Now we are getting somewhere, your idea of duplicating nature is naïve. No one ever said, duplicate nature. I have said a million times, ethology is the key, the study of behavior. In that, they break it down to three methods of study, one is called naturalistic observation. That is where you set up small areas of nature and test how these react to particular conditions. You do not duplicate nature, you only have to duplicate areas that express, desired results. Which is why I do not use one cage, or one substrate, or one condition for all. I set up tight areas that express particular results.
Simply put, you only need to duplicate what is needed for small areas of concern. For instance nesting, you are not duplicating nature, your duplicating the place they pick to lay eggs in nature, WHICH IS FROGGING EASY.
saying we cannot duplicate nature is you hindering yourself. Simply put, if you want to go somewhere, don't wall yourself in. Caracal, ethology tells you how to do this. Read about it. Your wondering about behavior, yet you ignore how to study behavior. Dude, that seems like your problem, not mine.

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