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Do you have
an unwanted reptile?
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Are
you ready to flush the alligator?
Did
that cute little python get to be
just a bit too
large?
Has
Mom put her foot down and forced you to give up the
dragon? |
CONTACT
US... WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP!
Arrowhead Reptile Rescue will help
you find decent, loving homes for your pet. We research potential
adopters as thoroughly as possible to ensure that the new home will
be beneficial to both the new owner and to the animal. ARR
attempts to directly match animals needing homes with individuals
wanting to adopt. As a general rule, we only accept unwanted
pets from the general public on a limited basis. Animals that
do come into our care are provided excellent diets and habitats in
one of our many foster homes. We offer our animals accurate
environmental conditions as well as clean, humane, and safe
enclosures. Medical care is always provided when
necessary.
Arrowhead will always take nuisance,
orphaned or injured wild reptiles that you find. We are
licensed and approved by the Division of Wildlife for reptile
rehabilitation (Permit No 53110R). Wild reptiles are released
whenever possible, and are never adopted out as
pets.
THERE
IS A LONG WAIT TO PLACE IGUANAS AND WATER
TURTLES.
Please be aware that as a rule we
do not have time to reply to all the requests to take in water
turtles and iguanas.
We get
bombarded with iguanas and water turtles and we are simply unable to
keep up with the demand. We have created a
FORUM WAITING
LIST where you can post your iguana or water turtle.
Arrowhead tries to take in as many as we can, but the forums provide
one more outlet for you to try and find a home. We urge you to continue
pursuing alternative means of placement for pet iguanas and water
turtles as we can only help a fraction of those that are out
there. We appreciate your understanding and apologize that we
cannot help them all.
Native wild
reptiles are always accepted, but we do not always have room for pet
reptiles. Please contact us with your request to take a pet reptile
and we will get back to you ASAP. If we have an opening in a
foster home to take your animal, we will. If we cannot take in
your reptile, we will still take your information and place your pet
on our waiting list for adoption to a new home. We get new
adoption applications every day.
There is no fee
for us to take an injured or orphaned native wild reptile.
There is also no fee to have your pet placed on a waiting list for a
home. If we can take your pet reptile into one of our foster
homes, we ask for a $25 donation for most species ($50 for
crocodilians and iguanas). These donations help us provide food and care
to the animals until we can find alternative homes. If you
have a native Ohio species which requires a PIT
tag by law, you must also provide us with $15 to tag the animal
if not already tagged. We have no control over Division of Wildlife
laws and tagging requirements. To see which species require a tag,
check out the list of native species on our Wildlife
page.
You have
to bring your reptile to us at a location in Greater
Cincinnati. If you are located outside of Ohio, Kentucky, or
southeastern Indiana and you wish to donate a reptile, please try to
find a rescue organization closer to you before contacting us. You
can find a reptile rescue by going to our rescue
links page, or you can go to anapsid.org and click on "herp
organizations".
Wild animals
will be rehabilitated and then released into the wild if possible
and appropriate. Captive reptiles are adopted to new homes whenever
possible. We scan all new reptiles for existing microchips or tags.
Lost reptile pets will be returned to their owners. All reptiles,
captive or wild, are given expert veterinary care if necessary. Our
vet, Dr R.D. Dahlhausen, specializes in reptiles and exotics, and we
have in-house veterinary technicians on our staff. We provide
neonatal care and intensive care, including IV's and
tube-feeding. We have a firm no-kill policy... we only
euthanize due to an untreatable medical condition.
We WILL NOT
provide professional veterinary or medical care for your personal
pet. Please contact your nearest veterinarian specializing in
reptiles if your pet needs medical attention.
ANIMAL SHELTERS,
HUMANE SOCIETIES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PLEASE NOTE:
We will accept emergency intakes
resulting from neglect or cruelty cases, confiscations,
abandonment
situations, etc, and we
will waive any fees in these cases. However, we will not
take unwanted pets through shelters and humane societies. If
you have someone who has a pet reptile they no longer want, please
refer them to Arrowhead directly as we have waiting lists to take in
many species.
For those areas where there
is an exotic animal ban in place, please do not expect Arrowhead to
become a dumping ground for animals you didn't want around. We
suggest you contact your lawmakers and/or governing agency who
enacted the bans for advice on what to do about all the reptiles
that have been deemed illegal in your area. It is not our
responsibility or problem that some areas have made it illegal for
families to own their pets. Thanks for your understanding and
feel free to post your thoughts and comments in our
FORUMS
legal section.
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To
contact ARR about
your iguana or water turtle,
post in the
FORUMS WAITING LIST
To
contact ARR for help
placing any other reptile,
send an email to
INTAKE |
Who else
besides pet owners trust their reptiles to Arrowhead?
Some of our
many clients:
Capitol
Area Humane Society
Lexington Humane Society
SPCA of
Cincinnati
Boone County Animal Shelter
Kenton County District
Court
US Fish and Wildlife Service
OH Dept of Natural
Resources
Second Chance Wildlife
Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati
Nature Center
Hamilton County Park District
Parkersburg
PD
West Chester PD
Sharonville PD
Liberty Township
PD
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If your pet reptile needs medical attention, contact:
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Dr. R. D. Dahlhausen, D.V.M.
Avian & Exotic Animal
Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
513-576-1990
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