I get the feeling your not absorbing any of this. You stated, what works for you, works for you. That is in error, my husbandry WORKS for the monitors. Not using UV bulbs, works for the monitors. I try to avoid UVA and UVB as it causes skin cancer. IT does so, because it penetrates the skin to deeply. hmmmmmmm think about that one.

I sorry but I get the feeling that your experiences are suppose to help your point, yet they only show naivity. A third year student. Hmmmmmmmm compare that to generations of monitors, including larger ones. Generations upon generations, and your still in school.

You do understand, your schooling is suppose to prepare you to work with the subject, that is, to start your real education. The actually working with the animals. Your schooling is to prepare you to START. When your done with your schooling, you are a beginer, you can now start.

Where you totally fail to help your case is, you also said, Dr. G, is one of the first herpitologist. OH my god, I hope he does not see that, he would smack you silly. Hes not even close. You have no sense of time. There have been generations of herpitoligists before him.

Please understand, my monitors being highly successful without the use of UV bulbs, is not about Dr. G, or never intented to disgace him in any way. Is is merely an innocent bystander.

My monitors are successful because of one reason, they are supported to be successful. Much like nature must support species in order for them to exsist.

Lastly from your last statements, about whom you work with. I get the feeling, your more into people then the animals. I do apologise, I am more about the animals then the people, which does prove to be offensive at times. So I apologise to the people who were offended by the success our monitors have had and continue to have, inspite of not doing it right(U know, no uv bulbs). Cheers

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