Janie you talk about me like I'm a entrepreneur. I can't take credit for all of my techniques because I didn't create them. I've learned them.
Brian, I didn't make that post because of two reasons. 1. It would have started an argument that would of ended up being about individual keepers and not the animals. I've been down that road before and its exhausting
2. It takes me awhile to type. I could write 500 words about light bulbs and not even get in to UVB yet
Gina,
My husbandry practices are essentially about choices. I simply offer my animals more choices. I try to offer them choices with things they understand. I don't feel beardies have the same emotions that many keepers believe they have. I feel my animals don't like anything (not by the definition of the word anyway). They simply associate things with a positive experience. So I don't offer my animals a rock, branch, or towel and think "he will like that". I try and offer things that the dragon will use behaviourally for needs.
I ask myself questions. When I see a dragon do something like dig. I don't think "he must like to dig". I think " what need is he trying to achieve behaviourally". I first have to find out what would happen if I let him dig I give him something to dig in and see he created a burrow. I then ask myself "What does a burrow offer"? Its a tight, dark, humid area. So I think about how that translates to needs.
I basically do that with every aspect of husbandry To answer a couple of questions, I spot clean my enclosures daily and vacuum out the top layer weekly. I add more dirt every few years. The bacteria in the soil, coupled with bugs, do a real good job cleaning. If the dragon poops in the morning, theres not much left to clean when I get home(about half).
I can create this type of environment in pretty much any size enclosure. I can have 130 basking temps down to a 80 cool side in a ten gallon tank, easily.
Beardie breeders are so secretive about their husbandry practices on forums because they have to be. If someone goes against the grain on a forum, they get attacked by the masses. It would be a poor business move to argue with potential clients or have your name smeared. Future clients could read it and make a decision based on the majority opinion.
Brian, I didn't make that post because of two reasons. 1. It would have started an argument that would of ended up being about individual keepers and not the animals. I've been down that road before and its exhausting
2. It takes me awhile to type. I could write 500 words about light bulbs and not even get in to UVB yet Gina,
My husbandry practices are essentially about choices. I simply offer my animals more choices. I try to offer them choices with things they understand. I don't feel beardies have the same emotions that many keepers believe they have. I feel my animals don't like anything (not by the definition of the word anyway). They simply associate things with a positive experience. So I don't offer my animals a rock, branch, or towel and think "he will like that". I try and offer things that the dragon will use behaviourally for needs.
I ask myself questions. When I see a dragon do something like dig. I don't think "he must like to dig". I think " what need is he trying to achieve behaviourally". I first have to find out what would happen if I let him dig
I give him something to dig in and see he created a burrow. I then ask myself "What does a burrow offer"? Its a tight, dark, humid area. So I think about how that translates to needs. I basically do that with every aspect of husbandry
To answer a couple of questions, I spot clean my enclosures daily and vacuum out the top layer weekly. I add more dirt every few years. The bacteria in the soil, coupled with bugs, do a real good job cleaning. If the dragon poops in the morning, theres not much left to clean when I get home(about half). I can create this type of environment in pretty much any size enclosure. I can have 130 basking temps down to a 80 cool side in a ten gallon tank, easily.
Beardie breeders are so secretive about their husbandry practices on forums because they have to be. If someone goes against the grain on a forum, they get attacked by the masses. It would be a poor business move to argue with potential clients or have your name smeared. Future clients could read it and make a decision based on the majority opinion.
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