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Originally Posted by crocdoc
There is nothing personal in these comments. It's simply a matter of what we know about varanid husbandry having changed over the years and those low basking temperatures are known to result in issues. When new keepers see a blog by someone that says they have worked at major zoos, they may try to copy the techniques outlined in your care section and that will lead to trouble for their monitors. We have a responsibility to ensure people start out on the right foot.
The exceptions to the rule are the monitors that fare well at those low basking temperatures. You'd be surprised at the difference when monitors are kept at higher basking temperatures. They feed better, grow faster, live longer and will breed readily. There may be a number of ways to go about providing proper care, but if one has been proven time and time again to be better than another, it is best that one puts that technique into a care sheet.
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Not referring to differing opinions, there was an insulting message that was removed by the moderator, 2 more have been posted recently, no time to debate opinions as to what is insulting, etc., will try to read forwarded articles, citations shortly.
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