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RE: Old Fashion Monitor Diet Question

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Posted by: FR at Sat Sep 17 01:21:05 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

Hi Colin, hows it going?

Someone mentioned my name, hahahahahahahha

now that you did, I will add. whole foods such as rodents are the BEST. anything else is not better. But as you said, it may cause no harm if done correctly.

With rodents, you do not have to worry about correctly.

Also as mentioned you can feed other whole foods too, If you want.

Results are what a diet is measured by, and in my experience, our best results have come from rodents on medium and larger varanids, and insects with the smaller varanids.

The person who posted this question mentioned a standard, A standard for what? is my question, to keep a monitor alive for a few years. Well on offense, thats not a very lofty standard.

A standard diet should support normal growth to reproductive size, average reproductive results, for an average natural lifespan.

If thats the case, then a rodent diet is the gold standard that has achieved superior results. Thanks


   

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