Meet Your New Friends
Our Animals
Meet a few of the animals of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Lewiston, Maine. All of the animals here at our center are rescues and surrenders. Brought into us by all walks of people for all kinds of reasons. We will never turn away a reptile (or any other animal) that is in need. On average we rescue about 5 animals a week, leaving us with about 250 animals under our care at any given time.
We built our Center around education. What started as a convenient assortment of rescues has now grown into a rescue operation that reaches all of Maine and trickles into New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Every animal we have here has a story and we are able to use that story to help educate about the many and overlooked aspects of exotic pet ownership.
Our Special Friends
In the pictures below are just a few of the animals that we have taken in over the years. These are all examples of why we do work we do and the importance of ownership education.
Flat Stanley
Blue-tongued Skink
Flat Stanley is one of our main ambassador animals. He has MBD or Metabolic Bone Disease which is caused from inadequate lighting or calcium supplements. Stanley is not is pain and can eat, but MBD is not reversable and he will never walk normally again.
Marshall
Emerald Tree Monitor
Marshall is a monitor lizard who spends most of his time in the branches. Unfortunately for him, he suffers from neurological issues from malnutrition as a hatchling. He has come a long way from where he was but he still has issues hunting and climbing.
Blueberry
Blue-tongued Skink
Blueberry, like Flat Stanley, is a skink. Like Stanley as well he has MBD. Luckily Blueberry was brought to us before it progressed further than just his tail.
De' Vil
Crested Gecko
De' Vil the Gecko is also a species known for hanging out in trees. Like so many of the animals in our care, she too suffers from MBD. Presenting in her spine being crooked. De' Vil is still able to climb but she is unable to jump very well, Something the species is known for.
Eleanor
Black & White Tegu
Eleanor the Tegu can be found in the Tegu pen at our center. She is recognizable from her roommates by her the burns on her back and her MBD. The burns she received from a cat sitting on her screen cover which collapsed, trapping Eleanor under the screen and heat bulb causing the burns.
Olympus
Carpet Python
Luckily for snakes, it it very rare for them to develop MBD due to there proclivity to stay out of the sun. This does not mean they are safe from human error however. Olympus suffers from neurological damage from, for lack of a better term, cooking her brain from a heat bulb that was far to hot for her species.
Jill
Garter Snake
Garter snakes are native to Maine and as such are not legal to own as pets. This garter snake was brought into us after being attacked by a pet cat. She is now partially paralyzed on the lower 3/4ths of her body. She can still eat but it is much harder for her to swallow. as snakes use their bodies to push food down.
Tank
Sulcata Tortoise
Spike
Sulcata Tortoise
Tank, and his brother Spike, are the third largest species of Tortoise and they can live over 150 years. Tank and Spike look like they were run over by a car. Both of them were found in a basement with no light and limited food. This caused them both to develop Metabolic Bone Disease and severely stunted their growth. Sulcata Tortoises are not legal to own in the state of Maine, due to negligence these two will forever have issues with walking and have deformed shells. Tank himself weighs almost 60lbs and about 35 years old, at his age he should be closer to 100lbs if he ever reaches his full size.
Max
Amazon Parrot
Max lost his beak after a separate bird he used to live with decided Max no longer needed his beak and tore it off. His owners surrendered Max to us after his surgery to properly remove the remaining beak. We get asked why Max doesn't have a prosthetic beak, the answer is he has been this way for so long it is not worth the stress of surgery for him to have to relearn how to use his beak.
Bellingham
Common Snapping Turtle
Bellingham is a victim of indirect human interaction. When he was an egg his mother was hit by a car and most of the eggs got damaged as a result. Bellingham was the only one to hatch although he was hatched without a tail. Reptile eggs are very fragile and must be kept in certain positions or risk damaging the growing baby inside. We guess that all the trauma his egg experienced is why he is missing his tail.
Willow
Spiny Tailed Iguana
These species of Iguana are record holders for the fastest burst of speed, up to 21 mph. Their speed is partially achievable due to their long tails they use for balance. Willow unfortunately lost most of her tail from a bacterial infection. Iguanas have been known to grow their tails back but due to the infection the growth will never be the same
