I have to agree to the extreme....

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Posted by xta on January 16, 2001 at 17:43:52:

In Reply to: My opinion....and Travis.... posted by Bosse on January 16, 2001 at 14:18:10:

:be VERY careful with what you write...what I'm referring to are your examples on how animals can be kept and still feel well. There are a lot of people out there that work as a spong, i.e. sucks up everything. When you say that there are animals that have been fed cricket and carrots and others that have eaten dry food their entire life and still are healthy then some people WILL think...OK so that might work, I'll try that!!!! Since you have to talk about experience and years of this and that, I might as well explain where I'm coming from....20 years of working with exotic animals at a zoo ( primarily reptiles ) and 5 years at an animal hospital and still I don't see myself as an expert on these animals, far from it!! Eventhough I can say without hesitation, that there are A+ animals and there are E- animals. The A+ animals you can do anything to and they just prosper and walk through life with a smile, the E- animals they die as soon as you alter anything in their lives. Then you have the big group, the animals in between, which are the animals we mostly have, that definitly will suffer ( mildely to severly )if they are not kept right.

Some of these issues like the protein one need to be broached carefully. Some of the newbies we've had visit us are very stubborn and if you mention often how iguanas eat insects in the wild, they will use that as an excuse to feed them crickets (even if you say you do not reccommend this at the end of the post) I would save the more theoretical and advanced research for in depth conversations with long time owners. I get many personal emails from some really moronic people who own igs-- and I try and try to explain proper diet to them. Sometimes I get through and sometimes I do not. Throwing extra info. into these emails would bring my success rate down I guarantee! I've had to reiterate my point to the same person asking about pinkies or chicken more than once. I am just agreeing that everyone does not have the same knowledge and it is best to start with a simple education and work your way up.

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: :be VERY careful with what you write...what I'm referring to are your examples on how animals can be kept and still feel well. There are a lot of people out there that work as a spong, i.e. sucks up everything. When you say that there are animals that have been fed cricket and carrots and others that have eaten dry food their entire life and still are healthy then some people WILL think...OK so that might work, I'll try that!!!! Since you have to talk about experience and years of this and that, I might as well explain where I'm coming from....20 years of working with exotic animals at a zoo ( primarily reptiles ) and 5 years at an animal hospital and still I don't see myself as an expert on these animals, far from it!! Eventhough I can say without hesitation, that there are A+ animals and there are E- animals. The A+ animals you can do anything to and they just prosper and walk through life with a smile, the E- animals they die as soon as you alter anything in their lives. Then you have the big group, the animals in between, which are the animals we mostly have, that definitly will suffer ( mildely to severly )if they are not kept right. : : Some of these issues like the protein one need to be broached carefully. Some of the newbies we've had visit us are very stubborn and if you mention often how iguanas eat insects in the wild, they will use that as an excuse to feed them crickets (even if you say you do not reccommend this at the end of the post) I would save the more theoretical and advanced research for in depth conversations with long time owners. I get many personal emails from some really moronic people who own igs-- and I try and try to explain proper diet to them. Sometimes I get through and sometimes I do not. Throwing extra info. into these emails would bring my success rate down I guarantee! I've had to reiterate my point to the same person asking about pinkies or chicken more than once. I am just agreeing that everyone does not have the same knowledge and it is best to start with a simple education and work your way up.

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