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ChrisJ
at Sun Aug 19 22:51:54 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ChrisJ ]
Thanks. Yes, much agreed. I've known of many, many folks that buy screen cages, so as to have air-flow, only to wrap most of the cage in plastic sheeting to give them any chance of maintaining humidity. It just seems to me that so much (most?) of the methodology that is recommended to hobbyists as "required" is based on nothing but hearsay. People did X, Y, and Z years ago and succeded in keeping chameleons alive when other people had failed therefore X, Y, and Z is required in every situation. Perhaps the reasons for success had nothing to do with the methodology used (sreen cages, temperature drop, etc.) and everything to do with the actual conditions the chameleons were provided. Sure, a screen cage in Florida or southern California makes a lot of sense when maintaining warm-adapted chameleons outside. Screen makes sense when keeping anything outside though... A hobbyist in the northern half of the country, or in most of Europe, or any other temperate climate is not going to be able to provide the same sorts of environmental conditions using a screen cage as someone in a warmer, more humid climate. The key to succes is not the methodolgy used to achieve a set of environmental conditions, but the degree to which a person can create those conditions... Or at least so it would seem to me.
Best,
Chris
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RE: Maintenance dogma - ChrisJ, Sun Aug 19 22:51:54 2007