yea ive seen paperwork sayin they are a "refuge".

we are having an inspection anytime from now until june 15th. i PRAY that we FAIL IT with flying colors. turns out the owner has had SEVERAL complaints from the inspectors and been written up for keeping animals that never needed to be kept more than a few days, or keeping them AFTER they were completely healed and ready for release.

i showed the owner the box turtle in the pics. i said "he has MBD, and so does this one and this one and this one. see their tails and how they are about to break off? they are going to die if we dont get uvb light on them asap. do you want me to build something for the lights to sit on" (we have over 20uvb lights in the back THAT ARENT IN USE AND IN WORKING ORDER!!!!!!) i cant, nor can anyone else change their conditions without his approval. He said to me "well, this guy was like this before we got him", and changed the subject and walked away.

i dont know what to do. i am losing sleep over this place. it makes me sick, and sad- a dream job has really opened my eyes to how people treat animals.


i was offered by a forum member to have PROFESSIONAL RACKS WITH FLEXWATT built and delivered FOR FREE to help out the 40+ snakes we have. the forum member, kellysballs, sent me pics of what they would build for us. i printed out the pics and brought them in cause i was SO HAPPY i was offered $700+ racks for FREE. i showed them to the owner-HE DECLINED IT! saying that he was getting rid of most of them, and the ones that we are keeping for "his collection" he wants to keep in aquariums to "show them off"!!!!!!!



i am SERIOUSLY considering calling whoever is goung to inspect this place and telling them all of whats going on- the fact that 90% of our turtles are ready for release (or WERE until we got ahold of them), the fact that snakes dont get fed but maybe once a month, the fact that not one snake/lizard/turtle/tortoise gets any heat or uvb!! i dont know what to do anymore.


sorry for the rant.