Hi all. I know I am never on this forum and I'm only here now because someone has requested help in trying to impress the seriousness of mixing species upon you. Your key words are "I have NOT YET" seen anything adverse happen. Not yet doesnt mean it can't or won't and there is no way to deny that you are creating an environment for a mistake to happen - why? I can give you 100s of reasons not to mix species. What are you reasons to??? I have yet to hear any that impress me as being a slightly good reason - simply lame excuses. I see no need to jeopardize the well being of any living being for the benefit of human enjoyment or selfishness. And exactly how long have you had this enclosure with "no problems"? In that time, all animals in it are thriving, feeding, testing negative for parasites and have had no illnesses or deaths? I'd honestly have a hard time believing it has been around for years without incident. There simply is no way to replicate the wild in a 2 foot cube - PERIOD. And in the wild, several of these species would naturally stay away from one another and have the option of the great vast wild to do so. But, it's not you who suffers from your bad choices it's the animals and I know I won't change your mind - you'll either have your own horror story that makes you wake up and see or you'll continue to replace the casualties with more animals. That's just how it goes. But, hey, for the sake of your captives, I tried.
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Happy Frogging!!!



~Becki~

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