if you could look after all of then then it's fine to keep them all IMO

if you can't though, they must be re-homed.

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a good rescue centre takes in whatever needs a home regardless of inconvenience or disruption it may cause in your life. ie prepare to dissapoint your OH when you cancel dinner at a fancy restaurant to instead drive 50 miles to pick up a dumped iggy or turtle. as for perfect health.... you do your best. what IS considered perfect health? ie a snake with serious burns will never totally heal so its not 'perfect' but providing the vet says its ok, and its feeding then thats as good as you can do.

Also with regards to keeping stuff you rescue...... its a grey area really. it is frowned upon as a lot of fake rescues turn up for a few freebies. i suppose if you kept a large percentage of the rescues you would probably be seen in this light. personally over the years i have kept only 3 rescues. i have had some in that i would have loved to keep but i personally feel it defeats the object of the game.

hope this helps?

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I reckon one of the pre-requisites of a rescue is to know what it is you are rescuing and how to care for it before picking it up.

The amount of times you see "I have rescued this, what is it ? and how do I look after it ?" posts is downright scary.

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Also be prepared for immense frustration. its not unusual to be called out to rescue 'a lizard i found' only to drive 2 hours for a bloody newt.

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Ive had dealing with both types, i think both do a good job, i know someone who has what i call a rescue centre where she keeps all her animals(no matter what they are) and others that re-home, i think both have an important part to play

we used to take on 3legged beardies, or aggressive boas for instance, and they stayed with us, other people re-home the re-homable to vetted homes

I think both play an important role

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im fine hun ty , i will pm you

We offer a "rescue" service in that we don't turn anything down, but I'm not an actual rescue, I'll look after anything in whatever condition and rehome it but I often rehome to other rescues who have more space/time... I get a lot of rescues because people dump animals at the shop or because if they're looking for someone to get rid of animals too they turn to the shop adverts in the yellow pages, as rescues don't tend to have a lot of money to advertise. I don't actually have the time or a huge amount of space but I'll turn my life upside down to help an animal that is in need.

If someone gave my shop something that I wanted for my collection I wouldn't have much qualms about taking it home and keeping it - but I would never sell an animal for a large profit, just charge a rehoming fee of equivalent to the vet check, or something that will just keep the freebie hoarders away. If I know someone genuine I often waive the rehoming fee as long as I actually know they have the space/time/setups.

I don't like people who call themselves rescues in all the classified ads and then ASK for reptiles, usually preferring the ones that aren't actually sick/injured/aggressive/mistreated/large. A genuine rescue will put their details and information up so they're available if needed, but they sure as hell won't be begging for freebies - they have enough work to do. A genuine rescue hopes that one day they won't be needed anymore and just keeps on praying that the donations and their finances hold up against the torrent of bills. The people asking for reptiles want to keep getting animals, and don't worry about the bills, because they don't take on sick animals that need a lot of vet treatment, and anyway, they can always sell something they got for free to make a bit of cash.

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I think your post sums it up perfectly Athraven , Thanks

Btw im not thinking about starting a rescue , i don't have enough hours in the day as it is!!