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HappyHillbilly
at Tue Nov 27 20:07:37 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
> > > I sort of disagree with you on this.
I sort of agree with your sort of disagreement. Haha!
I think you're dead right about the various factors, and believe it or not, I thought of them while writing my first reply. I think it's good that you pointed those things out as many people need to realize those things.
Most cases we see here are more than a simple, single, cause and effect. Probably at least 9 out of 10 times it's a domino effect of causes & effects.
I'm a lot like you in the way you, we, reply to posts. I think we both have a tendency to try to cover all aspects & possibilities, which is good. While on my recent self-imposed "time out" I thought about how most of my replies end up being the equivalent of chapters in books so I've been trying to stick to the main question and not get too involved with so many details. It ain't easy holdin' this ol' mule back, though.
Not to take anything away from what you said I'll try to explain my reply compared to what you said.
The original question was "if a reptile can recover from MBD and still grow to its full (potential) size????"
That's why I used the words "reptile" and "animal" instead of "monitor" in my reply. I realize this is the monitor forum but before I made my first reply I wondered about the use of the word "reptile" in the question. So my reply falls under the huge umbrella of any one of the many reptiles.
In essence, I suspected a lil' bit of word play, so I played along those lines. But to be able to give an accurate answer the question does need to be more specific.
My first thought was that maybe this person was referring to a bearded dragon but knew that some of us here have some commonsense and various reptile experience and figured they'd ask their question here rather than some other place to get a sensible answer. I think you know what I mean. 
As far as reaching full (potential) size in captivity I think I understand where you're coming from as most monitors probably don't due to poor husbandry, conditions.
As far as a good keeper NOT being able to raise them to full size in captivity versus in the wild, I don't know. It's an interesting thought. I would imagine that a good keeper would be able to raise them to larger size than they can reach in the wild due to the abundance of food and protected from the elements, hunters (human or animal), etc... But I could be wrong. Like I said, I don't know. I'm not aware of record lengths, whether they're of animals in the wild or captivity.
To sum it all up, you made a nice addition (or correction) to my post. One that should be heard & well considered.
Take a look at the length of this post. Ha! That's why I chose to stick to the guts of the question. I can easily get going, and keep goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', and goin', etc... Ha! Ha! You asked fer it! 
Catch ya later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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