Rescue Stories

We were contacted by a local family who had Zora. She was found outside in Utah and taken in by a family in the Las Vegas valley. Soon after getting Zora, they started to research the proper care for her

Eliz came to us with Vlad and Dominika. Like their stories, she was used as a breeder dragon. When she was no longer needed, the breeder dropped her off at a local pet store. The vet When we got Eliz,

Dominika came to us with Vlad and Eliz. They were all dropped off together at a local pet store. The pet store was told that they were breeder dragons that they no longer wanted or had a use for. These

Nicholas, or Nico as we call him, came to the foundation in the beginning of December 2019. He had a squished, necrotic hand that had to be removed. Luckily, it came off cleanly, and the vet said that he was

Rocco has a different story. Even as a new hatchling, Rocco had great care. The reason we got Rocco was because of his attitude. Rocco was a difficult baby dragon. He was very aggressive and would bite at any opportunity.

Belinda’s owners abandoned her at a local pet store. She was skinny and neglected. She was very hungry and eager to eat when we got her. Additionally, she was so hungry that she ate a plastic plant decoration before we

Apollo is a rescue in our foster home in Michigan. Unfortunately, he was in poor condition when his foster family found him. He had a tiny 10 gallon tank, no UV lighting, and was fed a poor diet. As we

Sprinkles is another foster dragon on the east coast. Bad breeding practices made Sprinkles deformed. She was the result of uninformed breeders trying to breed and sell “zeros” or white bearded dragons. Disfiguration occurs when genetic information of the bred

We got Josie for a short time at the end of her life. She was abandoned by her previous owner in poor condition. Right when we got Josie, we could tell she was gravid and not in good shape. She

Gru was abandoned by his previous owner with a noticeable eye condition. We could tell that he had been fighting this for a long while. Once in our care, we took Gru to the vet and discovered that his problem

We got Brutus with our sweet rescue Popeye. Both Brutus and Popeye were found in a local ad. We reached out to see if we could take both of these sweet dragons and help them. They needed us. They were

Popeye is probably our most heart moving rescue. We received Popeye along with Brutus, another rescue. We saw a local ad with Popeye and Brutus housed together in a tank. It was instantly clear that Popeye had severe metabolic bone

Melvin came to us with Midge. Melvin has an interesting story in that, we do not know how old Melvin is. The previous owners said they rescued Melvin as an adult from an abandoned home. However, those owners did not