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Originally Posted by pdomensis
Husbandry, like evolution, requires trial and error. I'm not advocating the needless harming of animals, but new things have to be tried in order to make advances. However I would agree that increased stress would be one of the results and that might undo any benefits of occasional fasting.
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may well be right, do you think that this would cause more stress than 5-6 months of dry season in the wild? I'm not sure it will, most Savs do not survive their first dry season in the wild (from what DB told me), the environmental pressures far exceed what I am going to provide
My Sav isnt going to be forced to fast, in DB's book, his observations where that monitors automatically reduced their food intake as the seasons changed, regardless of the amount of food available, so i intend to make food available, and let my Sav choose for himself
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Originally Posted by pdomensis
I actually think this would be better done to a large number of lab sized animals (feeders) to get good data instead of a single monitor.
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definitely needs a good data set, unfortunately I dont have the money for the scale required to do a proper scientific study....but I get the feeling that no one is prepared to do that kind of study, without first seeing it happen on a smaller scale without disastrous consequences.
My years raising ant colonies from around the world, have taught me the importance of natural cycles, you cannot keep temperate species for eg, at the same temps and humidity all year round, they become sick and die off within a few years if they are not allowed to hibernate, as opposed to a decade or more life span
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