[Peer Review]Animal Husbandry

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[Peer Review]Animal Husbandry

Postby Aladari Coolwater on July 4th, 2016, 2:36 am

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Hello, Sisas! I know there are already a few unaddressed notes here, but I thought I would try and give a few specifics as to what exactly can be expanded upon.

Care
Animal Husbandry can also dictate the level of care that a character can give to the animals in their possession; a novice can give basic care(brushing, feeding, knowing when something is wrong with the animal that requires specialized care), and a master would only need to consult specialists for those cases they do not already have personal experience with.
General care requires feed, an animal brush(suited to the owned animal’s species), shelter, and water. As more specialized care is able to be given, those with the Animal Husbandry skill will find themselves possibly needing the same equipment that those who work in specialized animal careers utilize.


It may help to include something about exercise and/or space here, as many animals (especially horses and larger dogs) require a certain amount of free space, as well as an amount of exercise per day.

This can be a useful guideline for the amount of feed


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Masters in the skill can attempt to create new breeds of those animals they are most familiar with, though most focus on enhancing already existing breeds, purifying the family lines and attempting to breed even better animals


This is a really long sentence, and it leaves me a little lost. You may need to reword this one.

as well as knowledge of the mating habits of the species(including mating rituals as well as heat and estrus cycles).


I have zero clue what estrus cycles are, as I'm not a breeder, nor have I ever spoken to one. It may be useful to include a brief description of a heat and estrus cycle, as well as another mating requirement (the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that, when I breed roaches to feed my lizards, it has to be above 90 degrees for them to get in the mood).

As for general recommendations, I would like to second Efforvescent's idea about breaking care down into the ruminants, as well as the marine animals. It would make the article much longer, to include care and lifecycles of all those animal groups, but I think that, with no other article or skill exists to address these, it could have a place here.

Lastly, Efforvescent, I just wanted to mention that when you said "You cant use a horse brush on a dog", I was a bit shocked, as I own a husky/lab mix, and use something similar to a horse hair-puller on her in the Spring, while my grandparents use a genuine horse hair-puller on their own dogs. I'm not hurting my dog with something like this shedding comb, am I?
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