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tectovaranus
at Sat Apr 12 10:36:16 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tectovaranus ]
A couple of major points are being glossed over here, namely if there were THOUSANDS of monitors produced by one or two individuals, along with the thousands of monitors imported and we have almost NO continued success with either captive bred or wild caught it stands to reason that our HUSBANDRY SUCKS!
Captive bred animals are easier to establish and generaly should thrive and reproduce if we allowed them, we do not.
But here we have someone, (not going to mention any names but his initials are Frank Retes)claiming that our husbandry in the states is superior because of his isolated success, nonsense.
The fact of the matter is our husbandry in the ststes is sub par, we do a terrible job of educating new and intermediate keepers. If we were doing even a halfway decent job we would see many more captive bred specimens. I bred and sold about 100 dums in the last few years, almost all of which are now dead, so I include myself in this.
If we are to claim any success whatsoever we need to come up with an entirely new way of sharing information and improving communication.
If you were to remove the top few breeders from each country and look at the husbandry of keepers in general,I think you would find a serious discrepency in the husbandry of monitors in the U.S to other countries.Again, I rest the blame for this on the shoulders of our "lowest common denominator" style of keeping.
We have a long way to go before we can call the husbandry of these animals in the states even adequate, so this showy "we win the trophy" self serving attitude is....how to say this nicely, pathetic.
Ben
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RE: Which country is the most advanced - tectovaranus, Sat Apr 12 10:36:16 2008