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Vtherpster
at Thu Jun 12 00:09:28 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Vtherpster ]
That must have come out wrong!
Paul, I am raising for breeding ball pythons. I still have my love for keeping herps and have moved to a species I can be successful with. They bring in a good income supplementation as well.But for now they are income draining.They are very cool though. Does the May useless mass importation of balls piss me off? Yup. It really isn't needed.They do well and breed well in captivity.
Back to the delicate species and how you can help.
I know you are dealing in pardalais and the newer colorful location varieties.I also like you and know you mean the best for your charges.
This said I believe you keep breeding charts and probably keep track of the animals you have sold. This information can prove to be invaluable in identifying where any glitches may be and what cam be done to prevent them.
I am all for the continuation of the hobby and the importation for genetic integrity,but only if the animals are in fact living and successfully breeding beyond the breeders care.
And being that vieleds, panthers and jacksons are considered the hardy species, why aren't these species being proven out and the rest left alone until these are successfully breed to F-5 beyond the breeders hands?
Learning curves? Are you saying you have this down to a science and education will keep all of the animals alive? If so please start teaching. If by learning curve you mean that further experimentation will eventually find the key to captive survival, then what is the time frame and how many animals will this take?
If breeders were willing to disclose these records it may open the minds of skeptics and lead to successful captive chameleon keeping. What do you think?
Oh yeah, besides the huge amount of time, raising and keeping insects are things I do not miss about the hobby.And of coarse the ailments. Craig
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RE: Two schools of thought for chameleon keeping discussion(more) - Vtherpster, Thu Jun 12 00:09:28 2003