24/06/2024
🚫 Do Not Apply To Adopt If...
● You are looking for animals to breed or to sell.
● You are not willing or able to provide full spectrum lighting - species appropriate overhead heating and UVB provision - for all reptiles and amphibians in your care. This includes all species of snake, frog, cryptic baskers, nocturnal and crepuscular animals.
● You are not willing or able to provide at least minimum recommended enclosure sizes.
● You are wanting to give an animal as a surprise gift.
● You use and/or support the use of; reptile carpet, calci-sand, aspen bedding, "minimalist" setups for fully healthy animals, live feeding of anything other than insects, coloured bulbs etc.
● You are not willing or able to provide specialist, professional veterinary care as needed.
● You keep animals in small tubs, racks or other unsuitable housing.
● You do not have permission from your family members, house sharing adults, landlord or housing authority to keep animals in your home.
● You wish to adopt an animal for your young child.
● You wish to use a courier service to transport an animal to your address.
● You wish to adopt an animal to be a school or workplace pet.
● You are under 16 years of age and do not have the support and assistance of a responsible adult.
● You wish to cohab an animal with another of their species or of a different species. We are only happy with cohabs of community fish, some frogs and other amphibians, some colony forming inverts, some same s*x turtles and a very short list of other reptiles - e.g. mourning geckos. Cohabbing is a controversial subject for many keepers, but we have a 100% zero tolerance policy when it comes to most species commonly seen in rescue (i.e bearded dragons, leopard geckos).
● You intend to cycle switch an animals day/night cycle in order to fit them into your lifestyle.
● You allow your cat/dog to interact with your exotics or birds.
● You use heat mats inside your enclosures.
● You run heating of any sort without a thermostat.
● You impose veganism/vegetarianism/a herbivorous diet on omnivorous or carnivorous animals.
● You are unwilling to humanely dispose of any fertilised eggs (e.g. pigeons, GALS).
● You consider your pets to be a "collection" rather than members of the family.
● You are unable or unwilling to provide suitable pet sitting for your animals if and when you must be away from your home for extended periods of time - I.e. holidays, work trips, hospital stays.
● You have any animal related criminal convictions.
{Edit 04/12/23} - You DO NOT have to run bioactive setups in order to adopt through Odd Socks - there is an unsuccessful applicant spreading this misinformation at the moment, but it is false. Setups will ideally be naturalistic for fully healthy animals (safe natural substrates, climbing opportunities such as branches, use of natural materials such as stone etc) but there is absolutely no requirement for a fully bioactive setup. Many of our own setups are not bioactive. Space, safety, heat, light and enrichment are the key elements to an approved setup.
{EDIT 21/02/24} - Please message me again if I have said that I will send you a care guide, form, reply, photograph or anything else and I do not do so within 24 hours or within another timeframe I have given you. I have a neurological disorder which affects my memory. I will never think you are rude for gently reminding me.
This list will be updated over time.
If you are in any doubt as to whether a point applies to your specific situation then drop us a message and we'll be happy to help clarify.
If you do not like these rules, we're sorry, but they are absolutes.
We are always willing to help keepers get everything spot on before an adoption goes ahead, so feel free to ask for assistance if you need help finding alternatives to any of the above listed husbandry points.
