Rehoming Fees

[ratboy]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

No love you was saying you wouldn't buy from a person knocking at your door but would take it in for free! Certainly you wouldn't refuse a healthy animal. The point is we are a rescue centre not a collector and we take in many sick and healthy animals, some of which have to remain here for the rest of their days.

Actually, I did not say that at all.

If somebody turned up at my door with a snake, I would refuse it period... I am NOT a rescue centre. How dare you imply that I would take it if it was healthy !!!

If somebody I know and trust contacted me to HOUSE a rat snake that NEEDS A HOME and I have the room for it, then I will rehome it.

You are trying to imply that I am after free, healthy snakes... and you my love, are bang out of order !!!!

Conversation Over.

[Reptilerescueden]

Originally Posted by ratboy

Actually, I did not say that at all.

If somebody turned up at my door with a snake, I would refuse it period... I am NOT a rescue centre. How dare you imply that I would take it if it was healthy !!!

If somebody I know and trust contacted me to HOUSE a rat snake that NEEDS A HOME and I have the room for it, then I will rehome it.

You are trying to imply that I am after free, healthy snakes... and you my love, are bang out of order !!!!

Conversation Over.

I asked the question... you avoided so I jumped to conclusions!!! Don't feel too good does it to be on the receiving end, does it? Thanks for your input but sorry I made you an example... you didn't deserve it but nor do rescuers. I still fail to see your point of your original post but maybe I am having a blonde moment... this dye must be affecting my brain!
All the best!

[cooljules]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

No love you was saying you wouldn't buy from a person knocking at your door but would take it in for free! Certainly you wouldn't refuse a healthy animal. The point is we are a rescue centre not a collector and we take in many sick and healthy animals, some of which have to remain here for the rest of their days.

I agree, we have a male BD, that we wouldnt rehome, it was kept with wood chips, fed only garden worms, no uv, and a electric blower heater as only heat source....it was so sick we thought it would die..we spent a lot of money on equipment, which the owner said would pay is back, she didnt...and when we said it needed the vets urgent, she didnt..just said 'you can have it, cant afford it' then next day got a big rottie dog.

Its a male, and for some reason, at the moment having lots of males arrive...why would i want lots of BD's? yes we have some that were bought as pets..but recently lots of healthy and sick ones are coming in...and i dont have a 'we take in any reptile you dont want' ad anywhere...even stopped in the supermarket today, by someone i dont know....

So now, we have this healthy, eating and good BD, which we wont rehome...but cant take the risk incase of underlying health problemss.

A male BD that hopefully is going next week, will have cost us not far off what the rehoming fee is.....if they didnt want to pay the 25 quid, let them goto the pet shop, and for that morpth, size its about a hundred quid...

this is 'Getto /ghetto????' with my girlfriend we took in nearly dead from a chavvette in the summer...not a pet, and cost us a fortune, but would have been dead otherwise

[Reptilerescueden]

Originally Posted by cooljules

I agree, we have a male BD, that we wouldnt rehome, it was kept with wood chips, fed only garden worms, no uv, and a electric blower heater as only heat source....it was so sick we thought it would die..we spent a lot of money on equipment, which the owner said would pay is back, she didnt...and when we said it needed the vets urgent, she didnt..just said 'you can have it, cant afford it' then next day got a big rottie dog.

Its a male, and for some reason, at the moment having lots of males arrive...why would i want lots of BD's? yes we have some that were bought as pets..but recently lots of healthy and sick ones are coming in...and i dont have a 'we take in any reptile you dont want' ad anywhere...even stopped in the supermarket today, by someone i dont know....

So now, we have this healthy, eating and good BD, which we wont rehome...but cant take the risk incase of underlying health problemss.

A male BD that hopefully is going next week, will have cost us not far off what the rehoming fee is.....if they didnt want to pay the 25 quid, let them goto the pet shop, and for that morpth, size its about a hundred quid...

this is 'Getto /ghetto????' with my girlfriend we took in nearly dead from a chavvette in the summer...not a pet, and cost us a fortune, but would have been dead otherwise

Well love you do a great job and if you can keep it going then do so xxxx

[cooljules]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

Well love you do a great job and if you can keep it going then do so xxxx

thanks, will do until things are so bad that the animals we have now cant get what they need..

[Reptilerescueden]

Originally Posted by cooljules

thanks, will do until things are so bad that the animals we have now cant get what they need..

It's a question of knowing your linits and balancing everything! o good taking an animal out of one scenario then into something worse as you know...... luckily there are a few rescuers on here that should be able to help if you need it, but i think you know what your doing love xxx

[Ally]

I can see Ratboys reasons... Personally I wouldn't take anything healthy or otherwise at home, as my pets come first and I'm not about to risk all of them for one freebie.
(Quarantine has to be done away from home as I have nowhere suitable here)

At the shop, yes we take/treat and rehome anything we are given.

[Reptilerescueden]

Ally your right quarentine should alway be applied!

[Ssthisto]

Originally Posted by ratboy

If somebody I know and trust contacted me to HOUSE a rat snake that NEEDS A HOME and I have the room for it, then I will rehome it.

I think the difference that Den is trying to point out, Steve, is that the people who complain about an existing rescue's rehoming fees have usually deliberately approached the RESCUE looking for a free or very cheap snake. And when they find out that the rescue wants to recover at least some of the veterinary expenses of an animal that's been dumped on them - and sometimes not for free either - they throw a wobbly because a "rescue" shouldn't cost THEM any money when they want a new cheap pet.

You sound like the reverse - someone who occasionally winds up with a friend or colleague who has a snake that they know YOU can house appropriately for all its days. You're not looking for freebies - but sometimes they find you. And when they find you, you take them in. You're not seeking out the freebies. You're not asking a rescue to give you a snake you're interested in and actively want to own.

I must admit that I have turned down a "rescue" animal - an animal that someone no longer had any interest in, that wasn't being kept in the best of conditions, that the owner wanted shut of - because the original owner wanted a LOT of money for the animal and equipment. We told them to sell the equipment separately if they wished but that we would not pay well over the odds for the snake they had - if they wanted to rehome it to us that was fine, but we were not paying £200+ for a corn snake. I still wonder what happened to Kaa, but I couldn't risk the ability to care for the REST of the group for the sake of reimbursing someone else's mistake of insufficient research.

I have had a "freebie" find me, too - he's not a reptile someone would pick as a pet, but Diablo is a beautiful animal. And bloody heck, a free lizard sure costs a LOT of money to set up properly!

And I have adopted an animal from a rescue, too - more than one in fact, as my eldest cat is an RSPCA baby - and because I was seeking out those animals and wanted to provide a home for THAT animal, I was happy to pay the rehoming fees.

[ratboy]

Originally Posted by Reptilerescueden

I asked the question... you avoided so I jumped to conclusions!!! Don't feel too good does it to be on the receiving end, does it? Thanks for your input but sorry I made you an example... you didn't deserve it but nor do rescuers. I still fail to see your point of your original post but maybe I am having a blonde moment... this dye must be affecting my brain!
All the best!

Phew.

I am glad it wasn't a deliberate mis-reading of my posts and trying to make me out to be an unscrupolous freeloader because I happen to not agree with rehoming fees

All the best.