I would not go so far as to say it is anecdotal - in the trite sense of the word-since for many of us the proof is in the keeping, where it may stay for a very long time to come before studies are conducted on our captives, but you are right. We can't get passed the mainly USDA studies that focus on human nutrition. I is anecdotal, as a lot of husbandry information has been throughout the years. Discussions like this help people define for themselves what is a good method for them. Perhaps the focus of my argument should be healthy prey for healthy captives- that is really the underlying topic to all this nutrition talk. While we have no scientific study, we do have proof before our eyes of whether our feeding methods help or hurt our captives. Common sense goes a long way to clarify this, I think, but nutrition is not my field. As for feeding carrion in captive conditions- I am of the group that thinks that mimicking wild conditions in captivity has its boundaries.
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Marcia Pimentel

Tango River Reptiles

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