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jburokas
at Mon Aug 20 16:06:45 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jburokas ]
The most simple summary is still this: a guy's monitor had a Calcium to Phosphorus ratio of 1:5 and all the classic symptoms of NSHP or CD as you referenced it. Normal (whether you know this or not) is more in the range of 3:1 to 2:1. You can refute that, call vets, whatever. I offered advice to the man and you said 'That's all huey. Who's to say what normal is.' I referenced and quoted vet-backed information. So you question veterinary medicine and lab values, not me. That's fine. I just pointed out the obvious.
I then stated that the keeper should listen to your advice on proper husbandry of Storr's. You've raised them, hatched them,etc,etc,etc. You would know. I also listed the known fact that commercially raised insects are Phosphorus-heavy and dusting bugs is a remedy-you admitedly have used it in the past with success. You still don't agree. OK. Better husbandry may have prevented the problem in the first place. That - you may be 100% correct about. But quit with the 'preschooler' name calling and such. THAT makes it personal to me. Can you discuss w/o name calling? The information is what it is for everybody to read. I don't disagree with you that better husbandry may have helped this guy, but in a critical time w/ a lizard seizuring and likely metabolizing it's skeleton - i don't agree with you to do absolutely nothing because a couple other of his lizards are asymptomatic. Please don't make me respond to this discussion any further. Let people make up their own minds.
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I don't think that you do... - jburokas, Mon Aug 20 16:06:45 2007