i posted below and must have missed your post- earlier.

As for leaving some animals behind and risking not getting them adopted.

We don't quite work that way.



The animals we take to the events-- some came to us as rescues- and some were purchased before the rescue.

I have only recently started buying the animals i want- like specific locales, morphs, whatever.



anyway- we don't let any of our animals go to new homes AT the event. we leave with a PILE of applications- usually around 30- most are impulses- 'oooh i want a snake- how cute, throw it away when i'm bored' type things... we look over the apps, look at how much they know about the animal, check vet refrences- and if they can't TELL me the name of any reptile vet- like they havent had a reptile before- but haven't bothered to check around before getting a reptile... this annoys me greatly.



We requre to see the caging, the app. has common sense things on it- the apps for iguanas and larger snakes is 3 pages- if you tell me that Igs eat 'lettuce'-- it goes in the trash- The specific question says- "What items should a balanced Iguana diet consist of?" Q2 is "What are 3 things Iguanas should not eat?" (head 'lettuce', meat, etc...).

Same for snakes- "how big does _____ python/etc get when full grown?" (if you tell me 7-9 foot and its a retic- theres a problem)



you wouldn't believe some of the answers i've had to the questions on my app. I am not a rescue that refuses to adopt to people with kids- thats stupid- HOWEVER- if the cage is in your kids room, or you don't have a cage- forget it!



anywho- i got kicked out of the living room b/c i wouldn't stop talking- and now you guys fell victem to the babbling.



anyway- check my post below and let me know if you have other Q's or comments.



I don't see this as a bash fest- and i have seen the true bash-fests- last time i was involved in a bashfest- i wasn't on kingsnake for 6 months afterwards- There is definatly a different tone to this one- I'm not being treated like a 13 yr old newbie- and i appriciate it.

We are still trying to figure out what we need to do regarding food and poo....

the other post below ("concerns" talks about it- i dont want to duplicate it.



Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

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