Tar-Heel Adoption Policies
1. We will not adopt to minors. Adults - if you are applying for your child, please realize that
we will be evaluating YOUR knowledge of the species during our phone interview. If you are
not capable of caring for it yourself, we will not adopt to you.
2. We reserve the right to refuse adoption to anyone. We are not a government agency, and
can choose our adoptive homes by any means we decide to utilize.
3. Application fees vary from animal to animal. There are no "standard" fees, although most
animals will range in the $10-50 range. Our application fees will be based on many things: the
level of care it will need, vet treatment, and likelihood of finding a good home. Application
fees are not final, and we can/will waive them if we deem it appropriate and necessary to
placing the animal in the best home. In general, though - if you can't afford our minor
application fee, it will certainly raise a question about your ability to care for the animal.
4. Shipping is done when needed to place the animal in a great home, but it is done at the
adaptor's expense. We currently use UPS, (weather permitting) or Federal Express, Please
do not ask us to ship via carriers that do not knowingly transport reptiles.
5. We will accept reptiles that we have the space and financial ability to help. If your animal is
large or aggressive, we may not have proper caging for it. Ask - we will try to help wherever
necessary. Those animals we are not able to take in can be placed on our website, if you
provide us with a photograph, and as much info as possible about it. We will then coordinate
the adoption for you.
6. Our animals are generally intended to be adopted for purposes of being companion
animals, not commercial breeders. We realize, however, that some species are so
threatened in their wild state that captive breeding is encouraged. Other species, however,
we will have a strict "no-breeding" policy on. Those species include various large boids,
crocodilians, iguanas, certain water turtle species, and some monitor species.
7. Tar-Heel reserves the right to make other contractual agreements with adoptors, if the
agreement is in the best interests of the animal and Tar-Heel. These agreements may be
modifications of the existing adoption contract, or may be entirely different. Tar-Heel does not
see this being a routine option, but we reserve this possibility for unforeseen situations which
may make alternative placements legitimate and appropriate.
8. Anyone found to have placed false or misleading information on an application will be
red-flagged, and other reptile rescues will be notified of your dishonesty. We expect nothing
but legitimate responses on our application.
9. We will adopt rodent-eating reptiles only to homes that feed pre-killed prey. If you are not
intending to follow this policy, do not apply
10. Any and all species native to North Carolina have to be placed in North Carolina what this
means is if your from another state then please don't place an application on any reptile that
is listed as native or you will be refused.
Thank You
Tar-Heel Reptile Rescue
we will be evaluating YOUR knowledge of the species during our phone interview. If you are
not capable of caring for it yourself, we will not adopt to you.
2. We reserve the right to refuse adoption to anyone. We are not a government agency, and
can choose our adoptive homes by any means we decide to utilize.
3. Application fees vary from animal to animal. There are no "standard" fees, although most
animals will range in the $10-50 range. Our application fees will be based on many things: the
level of care it will need, vet treatment, and likelihood of finding a good home. Application
fees are not final, and we can/will waive them if we deem it appropriate and necessary to
placing the animal in the best home. In general, though - if you can't afford our minor
application fee, it will certainly raise a question about your ability to care for the animal.
4. Shipping is done when needed to place the animal in a great home, but it is done at the
adaptor's expense. We currently use UPS, (weather permitting) or Federal Express, Please
do not ask us to ship via carriers that do not knowingly transport reptiles.
5. We will accept reptiles that we have the space and financial ability to help. If your animal is
large or aggressive, we may not have proper caging for it. Ask - we will try to help wherever
necessary. Those animals we are not able to take in can be placed on our website, if you
provide us with a photograph, and as much info as possible about it. We will then coordinate
the adoption for you.
6. Our animals are generally intended to be adopted for purposes of being companion
animals, not commercial breeders. We realize, however, that some species are so
threatened in their wild state that captive breeding is encouraged. Other species, however,
we will have a strict "no-breeding" policy on. Those species include various large boids,
crocodilians, iguanas, certain water turtle species, and some monitor species.
7. Tar-Heel reserves the right to make other contractual agreements with adoptors, if the
agreement is in the best interests of the animal and Tar-Heel. These agreements may be
modifications of the existing adoption contract, or may be entirely different. Tar-Heel does not
see this being a routine option, but we reserve this possibility for unforeseen situations which
may make alternative placements legitimate and appropriate.
8. Anyone found to have placed false or misleading information on an application will be
red-flagged, and other reptile rescues will be notified of your dishonesty. We expect nothing
but legitimate responses on our application.
9. We will adopt rodent-eating reptiles only to homes that feed pre-killed prey. If you are not
intending to follow this policy, do not apply
10. Any and all species native to North Carolina have to be placed in North Carolina what this
means is if your from another state then please don't place an application on any reptile that
is listed as native or you will be refused.
Thank You
Tar-Heel Reptile Rescue
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