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ScottE
at Fri Jun 9 09:33:20 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ScottE ]
Yo Bill:
You missed the part of my post where I said I feed my colony the same items in question (though maybe not as regularly as the thread's original poster). In looking at your care sheet, I don't think we differ all that much in our techniques.
Any disagreement I had was with the caviler stance towards others in the hobby who could teach us a thing or two, now and then, in this domain or that. No man (or woman) is an island unto themselves.
I doubt anyone would accuse you of saying "do it this way or fail". And you probably would never say such a thing. Because no one would take it seriously. Because we all know there is a lot of wandering room on the path of good husbandry.
As a side note, there are least a couple of people (and probably more) who monitor this forum who are biologists in the field. I know of one who works on the embryology of tortoises. And they don't publish in hobbyists outlets, but in actual refereed journals. Researchers can be caviler too, though, and the attitude on both sides sabotages the opportunity for cross-pollination of ideas and techniques.
You are clealy an expert authority on the husbandry of these animals. Congrats on all of your work and successes. They are unparalled in the states.
Scott
>>Yo Scott,
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>>With all due respect, I am a trained health professional (majored in pre-med and biology and have a DDS degree) and do know at least as much physiology as anyone else posting here. I most certainly did not say that anyone must "do it my way" or be doomed to fail, I just stated what has been successful for me. If you choose not to listen or you disagree with my approach, by all means do whatever you want, just don't tell people who have been successful that their methodology cannot work. Likewise, don't just "parrot" (mis)information simply because you have heard it through the grapevine. That was my principal point.
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>>Bill Zovickian
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RE: LOST IN TRANSLATION - ScottE, Fri Jun 9 09:33:20 2006