to think about in that way, "to recreate nature" is very silly and useless. Its kinda like attacking the hardest things first.



On the otherhand, its not that difficult when you approach from the other direction. That is, provide the simplist needs first. when I tell people I keep all species of monitors the same, it stems from this. I provide for their basic needs first. It does not mean I refuse to do more. It just turns out that if you provide their basic needs, they grow like weeds, breed like flys and live forever.

What are the basic needs, temp choices, not a temp. Humidity choices, not a humidity. Security, cracks, crevices, holes, etc. and food.



Where I feel most people fail is, they attempt to offer things we do not understand and negleck the basics. In my humble opinion, this is most pronounced with academics.



An example is, aboreal, everyone seems all concerned about that, yet, we do not ever offer cages over 8 feet tall, sirs, that is not aboreal, go outside, point up in a tree, thats aboreal. the two are not the same.



For instance, most ask what to do for a X species of monitor, When they should be asking, what to do for monitors. After you figure out what that is, then you can go to the next step and offer a species specific tool. Again, it seems the more educated a person is or thinks they are, they are concerned with the X,Y, and Z of the alphabet, when they concentrate on the A,B,C's Cheers

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