Richmond Exotics

Richmond Exotics 'Educate, rehabilitate, rescue, rehome.'
Registered Charity Number - 1209875
Licence Number - 234V2 (Sunderland City Council) We'd love to hear from you!

EMERGENCY OUT OF HOURS LINE: 07470 946668. We regret we are unable to assist with wildlife calls such as hedgehogs. Richmond Exotics is an exotics animal rescue charity working in and around Washington, Tyne and Wear. Family run by Chris and Becky Richmond, Richmond Exotics are passionate about advancing husbandry within the exotic animal world, working alongside schools, animal shops and with the

public to raise awareness of the correct care and husbandry that comes long with keeping such incredible animals. They also rescue, rehabilitate and rehome those animals that find themselves with nowhere left to go. Richmond Exotics are a caring, non-judgemental organisation that are keen to help if you and your pet need to part ways. If you're interested in rehoming an animal, please contact us directly for a chat. With a combined experience of just over thirty years working with and caring for reptiles, invertebrates and birds of prey, Chris and Becky have had a lifelong love of animals. Richmond Exotics currently offers the following services:

-Rescue and rehoming service.

-Information and advice.

-Educational School and College visits.

-Exotic pet experience sessions. Further information on the above can be found at Richmond Exotics website (www.richmondexotics.co.uk) or please feel free to message, or contact us directly on the numbers below. Becky - 07776 426940
Chris - 07516 955822
Elaine - 07400 539246

04/06/2026

Closing briefly this morning for an emergency call out folks, should be back open by 1pm if not sooner. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ

01/06/2026

Well... we think its going to be a quiet one! ๐Ÿซฃ
๐ŸŒงโ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒงโ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒงโ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒง

We've been looking forward to this... It makes for very interesting reading!
31/05/2026

We've been looking forward to this... It makes for very interesting reading!

Worldwide Reptile Super Survey Report Today, keeping reptiles and amphibians is a mainstream pet choice:In the UK, there are around 8.8 million reptiles being kept. In Germany, there are approximately 1.2 million terrariums.And in the USA, reptile keeping grew from 4.5 million households in 2020 to....

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿš€ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐–๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘๐˜ โ€” ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฅ๐ŸŒ Richmond Exotics is unbelievably proud to announce the launch of...
30/05/2026

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿš€ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐–๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘๐˜ โ€” ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฅ๐ŸŒ

Richmond Exotics is unbelievably proud to announce the launch of our ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐„๐•๐„๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ โ€” ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐…๐”๐“๐”๐‘๐„๐’, a milestone that marks a brandโ€‘new chapter for our little charity with a big heart.

Wild Futures isnโ€™t just a project, it's a ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ for the charity, the animals we protect and the communities we serve.

For the first time, Richmond Exotics is bringing together ๐…๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, all under one ambitious programme:

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
Empowering our community with real, accessible knowledge about exotic animals and the challenges they face โ€” because understanding creates change.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐งโ€‘๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ
Backing the people and organisations protecting species in their natural habitats โ€” where conservation matters most. This year we are supporting The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC). Check them out here: www.arc-trust.org

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Collecting and sharing meaningful data to support evidenceโ€‘based conservation across the UK and beyond.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ
Equipping our volunteers with practical, ethical, handsโ€‘on skills that build the conservationists of tomorrow.

This is the ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง as a charity โ€” and we are ๐’๐Ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ to finally share it with you.

๐ŸŒฑ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.
And this is only the beginning.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
www.richmondexotics.co.uk/conservation

Thank you for believing in us, supporting us, and standing with us as we grow.

๐Ÿ’› ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.

R.E HQ ๐Ÿโค

๐Ÿงตโœจ A HUGE shoutโ€‘out to our incredible volunteer, ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š! โœจ๐ŸงตIf youโ€™ve ever admired our gorgeous crocheted or 3Dโ€‘printed ...
30/05/2026

๐Ÿงตโœจ A HUGE shoutโ€‘out to our incredible volunteer, ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š! โœจ๐Ÿงต

If youโ€™ve ever admired our gorgeous crocheted or 3Dโ€‘printed souvenirs, chances are they were made by this absolute superstar. Every single piece she creates is topโ€‘quality, beautifully detailed, and somehow made at lightning speed too.
And just LOOK at this sixโ€‘foot rainbow crochet snake in the photo โ€” yes, she made that! ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ

Weโ€™ll be raffling it very soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š, thank you for everything you do for Richmond Exotics. Your talent, kindness and dedication shine so brightly.
๐Ÿ’› Youโ€™re amazing!

R.E HQ โค๐Ÿ

26/05/2026

Thank you so much to everyone that entered! The money raised for the charity is absolutely invaluable โค๏ธ๐Ÿ๐Ÿข๐ŸฆŽ

Look at this beautiful picture of Gold Top the Milk Snake taken by the lovely Ethan.This little snake is STILL looking f...
26/05/2026

Look at this beautiful picture of Gold Top the Milk Snake taken by the lovely Ethan.

This little snake is STILL looking for his home. ๐Ÿฅบ

Check out the process here:

www.richmondexotics.co.uk/adopt

And more of Ethans work on Instagram:



R.E HQ โค๏ธ๐Ÿ

26/05/2026

Thanks NCRW!

25/05/2026

We're getting out of here at 4pm today folks, temperatures in the rescue have reached 38 degrees and although we're saving on the leccy and the animals are loving it, the staff are struggling to say the least!

See you tomorrow!

R.E HQ โค๏ธ๐Ÿ

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