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Hi Guys,
I thought I would share our photo album. It is still in the works but here is a link:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rus...iles/my_photos
These are all rescues. Except for alott of the tarantulas.
It's just easier then trying to get all my photos into my gallery here.
So I hope you like em'
Thanks
Rusty
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Drools at macklott's pics
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i love the green aniconda!!
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Great pics man. love the GTP :P
Jesús
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Im Jealous!!! Great pic's
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Thanks, please remember that they are all rescued, hense that GTpython looking so horrible. he was plumped up to health and then adopted out, same with the anaconda. They are just great snakes.
Thanks
RUSTY
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Dont know how you do it...Takes a special person to handle that kind of load.
Tell me, what exactly got you involved in the rescue work area? Do you get donations, or is it all on your shoulder's?
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Tell me, what exactly got you involved in the rescue work area? Do you get donations, or is it all on your shoulder's?
Well let me see. It is my husband and myself and it's definately a full time job 24 / 7/ (No honeymoon..lol) We were just married in Oct. and just engaged last Febuary. We have been best friends for ten years. We ran seperate rescues. but always worked together to some degree.
I've always loved the herp world and have been doing my best to study everything I can about it for the last ten years. And my husband has just always loved it also. He slowed down a bit 4 years ago when his son was born, and then rehomed his animals to my house when his sons mother passed away three years ago. so just this past year we've hitched up and made it a joint rescue.
As for financially, it's all on our shoulders, and at this point my husband is unable to work, so i'm either working at a vet or pet related occupation. The big museum rescue was very hard (18 animals) we put our wedding off due to funding. But our DVM is wonderful, she does everything for basically cost and we can run our own fecals and bloodwork for less money too.
This rescue is what drives us. it's our lives. And I don't know what I would do, if I couldn't do this.
It's very very hard financially but it's that way for alott of people. And we do our best, all of our animals are fed and heated and cared for. And so is our little boy. It is my whole world.
Even thou it can be very trying at times, I consider myself extremely lucky to know what I want to do with my life at such a young age.
I learned a long time ago never to take anything for grantid. That's very true with everything in my life.
Ok well I've rambeld on, sorry about that.
Rusty
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I bet it's such a rewarding line of work... :) keep it up.
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Thank's for shareing Rusty. Like I said in my prior post, It takes a special person to handle that kind of load. If a person wanted to make a donation, let's say, sometime after the holiday's.....Where could he send it to? PM me if you want
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Hi Ironhead, thanks for your kind words.
Rusty & Winslow Gilman (Rusty's Dragons) is located at:
61 union st #2
Manchester, CT 06040
All of you are welcome any time you guys come through CT, just give me a call.
Oh and the posting of our address is cool. it's up on other sites for emergency "drop offs" and I have a very strong husband and our Nile monitor makes a great security system..lol
Thanks guys, I needed to rant, sometimes it helps to just rant for a while. Anyhow I apreciate it.
thanks
Rusty
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ya nile moniters aren't a lizard you wanna meet in the street if your a crook!!
they're one crazy lizard
I absolutly love they're feeding feeding response
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haha, My husband dove into the CT river after one and accually caught it. He was called about five years ago to find the "alligator" everyone was sighting, well he finally saw it and was so excited he just dove on it (I make fun, and tell him just because Steve Irwin does it, doesn't mean he can..lol), well he caught the terrified lizard (6.5 ft.) But got severe cuts on his wrists because all he could think to do was secure it's mouth, He forgot about the nails.
Well now every time we're at the doctors they're always asking "are those self inflicted wounds" insane if your going to kill yourself in the first place that would be alot of tries..lol anyhow ranting again
Oh by the way the nile made it through and lived another two years with a bad liver untill he was put down. But he had a great life. We assume someone let him go thinking maybe he could swim back to Africa..lol
Ok, Cya
Rusty
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the problem with nile moniters is that they're so damn cute as hatchlings that people dont realize the grow up to be 7 foot monsters that aren't really all to friendly towards being handled!! so they end up being let go or dead due to poor husbandry
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Im suprised that they are even legal to own....I think I would rather fight with Mike Tyson than one of those monitors.
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yeah, I got a nasty bite (my fault) from our nile monitor about 2 summers ago. The next day I had necrotic tissue removed from the bite mark area. Not fun.
It's amazing what they sell, and don't sell.
Rusty
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