Re: I think the 'gentlemen' you met was dougw! lol -np

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Posted by dougw on March 11, 2002 at 13:36:20:

In Reply to: I think the 'gentlemen' you met was dougw! lol -np posted by Sklavin on March 09, 2002 at 21:42:50:

Haha, that was a good one. I have never stolen lizards from a petstore and i actually find it funny how hard it is to adopt an iguana from this person. You can go to any petshop and by any lizard or pet with no questions asked. but at a rescue all you have to do is bs them and they will believe you. i can get a dog a cat an iguana for adoption easily.

: My adoption application includes about 10-12 questions, most pertaining to whether the applicant has owned herps in the past, if they have a qualified vet, if there are small children in the household, and I also ask for a couple of personal references. I will do phone interviews, at my expense, and then request an interview at my home (so my privacy is invaded also). I get a chance to see how the people react with the iguanas and how the iguanas react to the people. If adoptive parents think that I'm invading their privacy if I ask to do a home visit then I'm not sure I want them caring for one of my lizards. Most adoptive parents are more than happy to show us their set-ups and receive any advice we may have for them.

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: : Here is an example of why we do what we do. Last month at the herp show I had a very sweet little female iguana along that is available for adoption. A "gentleman" seemed very interested in her, asking if he could adopt her on the spot and take her home that day (something which I will not do). He handled her well and she seemed quite comfortable with him. I questioned him fairly intensely on diet, heat, housing and humidity issues. He had almost all of the correct answers but blew it when he told me he already had 4 iguanas that he kept in a single enclosure. Later on that day I hear from a couple of the vendors that this particular "gentleman" had twice been convicted of stealing herps from pet stores. I did some research of my own and found this information to be quite true. This is not the kind of person I want adopting my lizards.

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: Haha, that was a good one. I have never stolen lizards from a petstore and i actually find it funny how hard it is to adopt an iguana from this person. You can go to any petshop and by any lizard or pet with no questions asked. but at a rescue all you have to do is bs them and they will believe you. i can get a dog a cat an iguana for adoption easily. : : My adoption application includes about 10-12 questions, most pertaining to whether the applicant has owned herps in the past, if they have a qualified vet, if there are small children in the household, and I also ask for a couple of personal references. I will do phone interviews, at my expense, and then request an interview at my home (so my privacy is invaded also). I get a chance to see how the people react with the iguanas and how the iguanas react to the people. If adoptive parents think that I'm invading their privacy if I ask to do a home visit then I'm not sure I want them caring for one of my lizards. Most adoptive parents are more than happy to show us their set-ups and receive any advice we may have for them. : : : : : : Here is an example of why we do what we do. Last month at the herp show I had a very sweet little female iguana along that is available for adoption. A "gentleman" seemed very interested in her, asking if he could adopt her on the spot and take her home that day (something which I will not do). He handled her well and she seemed quite comfortable with him. I questioned him fairly intensely on diet, heat, housing and humidity issues. He had almost all of the correct answers but blew it when he told me he already had 4 iguanas that he kept in a single enclosure. Later on that day I hear from a couple of the vendors that this particular "gentleman" had twice been convicted of stealing herps from pet stores. I did some research of my own and found this information to be quite true. This is not the kind of person I want adopting my lizards.

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