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Blackdesertwind wrote:
I just had a thought…. they better not ask for the cat back after you bring it back to health. 😡 I seen that happen before. 👿
If that happens, she could mention needing compensation for boarding and vet bills. 95% odds are, they’d scurry away whimpering and clutching their pocket book. 👿
Or there’s the simpler route of telling them to take a long walk off a short pier…
Horrible thoughtless people…
drag0nfeathers wrote:Wow….um… if that was the case… which I KINDA almost thought of given the inscription on the bottom … um… I hope they got some therapy. *nods*
I”ll say. Better to vent on an inanimate object than other targets, but still…
Almost tempted to bid on the poor thing as a charity case… 😥
Egads. 😮
Given what happened and what could have happened, hopefully you just used up all your good luck and all your bad luck, and can start fresh. 😕 Hopefully, anyway.
7 ft entertainment center sounds wise. 🙂
I’ve seen two photos of two Emperors that fared worse than these two, but it’s kind of close. These two will need a bit of sculpting before painting, to put it gently.
Edited my first post a teeny bit.
Edit: These two fellows are in good hands. Leaving much of the original description here for posterity’s sake. 🙂
Well, poor condition is something of an understatement.
Long story short, five years ago, I bought these on Ebay and it was the worst packing job I have ever seen. They arrived shattered. I was planning to fix them up, but I have my hands full with other stuff, they’re a wee bit fierce for me, and they arrived on the same week that my boyfriend and I split, and my childhood dog died. (they arrived afterwards, so I doubt they’re bad luck, but it’s kind of the insult-to-injury thing that makes me want to send them elsewhere.)
So… if you’re looking to try your hand at restoration or have some other plans, I’m looking to trade. My wish list is on here, page 32. *Clicky* For the pair, I’d like to get a medium piece (around Poad/Mother Dragon Size, good but not necessarily mint condition), or two nice small pieces, or a scuffed up big piece, or a scuffed up combination. If what you have available is different from my wishlist, even then it can’t hurt to ask. I also have several non-Windstone things I’m willing to barter. I swear, I only very rarely bite. 😉
Terms: I’d prefer to send them off as a set, but if I get two single offers, I’ll consider splitting the set. Mercifully, there was just enough bubble wrap that I’m 95% sure of which ‘bits’ belong to which gargoyle so this is feasible. I know I’m something of a dark horse, so if you have a reliable forum reputation and/or can provide good references, I’m willing to send them first. I’d prefer to just ship in the United States, just because they’re so. darn. heavy. I’ll do my best to pack them well, so you won’t end up with (more) gravel at the receiving end. Lastly, I reserve the right to accept or decline offers and so forth. I’ll change the topic heading if the status of this thread changes.
Here the poor sweeties are. I didn’t photograph the extra little bits.
Edit: And now these two are seperated, but they are being restored and have good homes. What a happy ending. And beginning.
Thanks for looking. 🙂
I may be foolish stepping in here, but I propose three points of common ground that may make this debate easier. (my apologies if I’m on a high horse here, I have trouble gauging that sometimes)
1. Animal abuse, be it a tiger kept in a box, a beaten dog, a goldfish suffocating in its own waste, or a dehydrated ball python being discarded along with its cracked enclosure… is horrible.
2. The standards of care and ethics held by zoos, rescues, and private owners alike, are best considered on a case by case basis, not lumped together. And as good zoos should not be shut down because of bad zoos, neither should good owners be forced underground due to negligent owners.
3. Defining which categories of animals are being spoken of in which context. (here’s the categories as I see them)
Domestic animals bred for (relative) docility and easy temperament (cats, dogs, chickens, white rats),
Easier exotics such as boas, lovebirds, hamsters, tarantulas, angelfish (the mostly harmless commonly kept exotics which retain their wild nature but which a determined but average human can keep happy without great effort or physical risk), and
Difficult exotics such as big cats, primates, snakes with medically relevant venom and very fragile creatures such as horned lizards (creatures whose contentedness in captivity requires a fair deal of work and/or whose captivity proves a potential physical danger to itself or humans)High horse aside, HR 669 seems to be a seperate topic then the mistreatment/ethics issue and theorhetically for a different purpose..
Personally I think that HR 669 is a horrible idea for several reasons. From what I understand, only animals that are specifically approved will be allowed to be sold, bred or transported across state lines. So… if the legislators remember cockatiels but forget to approve say… quaker parrots, that’s it for that species in captivity. And while the bill allows zoos to apply for permits to keep non-approved animals, it says nothing about breeding them.
And I suspect that the ‘ick’ factor make the approval process less objective than I would like. After all, don’t only wierdos and creeps keep cold blooded reptiles and bugs? Why approve them? And what’s the difference if a fish or two is left off the list? Or some darn noisy bird?
Then, there’s the fact that the United States is a huge place. Invasive threats should be dealt with at a smaller state level. The tropical gecko that could invade and party in Florida would dry out or freeze here in California. And the hypothetical calm, docile rodent that could damage agriculture here, would have a snowballs chance in heck of surviving in say… Wisconsin.
Lastly, lets say this passes and not much happens. Harmless critters off the approved list are bred, raised and sold under the table by hobbyists, and law enforcement doesn’t act all too often. Then there’s a situation where millions are breaking the law, and the police/feds get to pick and choose who to charge. A loud mouthed dissident has a daughter with an unapproved rodent? Bingo. Not very comforting from a social/legal/political standpoint. :negative:
Here’s an assessment of the law from PIJAC. http://www.pijac.org/files/public/US_HR_669.pdf
Me, I’ll be pestering my representatives. And if worst comes to worst, they can pry my tarantulas from my cold dead hands. 👿
Please add SilverArrow (whose probably on the White List already) who was very courteous and sent a lovely well-described mother dragon out with excellent packing.
Also troy3138 from Ebay was pleasant and did a highly unorthodox but very effective packing job on a gargoyle mother griffin and a stone-finish unicorn, both big pieces.
Yikes. I understand screening, but some things are overkill. I remember one adoption form asking whether the adopter was renting, or owned their place. (don’t think it even asked about landlord permission) 😕
If you’d prefer a larger dog and are comfortable not knowing much more about the animal than what you can observe, a rural county or non-yuppie city run shelter (instead of a rescue) could work. There’s less customer service, not much screening of the dogs past the basics (reasonably friendly and healthy), phonecalls and moving fast is a must, but there’s less paperwork too. Taking home a ‘mystery dog’ that may have issues to work through is less painful for me than the sheer irritation of hoop jumping. 2/2 so far, one highly sensitive doggy genius, and one fluffy manic troll. Love ’em both. 😈
IMO, adoption’s awesome but there’s nothing unethical with going to a dedicated hobbyist breeder (opposed to some yahoo looking for a few bucks/ introducing their kids to the miracle of life/ wanting their female dog to experience motherhood to become a happier dog) to get a pup that’s screened for health, disposition, and experience-wise is a clean slate. I like my dark horse dogs, others do well jumping hoops for hyper-careful rescue matches, but buying a purebred is a reasonable choice that shouldn’t be knocked.
Edit: Oh… forgot to mention the downside to the public shelters. Lots of footwork after the phone calls, and it varies, some are very nice, but in others there’s the dizzying cacophony of barks, and the rows of dewy brown eyes staring at you. Still beats hoop jumping IMO, but… yeah. 😮
I’ve been daydreaming of a griffin like that one. 😮 Pretty, pretty.
Poad and Toad are cuter than average too. The two spots on the Poad’s rump look like defensive ‘eye’ markings to deter predators. 😆
Dang… Glorious.
Uhh… would it be feasible to paint a seal point dragon somewhat-similarly via airbrushes? For a LP run or something? I know there couldn’t be anywhere near that level of scale detail, but that’s one of the coolest concepts for dragon painting that I’ve seen yet.
