You have not accomplished anything but a bad example for anyone purchasing reptiles and/or amphibians from your store.



One of the main reasons why negligent pet store owners house multitudes of species together: The customers see it, they want the same thing in their own home, so they will buy more.



You said that territory problems don't arise because the animals aren't in your care long. What about when they leave your care, possibly stressed and ill from the conditions they were kept in? And with new owners who may have the impression that a ludicrous set up like the one you have is commonplace when keeping herptiles? Not only are you irresponsible of the animals in your care, but this kind of behaviour also contributes to the millions of reptiles and amphibians that die in people's homes because the pet store guy set a bad example.



The problem here is that the animals are not in this stressful set up for long, so you aren't holding yourself responsible for the impact from keeping them in that crammed cage.



Do you tell your customers that a set up like yours is not recommended? If you do, hypocrisy is not something people take a shine to.



Anoles are territorial, and I have not simply "become an expert on it because read it in a book." I've been keeping anoles (A carolinensis and A. sagrei) for going on nine years, and they are very territorial. I have seen A. sagrei viciously attack gecko species as large as Gekko ulikovskii, and these were *small* anoles.



I challenge you: Name the species you have in this set up. All of them. Latin names. Several people on this board have asked you for it before, what's the harm? If your set up is so successful, then you've got nothing to hide or lie about. Latin names of all the species in that 2-foot cube, then we'll see what exactly you've been talking about.



Christina Miller
Herptiles.org

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