#1: The reference to the skin cancer is from a book I read over 10 yrs ago that a friend of mine had on amphibian diseases. I no longer know where my friend is as I have moved to South Carolina and he went back to Florida after his divorce. The cancer would be from exposure to high outputs of UVB. I have a 3-toed amphiuma that I know for a fact has gotten skin cancer from this. It was lucky to be benign, but none the less skin cancer. Now I know an amphiuma is nothing like a tiger. But it doesn't matter if the tiger is wild caught or captive bred it's genteic makeup is not changed. These salamanders almost never see any kind of light that puts out UVB.

#2: I've been keeping tigers for over 11 yrs and I have never, ever had to provide a "swimming area" in their enclosures. When it was time to try and breed them I had a special container(childs swimming pool) fixed up with aquatic vegetation and areas on the sides for getting out if and when they wanted to. As far as their permanent homes yea I would put in a dish of water or bowl(sunk below dirt level) but I kept the enclosure well sealed with minimal ventilation to provide high humidity.

But just forget all that I have said as my experiences are just too unjustified for anyone else to believe.
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"I am all that is Divine, I am all that is Evil.

I am the one who brings forth Death,

On the wings of a Weevil." JSKII

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