>>Oh, they do breed readily in captivity. But there are two problems with that: People tend to ignore that they are not tripocal lizardas and that they need a special setup including lots of water and cold nights.
>>The second thing is that people twend to preferlarge, parasite infested attractive cheap wildcaught specimens over tiny healthy less cheap cb babies.


Oh my gosh, I thought for a moment that you were talking about my MHDS! No, not really, but this seems to be the big problem with too many of the cheap imports. I refer to them as "disposible pets." That is what has kept me going with my MHDs for 8 years. I am determined to convince people that the WC are not the way to go unless you are planning to set up a breeding group.

I also try to get people interested in breeding other reptiles that haven't been bred before. How can you do that, learn what their native habitat is. There are too many lazy herpers out there that don't want to take the time to learn something new. Too many want to be told ever step of the process. Or, they buy the WC specimens and kill them.

Sorry, this is one of my soapboxes and was the theme of my
presentation at the Midwest Herpetological Symposium in 2003.
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Marcia - FroggieB Dragons
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