I’d debated making a whole new post for the dragons but this is already here and I already has pictures in it so we’ll just keep it here.
So what’s going on with these, Is that a breeder that’s semi local to where I am Ended up getting into drugs and abandoning her entire project. There were well over 200 animals that ended up having to go through different rescues. Which is how I ended up with some, because the reptile rescues that are local to the area all filled up with all of these. The big problem that we’re running into now is that the entire collection has a reptile disease called ADV, which can result in death in the worst-case scenario, and be asymptomatic in the best case scenario. These particular six have not been tested for it just yet, so I’m actually keeping them in extremely plain boring tubs on just packing paper in order to monitor the situation. The test swabs arrive in another week. Until then I need as much clear space as I can get to monitor food and water intake, and watch for physical symptoms like diarrhea. Unfortunately, that means lack of stuff in the tubs
No, I did not know about the illness before I agreed to take these in. I only found out about it because I reached out to the rescue to advise them that I had taken six of the lizards so that way they had my information in case anybody was looking to adopt. Now that I know that they have this disease, adopting them out is not an option Unless somebody’s willing to take on a special needs animal.
thankfully, I know of two people who are willing to take in one dragon, each in order to give them a home and take some of the burden off of my house. Again, I didn't want 6 I initially offered to take 2 or 3. My partner said we should take 6(!) and now here we are.
I won’t lie, I’m venting a little bit, because having these six bearded dragons is going to be my responsibility as opposed to the one who wanted them. I’m not generally a huge fan of bearded dragons to begin with, they’re pretty OK, but they’re not my favorite. I may or may not be a little salty still about the fact that we can take in six lizards but I can’t have one more bird
Whatever. It's fine. I guess. (*grumble grumble*)
So what’s going on with these, Is that a breeder that’s semi local to where I am Ended up getting into drugs and abandoning her entire project. There were well over 200 animals that ended up having to go through different rescues. Which is how I ended up with some, because the reptile rescues that are local to the area all filled up with all of these. The big problem that we’re running into now is that the entire collection has a reptile disease called ADV, which can result in death in the worst-case scenario, and be asymptomatic in the best case scenario. These particular six have not been tested for it just yet, so I’m actually keeping them in extremely plain boring tubs on just packing paper in order to monitor the situation. The test swabs arrive in another week. Until then I need as much clear space as I can get to monitor food and water intake, and watch for physical symptoms like diarrhea. Unfortunately, that means lack of stuff in the tubs
No, I did not know about the illness before I agreed to take these in. I only found out about it because I reached out to the rescue to advise them that I had taken six of the lizards so that way they had my information in case anybody was looking to adopt. Now that I know that they have this disease, adopting them out is not an option Unless somebody’s willing to take on a special needs animal.
thankfully, I know of two people who are willing to take in one dragon, each in order to give them a home and take some of the burden off of my house. Again, I didn't want 6
I initially offered to take 2 or 3. My partner said we should take 6(!) and now here we are.I won’t lie, I’m venting a little bit, because having these six bearded dragons is going to be my responsibility as opposed to the one who wanted them. I’m not generally a huge fan of bearded dragons to begin with, they’re pretty OK, but they’re not my favorite. I may or may not be a little salty still about the fact that we can take in six lizards but I can’t have one more bird
Whatever. It's fine. I guess. (*grumble grumble*)
they are my absolute favorite Christmas time treat, because that’s the only time of year I ever see them
