Fosters truly are the FRONT LINE for these reptiles and a critical step in saving more lives! A foster home is a temporary living situation for our turtles, lizards and snakes while they are awaiting placement in a permanent home. Foster families provide shelter, food, care, love, and guidance. The number of reptiles we can save depends entirely on the number of people who will open their homes and hearts to foster them when there isn't any space left in our shelter. For some of these pets, this will be their first experience being treated as a family pet. You are their salvation and you should never underestimate the important role you are playing in their lives!
Our shelter only has so much capacity. The only way that we can save as many reptiles as we can is with the help of foster homes. Being a foster family has rewards beyond the essential value of helping a pet in need find a new home. For some, it is a chance to have a reptile companion without making a lifetime commitment. Sometimes one of our animals needs more one-on-one care than we can provide. Foster Care is critical to our rescue efforts, the more homes we have, the more of them we can save. Becoming a foster family is a very rewarding experience, and can be a lot of fun. There are often tears shed when a foster finally finds a home of their own, but knowing you have saved a life and opened up space to save another is truly rewarding.
It depends on the type of animal, its care needs, and the availability of the foster home. Some pets need more time because of age, illness, injury, or behavior issues. Your time commitment will be discussed up-front before you agree to foster the pet, but most foster families keep the reptile until the pet gets adopted.
