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FR
at Tue May 31 17:11:38 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Its just a matter of how the monitors were kept.
If you keep them below their required metabolism, they are slow, and lethargic, and they do not grow fast or reproduce.
What I try to get across is, these animals show be able to attain like events normally in captivity. That is, to hatch, grow up, reproduce, get old then pass.
If they do not do this then something is wrong with their husbandry. Its not about breeding them, its about them being able to breed.
Think of it this way, if your dog physically could not reproduce, you would be fined or arrested for animal cruelty. or horse, or cat.
But because its a lizard, you allow to keep them well below what is normal to them.
If you were ever lucky enough to see a blackthroat in nature, you would play heck trying to catch it. They are fast.
What you were seeing is NOT NORMAL.
And its not about us, its about the poor animal in the BOX.
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RE: its not a battle of wits - FR, Tue May 31 17:11:38 2011