Ok, not really the solution, but instead, a hint at the direction of the problem.

This is a bit like begining algebra, A train left detroit at 2am going southwest at 81 miles per hour, another train left Tucson at 2 pm of the same day, heading northeast at 58 miles per hour. Where and when will they meet.

Ok, its only kinda like that. In your post, you mentioned mine monitors that have lots of dirt and scratch the glass, equals= yours that did not have that and did not have to scratch the glass because you took them out often.

The problem is, our results were totally different. My monitors live forever, grow like weeds, produce tons of babies. Yours died of mysterious causes.

So, our results are totally different. Which means our methods were totally different. The thing that is the same is, we both care. Something I always appreciated about you.

Heres the deal, in our little senario my tons of dirt and active scratching monitors appear to be better then, going out at your leaisure.

I am not trying to start a debate, I only hope for you to think about the differences and the results. In my opinion, its all about available heat. When they get the heat they want. They cannot sit still, they are always digging, they are always modeling and remodeling their cages. They also build a tremedous immune system. It appears no dirt and no(I do not believe going for a walk is activity) activity is not so good on their immune system.

For me, if monitors leaves behind a legacy(their offspring) losing them does not seem so bad. Cheers

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