HELP WITH POTENTIAL RESCUE

[BeardieNewbie15]

So I've been looking for a bearded dragon for my brother for a while now and I came upon an add that sounded alright. A male bearded dragon, 16 inches, a year and a half old for sale. The asking price was $120, which I thought was a little steep...so I emailed to find out more. This was the response:

"I've have this BD since he is still baby. He is living with the Hypo Yellow and SandFire (All male) in a 30 Gallon Tank. He is one of the fastest cricket catcher, compare to Hypo and Sand Fire (the slowest). Dinner time every night he can eat more then @10 5 Weeks crickets at a time, but I have to watch their diet, average @6 per dragon, they also like Super & Giant Worm too twice a week, I never feed them cockroach. Morning breakfast special made vegie. I try to find him a good girl but ... , then maybe some one already got a girl need a good boy. Their living place close to the patio facing south, I have UVB 10.0 Tube, Mercury Vapour Light & natural SUN light when wheather is good, under tank heat pad. They go to sleep before 9pm and wake up aroung 8:30am. If you just need the dragon I can go for $90. " - Seller

So a few things startled me. He is keeping three male adult bearded dragons in a 30 gallon tank?! And he is only allowing them 6 crickets? Jeez...now I feel like I have to rescue this beardie. Problem is the guy wants no less than $85 for him. Is that a good price? Also, he said he had a few babies left for $50 each! I don't even want to know what kind of condition the babies are being kept in. So what should I do? Bite the bullet and rescue this poor guy? If the beardie has a billion health problems I can't afford the vet bills atm....but I just feel so bad

 

[Livey]

perhaps send him a care sheet,
Would you not be able to look at him? or any pictures? might give you a better idea...

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

I recieved a picture and he looked okay. As far as I could see he had his whole tail and all of his fingers and toes. I managed to barter the guy down to $75 so I will hopefully be picking him up tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!

 

[Jiffy]

I recieved a picture and he looked okay. As far as I could see he had his whole tail and all of his fingers and toes. I managed to barter the guy down to $75 so I will hopefully be picking him up tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!

Good luck, keep us posted!

 

[Livey]

Yes good luck!
i hope he is in good health .

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

Thanks all! Here is the picture the seller sent to me. Hopefully this is actually what he looks like! In the email (as you can see above) the seller is saying he is a Hypo Yellow..not that it really matters to me. I will hopefully be picking him up tomorrow morning, so I will have an update tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Jess]

Wow, he looks really healthy, and pretty chunky too! Definatly not what I expected after reading the email.
I hope he is as healthy as he looks!
And is the guy selling his other beardies too? I hope you can convince him to seperate them and feed them better. :|

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

I hope he is as healthy as he looks!

You and me both! I will wait until after I get the beardie so I don't 'offend' him.

 

[studmule]

You and me both! I will wait until after I get the beardie so I don't 'offend' him.

Good call. Get your little guy first, before you give the owner a well deserved lecture!

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

Good call. Get your little guy first, before you give the owner a well deserved lecture!

You'd better believe I will give him quite the lesson. The guy seems nice enough but a little under educated. He said if I wanted he would include a 15 gallon tank with lid for the dragon. I politely said no thank you, as I already have a complete set up waiting. But in my mind I was screaming "an adult bearded dragon should never be kept in a 15 gallon tank! are you out of your mind?! how can you keep three adult males in a 30 gallon tank then offer to get rid of one with an even smaller tank? ARE YOU EFFING CRAZY?!" :lol:

 

[Jess]

Well, at least he is going to a good home now, and the remaining beardies will have more space!
Did he say weather it was a regular 30, or a tall or breeder? A breeder wouldnt be as bad, since it has the same floor space as a 40 gal breeder... Still not good though, especially for 2 males!

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

He did not specify, just said 30 gallons. I just cant imagine how he kept three adult males together in such a small space without them getting killed. I haven't heard from the guy today. Hopefully he shows up tomorrow. *Fingers crossed*

 

[punkrockprincess]

oh my. I felt sick just reading that...more and more these days I find that people do not understand how to care for dragons. I cannot BELIEVE that that dragon isn't dead yet seeing as he's being kept in such a small tank with a male. I would buy the dragon and then direct the seller to this website.

 

[BeardieNewbie15]

Good news everyone! I have him and all is well. I made a new forum thing, check it out!

http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=126467

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