So angry over a poor beardie...
I am house-sitting for a woman. I don't know her very well, but she chose me to house-sit because she has two good-sized pythons, a gecko, 3 big dogs, a cat, and some fish, and I was the only person she knew who had experience with all of the above. She told me those were all of her pets. I have been watching her house for about 3 days, and all was going well. All of her pets are healthy, beautiful, and very well-pampered. Today I went out to the garage to start defrosting more dog food (she is a BARF fanatic) and on top of the big freezer out there was a cold, dehydrated, severely emaciated beardie (bearded dragon). I am trying desperately to get it warmed, rehydrated, and to get it to take some green beans, at least... my reptile vet is about 80 miles away and pretty much unreachable on the weekends. I usually have a couple I can rely on in an emergency nearby (not vets, but 50+ years of experience plus herpetology degrees, etc) but THEY are on vacation, too. It's a little beside the point, because I really do believe it is too far gone to help, but I have to try. I have left several messages for the owner, but she hasn't called me back yet. I want to hear what she has to say for herself. I am tempted to report her to animal control if she knowingly left it out there to starve, but it won't help. Animal control here (and the humane society) think all reptiles should be destroyed anyway. I am so furious I just needed to vent. I just don't understand how she could be so resonsible and loving to some pets, and then just allow one to suffer and be ignored.
