Reptile Refugee up-date 11/15/04
http://reptilerefugees.bravehost.com
The animals have been released to the Fauna Society to send to foster
care. "The animals were released for foster over the weekend
…..Distribution of the animals is not open to the public at this
time" Has been publicly posted by some of those involved. While I'm
not completely happy with the internal workings at this time, I will
say that it's still far from over. If anyone can help with the many
different species, please contact Bob Smith at the Fauna Society
bob@faunasociety.org with serious inquiries only. Requests like "What
animals are you looking to get rid of?" will most likely get dumped
as they should be (that's what I have done so far). The Fauna Society
is not in a position to *ship* these creatures and I doubt that they
should be after all the problems they have been through. So, if you
can't pick them up, donations would be best to help at this time.
As before, joining the Fauna society at the Fauna web site
http://www.faunamagazine.com/can really help offset some of the
tremendous cost that this rescue mission has burdened this
organization with. It's not expensive to do and the benefits are
wonderful!
My understanding is that Lori Green from Turtle Homes has "control"
of all the Shells at this time. "We are doing a 50 aquatic turtle
rescue on Wednesday. You will need to fill out an application found
at
www.turtlehomes.org..... You can call us at xxxxxxxxx after
Wednesday and I'll have a list of species available." I believe there
is a phone number on the site to call.
I would like to mention that Reptile Direct
http://www.reptiledirrect.com has offered to help with donations to
the Fauna Society. Please remember this when reptile supplies are
needed, not to mention that I have never seen their prices beaten.
These are great people and I want to thank them publicly.
Now the for some of what I feel is good news. Below is a report on
the iguana species by AJ Gutman (International Iguana Society and the
Connecticut Iguana Sanctuary). After reading the report, if you feel
you can help with these creatures please contact me of AJ directly
bobmac@reptileuv.com,
ctenosaura@cyclura.com. Pictures of some of the
iguanas in the CIS facility being cared fore will be posted on the
http://reptilerefugees.bravehost.com site SOON!
As always, best of health to all!
Bobmac
www.reptileuv.com
The following animals are seeking homes.
Nine Green Iguanas of assorted sex. Six of these animals are in
reasonable health, although thin. The three in need of continuing
care are all males. Two of these are undersized and have a variety of
bite wounds to their limbs; broken bones may also be present. The
third is a much larger male iguana that is extremely thin, in part
due to extensive damage to his lower jaw.
Two stunted adult male Rhinoceros Iguanas. One of these animals is
missing half his tail and has some spastic movements in his front
wrist joints and at least one of his legs. Based on experience with
another Rhino, who was rescued last year from the same location, the
spasticity is likely permanent, but doesn't seem to impede
locomotion. Both these animals have been substantially underfed for
many years and have been without UV light for probably the same
period of time. Both are extremely frightened and therefore
aggressive and require patience, persistence and gentleness. Both
Rhinos that I rescued last year were in much the same state and now,
a year and a half later, have grown substantially and have very sweet
temperaments.
One stunted adult male Cuban Iguana (possibly hybridized with
something else). This little guy is also very frightened and was the
smallest of three males housed together. Other than a few missing
digits, he seems in reasonable shape under the circumstances, but is
very much in need of proper care to make up for years of malnutrition
and neglect.
5 adult Ctenosaurs (If you don't know what Ctenosaurs are, you don't
want to even consider adopting these critters. Ctenosaurs pose a
challenge for even experienced keepers.) Four of these are Ctenosaura
similis, one very large male and three females. They are skinny and
scarred but are all eating well. The fifth animal is a female
belonging to one of the species in the hemilopha complex (I need to
check markings and coloration on both front and back limbs in order
to properly identify her).
It should be assumed that all these animals have
mites and require
proper quarantine and treatment. I would also advise full vet checks
including a fecal exam.
Pickups are far preferable to shipping at this time of year.
Individuals adopting these animals are encouraged to join the
International Fauna Society at
www.FaunaSociety.org.
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