Rescued Nile Monitor. Need advice.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

I'm thinking about volunteering at my local zoo, it looks good when I apply for graduate school. Only problem is that I haven't been there since I was a kid, and even then it was depressing. Of course I would love to go and possibly make a difference in some of the animal's care (I only have a lot of knowledge when it comes to reptiles, so that would be my main focus). I just wonder if it would lead to more heart ache than anything else. They might not have the money to do things correctly, or might just not care. But I do know that they have a savannah monitor at the zoo, so maybe I could offer some insight to it's care now that everything is still fresh in my mind. I really never thought I would have a monitor but I find them really delightful. I didn't think I would get so into them so quickly!

If you do, the worst that'll happen is you'll be disappointed; you can't do any harm for the animals. So even if the chances are slim, I'd say at least try if I were you.

~Maggot

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

If you do, the worst that'll happen is you'll be disappointed; you can't do any harm for the animals. So even if the chances are slim, I'd say at least try if I were you.

~Maggot

I just don't know if I could stomach it if it did turn out to be an abusive type situation with terrible husbandry and no want to change it. I think I could take it, and hopefully the benefits will outweigh a heavy heart at the end of the day.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

I just don't know if I could stomach it if it did turn out to be an abusive type situation with terrible husbandry and no want to change it. I think I could take it, and hopefully the benefits will outweigh a heavy heart at the end of the day.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

~Maggot