You know how so many of you call me cryptic. Well thats not what I am, its only crpytic to them because those minions lack the ability to understand what I am saying. No matter how simple I try to say it.

In this post, He compared what captive varanid keepers are experiencing. Such things as old information, compared to recent more indepth current information. He mentioned a known acient falconer what was cutting edge at the time. He mentioned some basic thoughts that were accurate at the time. But have changed recently. Thought actual results. The doing, not the talking about.

He compared us varanid keepers exactly. His post was, do the same thing over and over, you get the same results. You change the game, and you can recieve different results.

He explained it was not a different bird, but different keepers that was the cause and effect of the information differences.

This was a perfect(in my peabrain) explination of the thread below. He has nothing against King Fredrick. He just did things a bit different, WITH THE SAME SUBJECT. Get it, king and all.

Of course, there was more. But you have to have a base understanding of falconry to understand what he was saying. He hit the nail on the head. Yes, I have a little(tiny bit, only four or five years worth) of training in falconry.

To change it up a bit, I will explain why Sighthunter may do well with monitors. It does not matter what he starts with(them old metal buildings. As I was so concerned with in my first posts to sighthunter. As he has shown the ability to do whats needed.

If your observant. you will notice the white falcon, is standing on one foot. Birds only do that when they are comfortable. So that bird is not flighty. You will notice there is foam insulation on the ceiling DIRECTLY above the bird/s, This is to offer conditions that allow the bird to choose a suitable perch. You see, raptors do not hide(shelter) like monitors, they perch. They do so in a SAFE place. ITs safe from predators(other raptors as well) and provides a good foot feel and of course proper temps. A raptor, MUST HAVE THIS TO BE ANYTHING like normal. It must have this to behave in any normal fashion.

To compare this, in the old days, they perched birds, but forceibly(to force, is that a word?). They perched them in places not suitable to the bird. A simple little thing like this was a roadblock to captive breeding, which was very rare in the old days. A few little modifications to that changes the ballgame. A suitable set of perches, may make all the difference in the results you recieve. Couple that with known practices like a chambered bird(raised by its parents) which means it is accustom to birds of its own kind. Starts to make a HUGE difference.

In an Ancient art like FALCONRY, there are many many "knowns" as falconry has a long long history of success(not all levels of success). Yet, as Sighthunter is pointing out. There is still room for improvement.

With captive varanid husbandry, its new. There is very little of a history of success. In fact, we have a history of failure. Most of what we think we know is based on failure. Therefore, its not all that hard to CHANGE, because we have no set direction. Danniel Bennett is envolved in this thread, so I will use him(I also have high regard for him) as an example. He is an accepted monitor expert, yet, when he came here, he saw many many things he never saw before. From his first monitor voluntarily nesting(a mertens) to female forming eggs in one day. To monitors working as a group. All these were new to him. Yet, he IS The expert. To me, those things are daily and commonplace. I mention that because, it would be impossible for us to see, eye to eye. We have different experiences. But that does not mean I do not like Daniel or respect him. We simply have different experiences.

What is so sad is this lack of change. Daniel or others defending books and articules that are old and out of date. Other authors defending, tooth and claw information, out of context and out of date. This shows varanids historians are in a state of denial. They refuse to apply the present to the past. Which is commonplace in all walks of life. Its just rampant with varanids.

Back to Sighthunters post, IT WAS GREAT, it was telling, and it was spot on. And it gave me insight. Thanks Sighthunter. Cheers

All he actually said was, there is room for change with varanids. And yes, I agree. Cheers

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