I have been feeding a friendly acquaintances animals while she is out of town on vacation. I met her when I bought my baby beardies from her over two years ago and the animals were well cared for. This last trip has me very concerned.
I built her a rat rack like mine. 6 bins with space for 4 15qt nursing bins. She is missing one bin and all the 15qts are gone because they have been chewed. She has rats in 6 wire cages as well. Rats were all out of water, some loose and had chewed water bottles to get water. Bins are all packed with rats. She has 7 snakes.
Her 1.0 adult beardie is in a 20 long with a lamp, no UVB, and an under tank heater. The sand is covered in poop, dried lettuce, and dead worms. He is very very skinny.
Her 1.1 "juvi" beardies are in an Exo Terra that is taller than it is wide. Same conditions as the adult. These two are from the same clutch as mine and half the size.
1.1 veiled chams, screen cage. No UVB but does have heat lamp. No drip waterer, the water pan that was in there was so flimsy I couldn't get it out without spilling the disgusting contents.
Snakes generally look ok, but they are low maintenance.
Superworms were in oatmeal a few months ago, now are in a thin layer of frass and fed a chocolate chip granola bar. More dead worms than alive. I believe she only feeds supers.
Someone else was suppose to come feed them, but she called me last minute while there are already at their destination and said they couldn't get ahold of him and asked if I could. It wasn't pretty last time I went, but it is just so much worse now. I think she KNOWS how to care for them. Maybe she just thinks she can skimp? She has the internet and access to care sheets like the rest of us.
So my question. What should I do? Should I ask her if she needs help? Should I suggest she sell some of the rats to help pay for lights and screen lids and tanks? Should I tell her that I am too upset by the lack of care and that I won't be able to come feed until she has gotten everything up to par?