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Need some "Wisdom of the Crowd" advice. Our adoption policy is straightforward and has been in place since about six months after we opened. We do not post animals on our FB page until they are vet cleared and have met other requirement (worming,for lizards and tortoises, eating 2-3 times f or snakes, etc). However, visitors to the rescue may begin the process and if their application is approved, with a 25% deposit we hold the animal until it is cleared. If for any reason the animal is not cleared, the customer has the choice of a refund, transfer to a similar animal or to wait until the selected animal is cleared.
Here is the problem After our surpirsing gecko intake Thursday, which we shared generally on FB, but not specific animals or adoption fees, one of our FB likes sharesd the fact on a leachie FB page. As a result, we had over 100 inquiries about these animals, despite having a pinned explanatory post on our page as to what the procedure would be. While many of these folks would not qualify out of hand Example -"I will adopt all your lizards and even give yo some money."-or- "I will take all the leachies. How big are they and how many are there?" Some do seem qualified and if walk-ins don't reserve all the animals by the end of the week when they would become available, we will make them available to these on-line folks.
Simple question -Is this policy reasonable and if not what can we do do to improve it? Thank you for your help.
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