Trying to rescue a beardie

[Nasubi77]

Came across this ad in CL today. I rarely see BD's in my surrounding area, much less one right in the town where I work.
http://asheville.craigslist.org/pet/933108525.html

They claim he is "very healthy" but you can tell, especially by that first pic, that he is somewhat malnourished and most definitely dehydrated. I'm just going to assume that his UVB/heat/diet/supplements have not been up to par, either. I shot them an email, and told them I would take him off their hands to nurse him back to health, but would not pay a $75 fee, considering the costs it would take to give him the initial care he needs. I told them I would be willing to give them $30 to help re-coup some of their costs of caring for him, but to please consider what is best for the dragon. Haven't heard from them yet (and might not, although I was very friendly in explaining why I thought he wasn't healthy and blamed that fact on the pet store who likely gave this family bad information when they got the dragon). I'm hoping after they have him listed for several days or several weeks and realize that no one will pay $75 for a scrawny looking dragon, they will "see the light" and contact me. I hope they do..it just "feels" right for me to take this one....know what I mean? I'm sure a lot of you have had THAT feeling before!

Anyway, wish me luck!

 

[protiemama]

Poor thing looks so thin. I hope he can make it till you get him. Sending up prayers.

Sandy H

 

[Ethelia]

Thank god you found him.

I hope they do the right thing and allow you to take him home.

 

[Nasubi77]

Wellllll, I did hear from this guy. His story is that he adopted the beardie from CL himself, and that the pics are from when he first got him. He as since applied the proper care and now has a healthy beardie well worth $75. :roll: I can only hope this is true.

I told him if it got to a point where he couldn't re-home him (esp. at that price), to let me know. That I wasn't looking to "buy" a beardie but I do have a good home to give to one in need. I also advised him to take some more recent pics so people on CL will know they're getting a healthy dragon and not a sick, scrawny one.

Oh well...more worms (and attention!) for Amber!