First thanks, that was very very good, I need you to coach me.

Next your last suggestion is wrong. You ask him to set up monitors in both ways. The problem is, and you have seen it many times before. He will fail with and without UV, the reason is, what causes failure is not the lites. Its a general misunderstanding of varanid husbandry.

I mentioned this right off, You can use UV bulbs, you can use Non UV bulbs, you can use all sorts of bulbs, so if its not A and its not B, then it must be D. D is none of the above.

As far as I can tell from my experience, Calicum deseases are the same as RI, URI, mouthrot, and systemic bacterial infections, they are cause by a surpressed immune system. A surpressed immune system is caused by failure to provide support in either the physical or mental areas. When levels of support drop below a certain point, their bodies shut down, the immune system is first noticed. They will die from any old thing.

I use the term "bandaid" in these cases, you can bandaid one area, then the monitor will simply die from a cause in another area. Eliminate the bacteria, and it will die from lack of calicum. Fix that and it will die from liver desease, fix that and it will die from kidney failure. The key is to not eliminate whats normal, just give the monitor what it needs(support) and it will fix itself.

when someone mentions germs, I now know that person is lost. Cheers

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