I definitely understand why you feel that way about him, and if anyone actually interacts with him directly it can be very intimidating, and many would be immediately turned off and quickly exit the conversation.
I’m not sure if you know this, but I don’t do that 😂
I love the discussion, and...
This is the greatest thing I have ever contributed to the chameleon community. I actually found an article that @kinyonga had never seen. Which is an accomplishment. I will take it
Very well said. The study I cited about one year hobbyist mortality had a questionnaire that was designed to potentially remove some of the bias from respondents to be more transparent about their mortality rates in their animals
I don’t know if that was successful but it did show a 700%...
This is exactly why I think Petr’s approach is sound. Substantive discussions with real albeit observational data comes along with some hard data as well
I don’t give a rats distant end about being right or wrong. I want what he wants. Healthy animals. I don’t have a Cham in the game right now...
@jamest0o0 You know I never like to stir the pot 😉, but isn’t the standard form that we ask new keepers to complete and then is assessed and critiqued by experienced members sort of also saying “this is the right way to do it”
And it is protected very carefully by us as well.
I helped make...
And I don’t care how he acts. TBH I’m used to world full of a-holes that spout off whatever nonsense they believe as fact all day every day.
It has made me try to look at their message first and react less to their presentation while I decide what they are saying and why they are saying it
It...
If you need some talking up, let me know. I’d let anyone know you are a conscientious and sound keeper of many things. I love the crabs still. They are amazing
That is his Achilles heal. He presents everything as fact. The massive problem with that is 95% of the people reading it have no background to understand fact vs likely assumptions
I am pretty sure that if anyone followed his recommendations they will have a healthy and happy chameleon. Some...
I forgot to add a lot of incredible success from many amazing keepers. Sorry. Yall deserve most of the credit because none of the rest happens without you
I agree, and have seen the issues that people have had that were associated with bee pollen
IMO I think bee pollen is important enough that I always used it in my gutload for my bugs, but do not usually dust my bugs with it (but I’m not certain that’s not ok too)
Two things I guess. Number one...
I think I could do taco Tuesday with well prepared bugs, but I usually prefer soft tacos and I think I would switch to hard shell to offset bug crunchiness in my mind
This is great stuff. Reptile literature will always be less common to research in mammals especially humans, but that doesn’t mean human researchers aren’t looking for the same answers as we are