Whaa? Did you read the information Gordon? It goes into pretty specific detail about how this could happen, and seems very plausible to me. Discomfort, elevated body posture and such kinda fits the profile, and Montanucci seem to have made a similar connection with crickets and gastroenteritis in his husbandry notes. "Star Gazing" is kinda a generic symptom though, rather than a disease.

I'd have to disagree with you about Kaplan. She is pretty well regarded on her information, and it being supported with exhaustive citations from other sources. If you go through her site you will see that. A lot of the stuff on her site is not just her own, or of her thoughts alone. There are numerous herpetologists, biologists, and DVMs that have also contributed and agreed with what she puts out. There seems to be some debate stirred up about her Iguana diet, by someone trying to market a competing diet. But I just read an article that debunks the challenger and supports not just Kaplan, but similar diets. The article was contributed to by a Katherine Kearns-M.S. molecular biology-UT, a Dr. Adam Britton-Ph.D of zoology-Director of Crocodilian Research & Consulting from Charles Darwin University-Aus., and an Anne Marsden B.S. Genetics from London University; among others.

If you have some information from a source you hold in regard that might contradict information on Kaplan's site, I'd be interested in hearing it, as her information is usually highly regarded and many people use it.


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