I find it odd that you use the fact something is "commonly agreed upon" as evidence that something should not be done. If YOU have not kept animals together and observed every facet of how it improved or worsened their lives I find it strange that an intelligent individual would be so adamant about something he cannot possibly know. I think we should take a lesson from history, think about what was "commonly agreed upon" for the little turtles sold in tiny enclosures or the fact that people thought reptiles would grow to their enclosures. Think "commonly agreed upon" diets for torts and iguanas not all that long ago. Remember when it was "commonly agreed upon" that monitor cell structure broke down at temps above 108F? You may look back and mock these things now but based on what you have said here you would have been doing and still would be doing some of those things if somebody had not tested something other than what was "commonly agreed upon".

Mixing species is something that should be done carefully by experienced keepers with the brains to evaluate the health of their animals and more importantly one who can gauge progression/regression of those animals. I think it is something that should be tested, responsibly. I am not saying its definitely good to mix, I am just saying its a bit foolish to say absolutely yes or absolutely no unless its been tested, with proper husbandry. Anybody ever see those fancy aquarium places where they keep literally hundreds of different species of fish in the same tanks with large predator fish, marine reptiles, birds, crustaceans and on rarer occasion mammals?

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