This goes back to applied and academic knowledge. I drive monitors, I do not build them. I do not need to know how each little part functions. My task is to allow it to function. Thats my goal, to allow monitors to function as monitors.

Many academics, come here and try to explain how the parts work. They try to explain it to me. I would be interested if they had some idea how to actually keep monitors successfully, but when the fail at keeping monitors, it shows that knowledge is not important to the keeping. Or they would have highly successful monitors.

Don't get me wrong, if my charges failed in some way, I would indeed investigate how to prevent that failure. Maybe even have to learn and understand TOIDS and all such. But happily, thats not my job.

My job is to allow life events with monitors. From egg to egg and beyond. In that, this type of knowledge is not needed and at may possibly get in the way of things that really need to be learned.

As I have stated so many times. I am more of an ethlogist, as behavior is KEY to allowing life events. The actual biology is of casual interest, but I try not to let it get in the way.

Sadly, most allow biology to get in the way of actual success with varanids. Just check around.

Of course, these types of conversations would be great if we have a bunch of folks with longterm repeated success with monitor. But sadly, that is so rare.

So until success is widespread, I will beat the drum of simplicity. Keep it simple until the time basics are well understood. They I would love to get all indepth and complicated. I am not sure what good that would do, other then its fun.

Take you for example. You appear to be very successful. yet, I have seen hundreds of others like you. You know, be very good at other animals. Only to totally fail with varanids.

Its my humble opinion, that you will NEED TO LEARN THE BASICS. Just like so many here. You may want to leave the TOIDS for later. Cheers

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