So how did you come about getting your pet/pets??

Has come to me by various forms of rescue...

the abused, neglected and usually scaled or feathered find my home a sanctuary.... it would not be uncommon for me to be sitting at the computer wit an iguana on one shoulder.. a bird on the other.. a lizard in my lap and two turtles at my feet trying to get my attention because they want part of the food that I am eating...

Myrtle , our box turtle, was found hit on the road 13+ yrs ago.. his leg broken.. bruised and battered all over..we were luck enough to know of a vet who repaired his leg..but by the time he healed .. almost two yrs.. he was too tame to return to the wild.

Alice, our female box turtle, came to me after over 150 animals were confiscated from a pet mill in Alabama. She had to have wires dug from her shell because the mill owners had wired her to the bottom of the cage so she couldn't run from the males.

Audrey.. our little finch was mauled by a cat.. luckily she had no broken bones.. she was abandoned in a cage by a stack of garbage when I found her.

Griz our iguana. came from a rescue half way across the US... She is Blind... and needs alot of attention as she interacts mostly by touch and talking to her...

Nando.. who is sadly missed is one of the saddest cases.. he, a savannah monitor.. was found half frozen in the snow... he lost a few of his toes to frost bite.. and was very sickly because he had been starved.. after 2 yrs.. he lost his battle with the infections and passed away in his sleep.

And the Fish... my hubby couldn't bear to see them fed to the turtles andbegged me to spare them.. we now feed our turtles fish from the grocery store..:)


Soon we may also have another iguana.. she has no name yet.. but she is too sick to travel.. perhaps by spring.... she has MBD.. basically the reptillian equivalent of Osteoporosis.. if you touch her her bones will break.. luckily she is making a slow recovery.