Craig didn't say you knocked emmies, nor did he imply you insulted our animals in any way. I don't understand where your comments about the heat/ground thing come from or the chondro eggs. BTW, if they are cold, emmies will go to ground if there is under-tank heating and a solid substrate (not water like we use), that's just not something you really want happening. Don't know about eggs, we don't keep chondros and emmies have live-born.



What Craig said and I agree is that people who HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE really shouldn't be giving advice!! or telling people how tempremental emmies are. We very rarely (and only when someone is being totally ignored) give any kind of advice on ATBs and chondros, and then it is always very, very general advice with the caveat that we don't keep those animals and so what we are passing on is simply heresay.



As far as what you wrote, you did write this



"...Emeralds are much harder to keep since they are not giving with less than perfect conditions..."



Frankly, if you cannot provide the proper conditions then you shouldn't buy the animal, regardless of whether it is a mammal, a reptile, a bird. When people say Emeralds are harder to keep, what they REALLY mean is:



a) Emeralds are a lot of work to keep properly with daily maintenance tasks that get to be a dreaded chore after a while.



or



b) Emeralds are a lot more expensive to keep if you set up housing that satisifies their environment/living conditions without you having to provide constant daily maintenance.



Books and care sheets on the net (well at least some of them, cause I've seen some that would get you a dead animal if you followed the directions) are great reference sources, but are not the be all/end all.



Just to demonstrate the point, would you take advice on wiring/rewiring your house from someone who had read a few books on electrical wiring or an electrician???? Sorry, but it's my feeling that advice from someone who is successful in their field is always going to be a better choice, especially when you combine it with reference material. That's the point Craig was trying to make.



Karen

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