short life span, so if you have a possum in your yard, consider yourself lucky 💚

Thank you so much to our awesome follower for sending us this picture and for helping the little animals that pass through her yard 🙏

05/07/2025

Late post: it is HARD to find the perfect spot for an eastern mud snake (Farancia abacura) We need a place that has a lot of amphibians. The juveniles eat a lot of frog eggs and tadpoles but the adults really rely on large aquatic salamanders, sirens, and amphiumas. Both the eastern mud snake and its' prey depend on marshy swamps with slow moving stagnant water with a muddy bottom. Salamander species are on a steep decline in the panhandle which makes this even more tricky. After some heavy research, we did find the perfect habitat for this hatchling mud snake that is not at risk of development (at least not immediately). Fair winds and following seas, little guy!
-Ashley

05/07/2025

This is a part 2 to a previous post; venomous cottonmouth release (Agkistrodon piscivorus/conanti) and a reminder for everyone who purchased the premium Florida experience to go ahead and cancel your memberships.

05/07/2025

In all my years of working with snakes, I have never witnessed two different species of venomous snakes in one yard in one day. There is truly a first time for everything. I relocated this large venomous cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus/conanti) from a house that had a large venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in their yard less than 24 hours ago. The homeowner did everything right; they kept their pets inside, called right away, sent us a picture, and kept an eye on the snake until we got there. This makes for a fast and easy job. This house is also proof that sometimes even when you have a clean yard with short grass and no yard debris, you can still have snakes enter your yard. Sometimes the area around your yard is a perfect snake habitat and that's okay, that's what we're here for. We are actively working with this homeowner on relocating the repeat customers and snake-proofing the yard. Special thanks to these folks for choosing relocation!

-Ashley

03/07/2025

Photo dump of the three rat snakes that all came from the same coop in the last two weeks 🐍

The first picture is my favorite because you can see one of the snakes and a rat in the same frame 😆 This is why rat snakes are so beneficial! All natural, organic, free pest control.

The only reason the snakes were not permitted to stay in the coop at this time is because there are chicks at the moment, but in a few weeks when the chicks are bigger, any rat snakes that move in will be welcome to stay 💚

If you have a rat snake take up residence near your residence, consider yourself lucky 🍀 They are benevolent creatures, and mean you no harm 🙏

All three of these beauties were released in the same exact location, in a protected area down the road, not far from where they were caught. Hopefully they will all find each other again.