Does it follow from Gautschi's Inequality that $x^s > \frac{\Gamma(x+s)}{\Gamma(x)} > x(x+1)^{s-1}$

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Here's my thinking. Please let me know if any of my assumptions are incorrect.

(1) From Gautschi's Inequality, if $x > 0$ is real and $0 < s < 1$:

$$x^{1-s} < \frac{\Gamma(x+1)}{\Gamma(x+s)} < (x+1)^{1-s}$$

For this example, let's assume that $x$ is a positive integer.

(2) Inverting both sides:

$$x^{s-1} > \frac{\Gamma(x+s)}{\Gamma(x+1)} > (x+1)^{s-1}$$

(3) From the properties of the Gamma function:

$$\frac{\Gamma(x+1)}{\Gamma(x)}=x$$

(4) Multiplying step(2) and step(3):

$$x^s > \frac{\Gamma(x+s)}{\Gamma(x+1)}\frac{\Gamma(x+1)}{\Gamma(x)} = \frac{\Gamma(x+s)}{\Gamma(x)} > (x)(x+1)^{s-1}$$

Is my reasoning correct? Did I make any mistakes or make any bad assumptions about the Gamma function?