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nydon
at Sun Jan 30 01:54:55 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nydon ]
i do not know the people on this forum. From the looks of some of the responses, i do not want to. I realize that opinions are like a..holes and everyone has one, but that does not mean you have to be one. The reason that this forum is here is to exchange ideas and new and innovative ways to keep and breed varanus species. I do not visit this forum often because it is usually lacking in real content. BUT every once in a while, someone does post an informative letter. NOW, here is a guy who appears to be working on increasing production of monitors. IF in fact he is successful, it will mean more cb monitors which will help to reduce the number of wc animals taken from the wild. The fact is that there are very few cb monitors being produced. A small percentage of what is being offered as cb is true captive bred and hatched regardless of what is being said. I have a very nice collection of monitors and doubt if i would ever attempt to use hormones to produce babies BUT the information that he provided is still of use if and when the day would come that i might try it. In all honesty, if monitors where produced like chickens, there would never be a need for another animal ever to be taken from the wild and there would never be a concern for any of the species to ever become extinct. Yes they may become extinct in the wild but you will have habitat destruction to thank for that, not the fact that we are unable to produce babies in a captive environment. I do believe that natural propogation is better but as a last resort, it would be better to "assist" the breeding process than to let a monitor die of old age in captive without contributing to the preservation of its species during its lifetime. Everyone who was so critical of the guy who posted the initial message should rethink their comments and then post one informative suggestion that they have discovered that will increase either the production of monitors or improve the overall health of the species. No, i am not talking about the same old stuff found in all the care sheets, but something new and innovative that will directly assist in improving the husbandry and breeding of monitors. I will look forward to your postings.
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RE: it is too bad - nydon, Sun Jan 30 01:54:55 2005