North Shore Turtle, Reptile, Amphibian and fish Rescue

North Shore Turtle, Reptile, Amphibian and fish Rescue A rescue devoted to helping found and surrendered animals receive proper care and find new homes.

Drum roll please, we have our winners! The winners are The two turtles Liam Percy picked Shellby and Al Swainbank picked...
20/09/2026

Drum roll please, we have our winners! The winners are The two turtles Liam Percy picked Shellby and Al Swainbank picked Beaker. Teagan Cooper picked Chai for the bearded dragon and Junior Tupai has named our axolotl King. So 2 online and 2 Expo entries. Thanks so much to everyone who entered, I've enjoyed reading some of the names. Sorry there was no live draw but I'm exhausted and definitely not a sight for any eyes 😂 Grace, Charlotte and I had a great time catching up with some old friends, making new ones, sharing stories about our guys and hearing about all your much loved pets. We have no voices and even the turtles are quiet but it was absolutely worth it. Thank you 💚 I'm off to Torbay Kindy with some critters tomorrow morning so it's an early night for me. Nine turtles incoming this week so a busy week ahead!

Wow what a day, so lovely to meet so many turtle fans today and I'm guessing there were at least a thousand plus photos ...
19/09/2026

Wow what a day, so lovely to meet so many turtle fans today and I'm guessing there were at least a thousand plus photos taken of our gang. Lizzy loved meeting everyone and hanging out pretending to be a brooch. We've got some great entries for our competition and are looking forward to seeing some more fun entries. We'll be back at the Expo tomorrow ready to do it all again. A big thanks to both my daughters, Charlotte and Grace who have cheerfully given up their weekend to support our rescue and to Gaby, Freya and Dylan for being such awesome stall buddies!

Competition time! In an effort to keep fundraising low-key and focus on education we've decided to just run one Competit...
17/09/2026

Competition time! In an effort to keep fundraising low-key and focus on education we've decided to just run one Competition at the Pet Expo so I thought I would put it online as well in case anyone can't make it to the expo this weekend but would still like to enter. Its name a rescue time! We have 2 tiny turtles, an axolotl and a bearded dragon to name. Entry is a gold coin and I will draw the winning entries out at the end of Pet Expo. Online entries must be with me by 2pm on Sunday. How to enter : deposit your entry fee (gold coin) into the account 12 3042 0255136 02 Rebecca Buchanan, use your name as a reference and then message me your name, the animal you wish to name and the name so I can write them down and pop them in the hat. We'll record the draw and post it online at the end of the expo. All funds raised will be going towards buying a water tank and pump. Our water rates are $400+ a month so this will help enormously. I'll post a photo of the wee dragon soon. Feel free to share this on your page or local community page, the more awareness of our rescue the better! Looking forward to seeing lots of you this weekend and sharing the turtle and reptile love 💚🦎🐢🐸

Some exciting news, we will be at Auckland's Pet Expo on September19/20 at Auckland Showgrounds! We're going to be shari...
08/09/2026

Some exciting news, we will be at Auckland's Pet Expo on September19/20 at Auckland Showgrounds! We're going to be sharing a stall with Gaby from Be Kind Animal Rescue and Freya from VN Exoticare so three times the fun! I'll be there with turtles, trying my best to educate and encourage responsible pet ownership and giving you the opportunity to meet some of our residents. If you have any questions re microchipping Freya is the person to see and I know Gaby is looking forward to seeing everyone and sharing some reptilian love too. We'll be at stall number 1. While I'm always happy to talk reptiles I understand space is pretty limited so if you have any big questions that might take a while to cover feel free to message me. We will be having a competition as our fundraiser details of which will follow, colouring sheets, a wordfind and hopefully some care sheets for you to take away. It's a long time since I've done the Pet Expo so I'm pretty excited to share our work with you all. I'll share the competition details soon. On another note all my pond turtles are up and looking great, I'll be cleaning out ponds and checking everyone and pond adoptions will be open after Pet Expo. I have over 30 turtles microchipped and looking fabulous who will be ready to go. So if you think your pond is ready please get in touch so we can start the process. Photo is one of my largest girls who is wide awake and looking for the sun at 8am this morning.

Good morning from one of our snakenecks, I love these guys so much, they truly have the sweetest natures and who wouldn'...
25/08/2026

Good morning from one of our snakenecks, I love these guys so much, they truly have the sweetest natures and who wouldn't love that face! Sorry we have none up for adoption right now. Just to let people know I'm off to Athenree next Wednesday and happy to meet people along the way, it's a bit too early for pond adoptions sorry but if you want to discuss a tank adoption please message me. In the meantime enjoy the sunshine, our turtles certainly are!

We had such fun sharing turtle love today. It was wonderful to see the delight on so many children's faces, they're tota...
22/08/2026

We had such fun sharing turtle love today. It was wonderful to see the delight on so many children's faces, they're totally genuine, and it makes the exhaustion all worthwhile. One little boy insisted on showing Charlotte the 'octopus' he found in the fish section, so cute! Great also to put some faces to Facebook names. Thank you so much for having us Animates Silverdale, you were awesome hosts!

Really looking forward to sharing the turtle and Reptile love at Silverdale Animates tomorrow. We'll be there between 10...
20/08/2026

Really looking forward to sharing the turtle and Reptile love at Silverdale Animates tomorrow. We'll be there between 10.30 and 2.30 with some turtles for everyone to meet and happy to discuss welfare, nutrition and environments if anyone's thinking of a pond or tank adoption. Please feel free to share this post, the more people we can reach the better. Photo is one of our rescue hatchlings who would love to say hello!

So this week we farewelled our gorgeous wee foster kittens who've gone off to fabulous homes. The house is definitely qu...
15/08/2026

So this week we farewelled our gorgeous wee foster kittens who've gone off to fabulous homes. The house is definitely quieter but I had some special babies come in to keep me busy. We had two tiny hatchlings come in, born in the wild in the middle of winter which seems insane. You can see in the photo that one has a very interesting plastron formation. I'm hoping it's from being folded over in the shell and that with good food and lighting it'll straighten out. We've also had a lovely axolotl come in, she's about 6 and is loving her new larger tank space. We also had two lovely females red ears come in from two different homes, they're in tanks now but will be looking for pond homes in spring. We also have a gorgeous female Reeves who has come to stay for three weeks. If you would like to meet some of these and a few other turtles we'll be at Animates in Silverdale on Saturday the 22nd, between 10.30 and 2.30. Please come along, say hi and meet some turtles. If you have questions about your turtles, or would like to discuss adoption I'm happy to chat and offer some support. As always we love sharing information and hearing about your pets.

14/08/2026

Bit of a different request, if anyone knows of a vet anywhere between Hamilton and Rotorua who might be able to help a sick turtle could you please message me.

Facebook just reminded me I haven't posted for 39 days, I'm sure it just feels like yesterday! Maybe because I've been s...
07/08/2026

Facebook just reminded me I haven't posted for 39 days, I'm sure it just feels like yesterday! Maybe because I've been so busy in real life 😁 No homes but I counted it up and I have had turtles coming in every week for the last 10 weeks! Not a single turtle free week. Now I love them but seriously a break would be good. This weekend alone I have 4 incoming including 2 more found hatchlings and 2 pets. I'm also still getting wild ones found, including a smallish one in Manawa Road Birkenhead. This weather means they're not brumating as they should. I've had surrenders where the owners could no longer care for them due to leaving the country, moving to smaller homes or an owner passing away. Then I had a lovely family find one by a culvert on their local beach. They immediately got on their phone and after some searching found me. This little guy was washed down the stream where a runoff recently killed all the wildlife in the stream and I think the marks on his shell are chemical burns. He's now clean, has been having lots of water changes to help out his kidneys after his swim at the beach and to get any residue off his shell and is eating like a trooper. So if you've recently lost a smaller turtle in Castor/Campbell's Bay or Birkenhead please get in touch. Spring is around the corner for anyone thinking of setting up a pond and I have some gorgeous microchipped healthy red ears who will be looking for new ponds to call home. Obviously lots of males for tank homes too. As always feel free to reach out for support or with any questions.

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Torbay
Auckland
0630

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Monday 8am - 10pm
Tuesday 8am - 10pm
Wednesday 8am - 10pm
Thursday 8am - 10pm
Friday 8am - 10pm
Saturday 8am - 10pm
Sunday 9am - 10pm

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