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Frank have you ever thought about doing a book on monitor husbandry or have you already. Read your post all the time and have learned alot.You proably get ask this alot. Would not mind owning a copy if you ever do Thanks

If I have helped you, that thats a good thing. I mainly try to get keepers to think and not get stuck with old bad habits.

I kind of wonder about the book thing. First off, once you write a book, that information is quickly dead information. That is, its taken as the end result. The problem is, SUCCESSFUL monitor keeping appears to be relatively new. Specially repeatable successful husbandry.

At the present time, the internet has the ability to keep husbandry information current. That is, I may say one thing today, but tomorrow find out I can add something benefitual to it. By the way, after all these years I am still in a steep uphill learning curve. I learn something new or at least in addition to, every day.

The internet can be a very good thing. The only problem is, to many folks are more interested in taking sides and picking teams and all such other human games. So that makes the person that is really interested in learning, have a difficult task. That person now has to pick and choose what information he wants to use.

The real truth is, up to the present, I want to forget what I thought the day before. I also rarely if ever remember what I said here, and thats a good thing.

a book tends to put a period on information. I am not ready to put a period on varanid husbandry. People tend to take that information as math, that is, if you do it, it will work But that is now how working with living animals works. You can read it, then try something. Then you determine the effects of a living individual animal, then adjust and try again. Sir, that never stops. To think you can read something and have it work forever is sad and surely takes the fun out of keeping monitors. thanks Cheers

Ok, there's the preface. Good work, now step it up on a good table of contents / outline. I'll get you started:

chapter 1: Yeah but you're dumb (but the monitor isn't)

anything else will require royalties sir.

Tom