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| Hi all herp heads! My name is Jamie. I am founder of Cascade Reptiles. I started the rescue in 2005 with an emaciated Iguana named Darwin. She came to me neglected and starved nearly to death. She had advanced stage Hyperparathyriod disease. It took 1 month of gentle syringe feeding Ensure and fruit/veggie baby food for her to even be able to move around her tank. Had I known at the time just how truly fragile her bones were I would have feared touching her. Since then Cascade Reptile Rescue's population has grown to 38 reptiles. With only one gratifying, successful adoption to speak of. I require a lot of potential reptile parents. I have declined 8 people who wanted to adopt. Discouraged countless others from wanting a 5 foot, nasty tempered, male iguana. I do not ask questions of people who bring the reptiles to me. Sadly, the reptile speaks for itself. Most are cases of neglect and misunderstanding. Some are cases of true physical abuse, some have stories out of a terrible horror movie. Any that come to me have a guaranteed home, meal and appropriate habitat. They have my respect and understanding and if they don't want to be "pets" I don't ask them to be. Some go into class rooms where I can tell kids the animal's story. Where the "educational animals" can be the voice for reptiles everywhere. I just want to care for them the way I would want to be cared for if I was in their skin. I am located in Southern Oregon. I am not yet A legal non-profit, but I am working on it.
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| Welcome to ReptileChannel! Thank you for all of your great work! R.M.
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Welcome to the ReptileChannel.I would like to do the same thing when I retire from work and stuff.I thank you and so many other people who help reptiles and stuff.I am still helping thim in my own way by working as a veterinary technition.Right now though just getting hands on training.
_____________________________________________Don't get "telling it how it is" and "mean" confused.They are two different things. I am in training as a veterinary technician for cats, dogs and exotics. Reptiles I own:
4.2.0 Green Iguanas (Godzilla, Charmilion, Larz, Esperonza,Izzy and Blaze.)
1.0.0 Cuban Rock Iguana (Socks)
1.0.0 Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Sombra)
0.1.0 Rhinoceros Iguana (Molisha)
1.1.0 Desert Iguanas (No names)
0.0.2 New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Silver)
1.1.0 Electric Blue Geckos (No names)
1.1.0 Eastern Box Turtles (Speedy and Shelly)
0.2.1 Common Snapping Turtles (Miss.Snappy,Blade and Radaga)
0.1.1 Red-Eared Slider (Rae and Nieve)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Spikles)
0.2.0 Amazon Tree Boas (No names)
0.1.0 Hoggs Island Boa. (No name)
1.0.0 Borneo Short-Tailed Python (No name) Other animals I want to Own: Hyacinth Macaw and a Savannah Cat
Animals I own:
0.1.0 Maine Coon (Kova)
0.1.0 Yellow Lab (Mia)
1.2.0 Sugar Gliders (Tejano,Blanca and Larissa)
1.1.0 Hidgehogs (Spike and Des'ree)
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To true, to true
Its great that you opened a rescue! Congrats on that endeavor! I will be volunteering at my local RR when I am the appropriate age. They have lots of iggies, too. And none of them have been adopted in the three years I have monitored them. So sad, as well as some of your reptile's stories.
Anyways, Good Luck with your Rescue! Our world needs more people like that
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0.0.1 Northern Blue Tongue Skink
0.1.0 Ocellated Skink
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
1.1.0 Leopard Gecko
0.2.0 Wood Frog
0.0.1 Red-eared Slider
" Human kind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." - Chief Seattle, 1855
"The Past is history, the Future is a mystery, but today is a gift. And that is why its called the Present."
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0.0.1 Northern Blue Tongue Skink
0.1.0 Ocellated Skink
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
1.1.0 Leopard Gecko
0.2.0 Wood Frog
0.0.1 Red-eared Slider
" Human kind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." - Chief Seattle, 1855
"The Past is history, the Future is a mystery, but today is a gift. And that is why its called the Present."
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If anyone here lived near me and if mom would let me adopt an other iguana I would help some out.But of course I proble don't live near you plus I already have five.Plus have no room preaty much once I buy the two reptiles this weekend.
_____________________________________________Don't get "telling it how it is" and "mean" confused.They are two different things. I am in training as a veterinary technician for cats, dogs and exotics. Reptiles I own:
4.2.0 Green Iguanas (Godzilla, Charmilion, Larz, Esperonza,Izzy and Blaze.)
1.0.0 Cuban Rock Iguana (Socks)
1.0.0 Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Sombra)
0.1.0 Rhinoceros Iguana (Molisha)
1.1.0 Desert Iguanas (No names)
0.0.2 New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Silver)
1.1.0 Electric Blue Geckos (No names)
1.1.0 Eastern Box Turtles (Speedy and Shelly)
0.2.1 Common Snapping Turtles (Miss.Snappy,Blade and Radaga)
0.1.1 Red-Eared Slider (Rae and Nieve)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Spikles)
0.2.0 Amazon Tree Boas (No names)
0.1.0 Hoggs Island Boa. (No name)
1.0.0 Borneo Short-Tailed Python (No name) Other animals I want to Own: Hyacinth Macaw and a Savannah Cat
Animals I own:
0.1.0 Maine Coon (Kova)
0.1.0 Yellow Lab (Mia)
1.2.0 Sugar Gliders (Tejano,Blanca and Larissa)
1.1.0 Hidgehogs (Spike and Des'ree)
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| God bless you and the work you are doing. Who will speak for those who can't. Any turtles need a home?
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I would offer to help but since I live in pa and yuor in or. that won't happen.But welcome to rc and thank you for your work it is a shame that people would porposely do that to an animal.I understand if they didn't know mistakes happen,but that goes back to educating people before they buy.I admit that when I first started I probably wound up killing a few animals because I didn't know what I was doing but now I've learned alot through years of keeping herps and before I buy anything I learn all I can about it first.I think more people should do that and I wish that more places would at least take the time to teach you some about the animal before they sell it to someone.God knows I wish they would have when I started so I wouldn't have made the mistakes I did.
Reptiles are like pringles once you pop you can't stop. My cold blooded kids:One ball python(Henry),A green iguana(Iggy),a corn snake(ghost),And now a Dumeril's ground boa(Buddy)  
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