PLEASE Buy Responsibly - Rescue Statistics

[purpleskyes]

Out of our 11 geckos one we rehomed as his owner no longer wanted him. Its a very good feeling giving something a home and i have to admit he is my favorite and he was totally free.

[piglet79]

We Rehomed a royal that had been taken to our friend who owns a pet shop.

we have no idea how old or what sex it is. It is WC and is covered in Ticks most of which we have removed apart from one up his nose which is a vet job me thinks
We call him a he but from some research it is rare for a WC Royal to be male - don't know if it is true
He is a very fussy eater we have had him about 6 weeks and he has fed once will not strike you have to leave it in

I think if this had been sold to a first time owner, he would be too much hence the hand over to us

I would choose to rehome rather than buy from a shop but it doesn't always go that way - you don't see panther chams up for rehome

Piglet 79

[twinklu]

2 out of my 3 Royals are rescues/rehomes, i would much prefer to rehome a Royal than buy one from a shop as the rehome fee is going to be more or less the same price and i think you get a nice feeling knowing that you can give a pet a forever home, my 3rd Royal is a pinstripe that's why we bought her as it was a pattern i wanted and i don't think i've ever seen or heard of one being put up for rehoming, if i get any more in the future the only ones i will buy privately are the Royal morphs, if and when i have the room any normal Royals will be sourced from a rescue centre, my 1st Royal (my Oscar) is my pride and joy and just proves that rescue reptiles can be just as friendly and loveable as shop bought reptiles

[DRACONODON]

i agree the many people who advertise rescues dont relise that the money needed to go into treatment and care for the animal properly is expensive and when u run a rescue you also take on the responsibility of trying to save the animal first which can be expensive i started up my rescue this year but ive worked hard maintaining the money needed to provide this service

and as said in the beginning of this thread i really hope that one day people will buy responsibly and rescues will no longer be needed

rescues ive made this year alone are

7 corn snakes
1 royal python
2 female green iguanas
1 8ft burmese python

all were in a sick condition when they were brought to me
so before you think of opening a rescue think very carefully it is alot of money

[cooljules]

Originally Posted by REPTAREXPERT

i agree the many people who advertise rescues dont relise that the money needed to go into treatment and care for the animal properly is expensive and when u run a rescue you also take on the responsibility of trying to save the animal first which can be expensive i started up my rescue this year but ive worked hard maintaining the money needed to provide this service

and as said in the beginning of this thread i really hope that one day people will buy responsibly and rescues will no longer be needed

rescues ive made this year alone are

7 corn snakes
1 royal python
2 female green iguanas
1 8ft burmese python

all were in a sick condition when they were brought to me
so before you think of opening a rescue think very carefully it is alot of money

yeah...i have taken in lots of animals this year, and tomorrow is one is having a nice new home, and for the 1st time, charging a 30quid fee...would have cost more than that in looking after it.

[Molly75]

Sad thing is there's a treand for perfect reptiles only at the mo last year I was able to rehome disable rehomeable reptiles this year its been impossible I've put up leo's on here been honest as they have low immune systems and need poss care in the future like aids patients almost sadly i got lots of PM's from newbies wanting a free pet and a few sadly too far away they end up here and we have huge electric bills to be fair a lot of that is the other side our breeding reptiles but where's all the good hearts gone

paula x

[DRACONODON]

Originally Posted by cooljules

yeah...i have taken in lots of animals this year, and tomorrow is one is having a nice new home, and for the 1st time, charging a 30quid fee...would have cost more than that in looking after it.

i no what u mean m8

[Ally]

To be honest, the 'traditional' dumped reptiles don't seem to be as common now as a few years ago - the big snakes and Iggies thing seems to be a reputation left over from years ago. Much more common are male Beardies/corns/leos being given up...
People are doing research much better and are putting more thought into the big ones. People buy the smaller ones much more impulsivley and there is the problem.
(although I'll ruin that with our rehome list - but there is a reason!)

This year at the shop (we do a similar thing to Athravan, although my record on the rehomes aren't as great - this is by memory alone!)

8 Iggies, from yearling to adults. All rehomed (We have a big pair at the shop, so we get a lot more than our share of rescue Iggies - we also find it easy to rehome them because of our two)
6 adult corns that I can remember and 3 yearlings. All but one rehomed
1 adult male frilled dragon, rehomed
15 (yes, 15!) adult male beardies, two still with us - we got 5 in a week from various people
12 adult leopard geckos, all adult normals and one albino, all rehomed
1 russian ratsnake, rehomed
1 heinz 57 ratsnake, rehomed
3 californian kingsnakes, rehomed
2 adult bosc, 1 PTS 1 rehomed
1 Nile monitor, rehomed (Fangio = mad)
3 hermit crabs
1 timor monitor
1 big burm
3 young boas

That's all I can think of, but I'm sure there were more.
The problem is with the little ones in my opinion.

[animal addict]

shocking statistics!!! South Wales is a small area in comparison to some places so I would hate to see what the bigger areas get as well!!!!

[DRACONODON]

Originally Posted by Molly75

Sad thing is there's a treand for perfect reptiles only at the mo last year I was able to rehome disable rehomeable reptiles this year its been impossible I've put up leo's on here been honest as they have low immune systems and need poss care in the future like aids patients almost sadly i got lots of PM's from newbies wanting a free pet and a few sadly too far away they end up here and we have huge electric bills to be fair a lot of that is the other side our breeding reptiles but where's all the good hearts gone

paula x

that is awful poor little things the truth is alot of people dont relise what vetinary treatment will cost for such animals you have to admit though exotic animals especially reptiles are not cheap to have the correct treatments.

if only i knew i may have been been able to help out