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FR
at Sat May 7 09:12:04 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
First I wonder why you try think like that. You ask if you could this or that. Who cares what you/I could do, what should we do is a better question.
We should allow are caged monitors the support to reach basic life events. You know, grow up, pair up, reproduce(to be ABLE to reproduce) life a decently long life and do it over again.
The reason I say reproduce is becasue thats what all behaviors in their life directed to do. Everything thing they do, all behaviors, the whole shabang.
Of course you do not have to hatch eggs.
of course all the behaviors like burrow, climb, swim, bask, etc. are done in order to life and gain the energy needed to reproduce.
A successful monitor in nature is that that was lucky enough to find the support to, grow up and reproduce. That is normal.
So you sit around asking questions like this one? Odd, yes small monitors like ackies, are insect based in captivity, but they can be raised on mice too. In my opinion a insect based diet is best, but should also include rodents at least.
I do think rodents in captivity replace other larger prey items they would consume in nature, like lizards. They indeed are lizard feeders.
Insects such as crickets, may need to be supplimented, dusted, with calicum and vitamins, well it sure does help. Rodents do not require such dusting.
What makes you think of one or the other is odd. I would think you and others would want to know the best way to support growth and reproduction. Not a possible way, that is odd to me and causes me to think, its actually more about you then about the monitors.
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RE: Large monitors - FR, Sat May 7 09:12:04 2011