Good point on cleaning - stress. It kind of opened my eyes to what outwardly appears to be one world, but inwardly could be two different worlds.

I imagine that working in a wildlife rehab, especially injurious, the care pretty much consists of constant monitoring, moving, cleaning, etc... It's geared more towards an animal's physical needs.

Now, compare to that to general, personal keeping, stress is our biggest concern. Species specific, of course.

With a newly aqcuired captive, my first thought is to make it as comfortable as I can. Over the years this has come natural to me, to where it's really not even a thought, but more of an automatic action.

To someone in the rehab field this may be second place, and not first, due to needing to tend to the animal's physical/medical needs. Inadvertently, this could carry over to their personal keeping.

Just thinking aloud, trying to see things from someone else's POV (point of view).

Later!
HH
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this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
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