lesschops
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Hey guys, we have a crazy situation that I need some advice on. My partner had been talking about getting a bearded dragon for her birthday in April. I decided to organise it, and offered to split the cost with her brother.
Her brother in his infinite wisdom just went out and bought the dragon without telling us, or without anything to keep it in. He just handed it to her randomly one day and said happy birthday, even though her birthday was just under two months away. We had to rush to the pet store after work to get an enclosure, lights, thermostat and food etc. (As a side note, it is super irresponsible to gift people animals they had no idea was coming and aren’t prepared for. Always discuss it with the person first.)
Where I live in New South Wales, Australia, you need a reptile license to have beardies, and I have an R1. However we need to register it as a transfer from the breeder so we need his license number, so we contacted him and he won’t give us his license. We spoke to her brother and he doesn’t even have a license despite purchasing it from a breeder.
On top of that, the (female, estimated <1yr old) beardie, is barely eating. She won’t touch crickets, or greens, or fruit. She eats the occasional superworm, but when we got her to actually eat a whole bunch of them, she ended up regurgitating a lot of it up overnight, and we don’t know why. She’s very inactive, barely moves, and very thin, but is awake and responsive and basking constantly.
My partner has grown quite attached to the dragon but is worried that the breeder is mistreating his animals and doesn’t have a license to keep these animals in the first place, so she doesn’t want to send it back, but it’s also like super illegal to have these animals without having it registered to your license.
Any advice would be excellent, as we have no idea what to do. We want a beardie, but not under these circumstances.
Her brother in his infinite wisdom just went out and bought the dragon without telling us, or without anything to keep it in. He just handed it to her randomly one day and said happy birthday, even though her birthday was just under two months away. We had to rush to the pet store after work to get an enclosure, lights, thermostat and food etc. (As a side note, it is super irresponsible to gift people animals they had no idea was coming and aren’t prepared for. Always discuss it with the person first.)
Where I live in New South Wales, Australia, you need a reptile license to have beardies, and I have an R1. However we need to register it as a transfer from the breeder so we need his license number, so we contacted him and he won’t give us his license. We spoke to her brother and he doesn’t even have a license despite purchasing it from a breeder.
On top of that, the (female, estimated <1yr old) beardie, is barely eating. She won’t touch crickets, or greens, or fruit. She eats the occasional superworm, but when we got her to actually eat a whole bunch of them, she ended up regurgitating a lot of it up overnight, and we don’t know why. She’s very inactive, barely moves, and very thin, but is awake and responsive and basking constantly.
My partner has grown quite attached to the dragon but is worried that the breeder is mistreating his animals and doesn’t have a license to keep these animals in the first place, so she doesn’t want to send it back, but it’s also like super illegal to have these animals without having it registered to your license.
Any advice would be excellent, as we have no idea what to do. We want a beardie, but not under these circumstances.