darknezz":1yl1r6aj said:wow, that even makes me sad.if he cant afford lights than he needs to get rid of it. If hes just ignorant than thats pathetic. I'm not rich but I still try to take car of mine :|
I completely agree.dragonxxxx":1yl1r6aj said:sounds like your brothers friend is a *****, and your brother could use better friends.
I'm going to talk to him today and see if I can have the beardie. Thank you for the support. If I am able to rescue him I'm sure I'll need a lot of help, but it would all be worth it if I can help him become a healthier and happier beardie. Unfortunately, I have a feeling there are a lot more beardies in this same situation than most of us realize because of ignorant owners, but we can't save them all.diamc":1yl1r6aj said:It sounds like that poor beardie needs your help, we are here for you and him, will help in any way we can.
dragonxxxx":irq1gb7z said:sounds like your brothers friend is a *****, and your brother could use better friends.
spyder79":yd8g7xd1 said:dragonxxxx":yd8g7xd1 said:sounds like your brothers friend is a *****, and your brother could use better friends.
This really is not a fair assesment of the person. If you had your way you had been told to take care of an animal and the animal was alive you would think (not knowing anything about dragons) that everything was fine. Now put yourself in this guys shoes. Some person whom you barely know, and probably could care less about their opinions, comes in and says "your care is all wrong you need to fix this your animal is sick and dying." Would you just accept this person's advice? A person with no real training or information other than what they practice and what they have read on the internet. I sincerely doubt it.
My suggestion to the OP is get the guy information. Give him some care sheets from various breeders and sites. Give him the links to this forum and any others you use. Give him the tools to learn from his mistakes.
PuffMagic":1rjh626h said:spyder79":1rjh626h said:dragonxxxx":1rjh626h said:sounds like your brothers friend is a *****, and your brother could use better friends.
This really is not a fair assesment of the person. If you had your way you had been told to take care of an animal and the animal was alive you would think (not knowing anything about dragons) that everything was fine. Now put yourself in this guys shoes. Some person whom you barely know, and probably could care less about their opinions, comes in and says "your care is all wrong you need to fix this your animal is sick and dying." Would you just accept this person's advice? A person with no real training or information other than what they practice and what they have read on the internet. I sincerely doubt it.
My suggestion to the OP is get the guy information. Give him some care sheets from various breeders and sites. Give him the links to this forum and any others you use. Give him the tools to learn from his mistakes.
I agree with you to an extent. That we should give this fellow a chance to get the info to correct his mistakes if he cares enough to do so otherwise he should give it up. If we just gives it away there is a good chance he will just buy another one later on and have the same thing happen to it. But why don't people do their research before buying an exotic pet? I think the same way with buying a cat or a dog.....research so you can give them the best care - most people wouldn't have a child without making sure they were feeding it properly...I feel the same with buying pets. Be responsible as a person when you taking care of another life. To me it is just common sense - but apparently common sense is overrated.
because reptile care varries so much animal control wouldnt be able to do muchDoDaMAn":14yli759 said:Call animal control!!
spyder79":35h1prte said:PuffMagic":35h1prte said:spyder79":35h1prte said:dragonxxxx":35h1prte said:sounds like your brothers friend is a *****, and your brother could use better friends.
This really is not a fair assesment of the person. If you had your way you had been told to take care of an animal and the animal was alive you would think (not knowing anything about dragons) that everything was fine. Now put yourself in this guys shoes. Some person whom you barely know, and probably could care less about their opinions, comes in and says "your care is all wrong you need to fix this your animal is sick and dying." Would you just accept this person's advice? A person with no real training or information other than what they practice and what they have read on the internet. I sincerely doubt it.
My suggestion to the OP is get the guy information. Give him some care sheets from various breeders and sites. Give him the links to this forum and any others you use. Give him the tools to learn from his mistakes.
I agree with you to an extent. That we should give this fellow a chance to get the info to correct his mistakes if he cares enough to do so otherwise he should give it up. If we just gives it away there is a good chance he will just buy another one later on and have the same thing happen to it. But why don't people do their research before buying an exotic pet? I think the same way with buying a cat or a dog.....research so you can give them the best care - most people wouldn't have a child without making sure they were feeding it properly...I feel the same with buying pets. Be responsible as a person when you taking care of another life. To me it is just common sense - but apparently common sense is overrated.
Why?
Simple answer. People over-estimate the knowledge base of the employees at a pet store. They think that since a person is the pet stores "reptile specialist" that the person has to know what they are talking about. So if you have faith in the persons info and have no healthy problems that you know of with your animal, why research it. Not everyone is born with the need to know more.
The other thing I just thought of is that there is a possibility the animal is in brumation right now. My adult dragons will brumate from 4-6 months out of the year, during this time their lights are off completely except for 1 day a week when I force them awake for a soak and then I leave their lights on until they dissappear into their sleeping sights and then the lights go back off.
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