Jay Bagley
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Every tortoise wants a lizard for a best friend. Maybe I will set a playdate up for Sheldon and an asian water monitor. Just joking, what the heck is wrong with people?
Ugh- where do I even start?
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Right? Who looks at a tortoise, and thinks “hmmm, why don’t I house a random lizard with my tortoise in a 50 gallon tank?”
Jay Bagley
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Someone who's baby crib was pushed far too close to the wall, and they ate way too many paint chips.
Sounds pretty accurate, lmao
Nothing unusual, just a painted turtle being housed with a fire skink in a death bowl full of gravel...
not like it’s gonna get shell rot from the humidity and lack of a proper basking spot or anything.
not like it’s gonna get shell rot from the humidity and lack of a proper basking spot or anything.
Yikes, poor little guy. They shouldn't even be allowed to sell those little turtle bowl things anymore!
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Care needs to be taken when dealing with "rescues"
At least the one posted on the last page seems to be trying with horrible information. (And will likely harm or kill the animal with it)
More often than not, A RESCUE is a hoarder or a flat out reseller of animals, just interested in a buck. A while ago, I had the misfortune of dealing with two such people: A fellow named ANDREW in Hollywood Florida that takes in animals people have entrusted him with and sells them off. Many times they are sick and dying.(See my Queen Bertha threads)He couldn't care less about who buys them or what becomes of them and tried ripping off a few members including @Animal Lady.
And there's a fellow down in south Miami. He even has "adoption papers" and questions and seems quite legitimate. But he is a hoarder of all sorts of animals and doesn't care about anything but the money. He actually came on this forum once or twice and both times I called him on his practices and lies.
A real rescue is just that. A rescue. And as most of us know that have been there, rescuing an animal means either keeping it, or finding a great, safe forever home as best as you can. And many times that involves actually losing money. Sometimes LOTS of money (search my Queen Bertha threads)
It also includes further learning and trying to make the animal as safe and healthy as it can be. Otherwise, you're just another idiot Well meaning or not. And your animals will suffer for it.
So many of our members are such great keepers.
At least the one posted on the last page seems to be trying with horrible information. (And will likely harm or kill the animal with it)
More often than not, A RESCUE is a hoarder or a flat out reseller of animals, just interested in a buck. A while ago, I had the misfortune of dealing with two such people: A fellow named ANDREW in Hollywood Florida that takes in animals people have entrusted him with and sells them off. Many times they are sick and dying.(See my Queen Bertha threads)He couldn't care less about who buys them or what becomes of them and tried ripping off a few members including @Animal Lady.
And there's a fellow down in south Miami. He even has "adoption papers" and questions and seems quite legitimate. But he is a hoarder of all sorts of animals and doesn't care about anything but the money. He actually came on this forum once or twice and both times I called him on his practices and lies.
A real rescue is just that. A rescue. And as most of us know that have been there, rescuing an animal means either keeping it, or finding a great, safe forever home as best as you can. And many times that involves actually losing money. Sometimes LOTS of money (search my Queen Bertha threads)
It also includes further learning and trying to make the animal as safe and healthy as it can be. Otherwise, you're just another idiot Well meaning or not. And your animals will suffer for it.
So many of our members are such great keepers.
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I went over there to Reptile Amino, and couldn't understand the format.
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Wrong @Animal Lady mentioned above. Sorry.
She was from Miami and is no longer with us.
And as warning...If you do go to the Bertha threads...Its very long.
She was from Miami and is no longer with us.
And as warning...If you do go to the Bertha threads...Its very long.
Yeah, the format is weird. You did use the app, right? The website doesn’t work. To find it, you have to download an app called “Amino”, and then search for a community. Ours is called “Reptile Amino”, and we have 15,000 members in growing.
It’s perfectly fine if you don’t join, but it would be nice to have more tortoise keepers(that know what they’re doing)to help regulate the ones that don’t. Right now, it’s just me and two other people that have turtles. It’s a handful, lol.
I downloaded the app and signed up but honestly I can't really figure out how to use it lol
Yeah, it definitely has a learning curve lol
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I don't know about the Reptile Amino. I kind feel like the creepy old dude that everyone is wondering why is there
Hahaha I joined it, freaked me a little. It’s quite hard to navigate.
I don't know about the Reptile Amino. I kind feel like the creepy old dude that everyone is wondering why is there
Lol! It’s totally cool if you don’t want to stick around. It’s definitely weird at first, lmao
Yep, definitely a big learning curve!
