She is in a "Primary Election" under the "Independent Party" until the end of the month. Then she will be in the regular election, if she wins. She is a rescued beardie that would like to get her story out to teach people to learn about their pets before bringing them home. A 76 year old lady bought her at a reptile show. They told her to put Bebe in sand and feed her mealworms. She noticed the mealworms would breed in the sand, so she just let Bebe eat whatever bred in her tank. She did not give her calcium, UVB lighting, or a varied diet. Bebe's bones became very brittle and her front legs broke and they bent in and healed that way. She had no muscle in her back legs and she couldn't even see since her eyes were covered in sand. To make a long story short, Bebe is a special needs beardie. She has to be hand fed twice a day and has a personality out of this world. She is starting to "army crawl" with her front legs and she is moving around more. She can see now also. Please help her to win this election so she can promote education to new pet families. She will be donating all of her winnings to a local rescue. Thank you for your time. Bebe appreciates it also.
I voted. I also work in rescue. We have a contest on Facebook that runs through 9/30 asking people to submit entries in four categories desgined to show the public how wonderful reptiles are as pets. It is part of a PR campaign to raise public awareness for October, which is National Reptile Awareness Month. This is our public group if you are interested in joining. We have constant educational pieces posted and it is a good group of people who all support each other in reptile ownership and rescue. http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/268935216535900/
Good luck to Bebe.
Thank you!! The Primary Election ends this Sunday. If Bebe wins, she will be up against a dog and a cat for the Final Election. If she wins, she will be on a tv commercial for a dog and cat food business. I think it would be great if the wise bearded dragon told dogs and cats what is good for them to eat. I would also like to have them make a special beardie treat that we can sell in our store. I am sure we could come up with something that the beardies would love. Thank you to everyone that voted and/or bumped this post.
Bebe is still in the lead. The voting for the Primary Election is over at midnight tonight. Please get all of your votes in. Tomorrow will start the actual election. Thank you soooo much. Bebe is going to have some professional pictures made for her campaign. I will try to post some of those on here.