Post #707016 by SoCal Savage on Thu, Feb 6, 2014 5:38 PM

My girlfriend spoke with Jorge and here are the details from their conversation (cut and pasted from her gchat with me):

"The owner just wants money - it's about business he has about 2 weeks before they gut the restaurant before the city permits come through but jorge won't let rufus go die he told the owner he would take him last resort... and then jorge won't want money - he just wants rufus to have a loving home...where he can be enjoyed and on display jorge would help take care of him he wants me to take him I said i can't because we rent he can't keep being moved jorge is worried (as I have been) that the one move may shock him and give him a heart attack so he would only want to move him once he is hoping we can find a place to put him on display last resort jorge will keep him"

So according to Jorge (who my girl said is an awesome guy who really cares about Rufus) it sounds like there may only be 2 weeks before Rufus has to be moved unless someone else has different info.

Would anyone else be willing to put up money to get Rufus out of there if there was a proper home willing to take him? If 50 Tiki Centralites put up $20 each that would be enough, and if 20 put up $50 the same. I spend 4X that on one trip to Oceanic Arts. It's just a thought if it comes to that. I'm no expert but it seems like a fish that old shouldn't be moved a lot so if he's going to have to leave the restaurant he should go directly to wherever he will be permanently residing.