Re: Monitor Care & Natural History; Zoo & Pet Experiences
I've just read the Zoo biology study; perhaps I missed something, but I did not see any data re basking temps provided or body temps reached (as mentioned, this is as I expected, given my familiarity with the study site's record keeping system); the gout found on autopsy is often associated with low body temps; a wide variety of other factors (husbandry, medical conditions that we do not yet understand, etc.) are also likely involved in some or all of the deaths. Some of these were well covered in the article, others not.
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