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dfr
at Mon Jun 23 11:55:25 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dfr ]
In captivity, you're keeping them in a tiny environment, compared to their range in the wild. Problems which would be insignificant to wild animals can become magnified enormously in a cage. Disease, behavioral, and environmental pressure can cause disasters in a cage that would not happen in nature. Also, I believe that ANY animal which eats meat is a potential cannibal. When you house them together, you can create a disaster by putting the wrong animal in the mix or, by losing your focus for as little as a day, at the wrong time. That is why, for most people, the best practice is to keep them individually. That way you can enjoy them with less risk to the animals.
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To Buddhist hot dog vendor. "Make me one with everything."
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