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andrew owen
at Mon Jan 19 02:59:44 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by andrew owen ]
of when I was a boy and the foundation of reptiles I developed at the time.
I will try to keep this monitor and reptile related. I was always into watching reptile videos,catching herps, and reading reptile books.
My first shot of a monitor was seen on an Aussie herp video. I saw a goulds monitor and freaked out, I was probably four years old at the time. I begged my parents but to no avail.
This is how all of this applies to our current keeping of monitors. At no time in the dozens of vidoes or books or whatever did I ever see a wild monitor eating prepared food, being handled by people so they no longer whipped tails and hissed or anything else unless it was associated with captivity. I thought to myself that if I one day had the opportunity to,I would try to relate what I learned from seeing wild monitors (not in the wild but from the comfort of home)to my captives.
At the time I was able to do this with some local reptiles, an anole my uncle caught in Alabama and a RES my father and i got at a pet shop.
My question now is, if we see what the monitors do naturally (hiss, bite, whip, eat live foods)why is it that people want to take that away from them?
I personally know that my monitors are healthy when they hiss and bite and whip. I wouldn't know this if they were laying around and being complacent. It seems that that is what dying monitors do, not ones who are in good health.
also, it seems that there is an ongoing discussion about feeding and what to feed. This doesn't necessarily relate to the turkey diet because if properly made it provides all essential nutrients (but i still ask why do it?). there have been questions about feeding eggs, hamburger meat, dog food, etc. all of this is probably due to poor literature that was written years ago. just a tip here, if it is outdated take it with two grains of salt.
thoughts?
andrew
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 a thread on another forum reminded me... - andrew owen, Mon Jan 19 02:59:44 2004
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