I am just going to vent here, lol
I had some technical difficulties with my phone and internet and such, when they were fixed I checked my messages, I must admit I am not real great at checking those every single day. I have 18 new voice mails
Ughhhhh I hate sitting there listening to them, lol.
Well seven turned out to be calls for help. 4 iguanas, 1 red foot tortoise, 1 red tail boa that is extremely ill, and 1 frog
How hard is a frog geesh! I call the frog owner back, whites tree frog naturally , lol. Okay I agree to take it no big deal I only had one left anyway as the others found good homes, I call the snake owner back, he is mad that I cannot take another full grown red tail, AGAIN I get cussed at
He threatens to turn it loose in the wild, I try to tell him it will DIE over here in the wild, He still is mad, I am losing my patience, I tell him I hve TOO MANY now I work all day with them, still mad, he calls me an ignorant B#$@# and hangs up.
Really who is the ignorant one???? I dont threaten to turn loose the ones I have even though they have personalities that make Jack the Ripper seem like a pleasant guy, lol
The tort is NOT an option with Oscar here, apparently he out grew his welcome, good thing is that they are not just going to dump him!
the 4 iguanas are in desperate need some are having tremors, very thin, etc, obviously im proper husbandry and diet. Still I have NO ROOM and I just had one dumped on me
If I had the choice I would take the worst first of course, but I just cant.
My moral to this is I am becoming BURNOUT on listening to stupid people!
Dont get me wrong I am not burnt out on the ones here, just tired, lol
Why do people think that I should just take everything whenever they call?
It is like I am just supposed to be grateful that they want to give me their animal. Be Grateful for what, a HUGE vet bill, a midnight run to the only 24 hour clinic that is two and a half hours away, no sleep, pure exhaustion, sometimes to only have all those efforts be in vain and they pass on anyway.
Apparantly that is not supposed to bother me though, you know that is my job so they say, to watch them suffer then die, Makes me sick! It does bother me lots!!!!!!! I cry, I lose sleep, I stress, I second guess myself, etc etc.
I do realize that by turning a lot down I have just signed their death certificate and yes it makes me sick!
However I am only me with one very part time hired help that helps me.
I cannot perform miracles
And people say that I am mean, really lets define that, I do not let my herps get tothat stage and expect someone else to pull my fat out of the fire.
Ughhhhhh Frustration at its best! I nedd to sleep, lol
No, actually that sign is for the neighborhood street urchins, the kids think that anyone's yard is free game for playing. But I thought it was too funny not to include. 
