1/5 Lisa M. 1 year ago on Google
For
people
who
don’t
know
what
they’re
looking
at
this
place
probably
looks
like
a
great
home
for
these
animals.
But
it’s
not.
It’s
not
a
“sanctuary”
it’s
a
prison.
With
extremely
small
enclosures
for
huge
wild
cats.
And
where
I
myself
am
most
educated
is
reptiles,
I
was
APPALLED
at
the
care
of
the
reptiles.
Completely
incorrect
substrates,
enclosures,
lighting.
I
asked
the
tour
guide
if
the
leopard
gecko
had
any
calcium
since
it
had
horrible
metabolic
bone
disease.
I
was
shocked
when
she
said
they
have
a
“special
sand”
that
has
the
calcium
in
it.
That’s
called
calcium
sand
and
it’s
one
of
the
worst
substrates
you
can
possibly
use
for
this
species.
There
was
no
moist
hide
and
it
had
stuck
shed
all
over
its
toes
and
feet,
licking
at
its
tail
that
is
clearly
in
pain.
The
ball
pythons
husbandry
was
completely
wrong
and
there
were
two
housed
together,
they
are
SOLITARY
snakes.
Some
tour
guide
tried
to
pass
this
neglected
gecko
off
to
me
as
old,
unfortunately
for
her
I’ve
been
keeping
them
for
15
+
years.
It
was
an
excuse
to
try
and
explain
the
horrid
husbandry.
Completely
outdated
care.
Don’t
go
here,
don’t
give
them
your
money,
don’t
let
them
make
you
think
they
are
some
sort
of
“haven”.
I
wouldn’t
surrender
anything
to
this
place.
You
guys
really
need
to
get
your
stuff
together,
or
give
these
animals
to
people
who
actually
know
what
they
are
doing.
That
leopard
gecko
will
be
dead
within
months
or
suffer
even
longer
because
they
tend
to
hold
on.
If
I
wasn’t
1000
miles
away
from
home
I
would
have
asked
to
speak
to
the
owner
and
take
that
gecko
off
their
hands
and
give
it
the
life
it
deserves.
Whoever
this
“Mark”
person
is
who
I
guess
owns
this
place.
You
have
no
business
to
keep
these
animals.
And
you
have
NO
business
doing
anything
educational
ESPECIALLY
with
reptiles
when
you
are
so
clearly
uneducated
yourself.
This
was
an
all
around
sad,
disappointing
trip,
and
a
reminder
to
me
that
most
of
these
“sanctuaries”
are
just
places
that
grab
animals
that
have
nowhere
to
go
and
show
them
off
for
profit.
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