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RE: Diet, Housing, Lighting..My Experience!

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Posted by: lizzettebarcel at Sun Jun 28 08:06:23 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lizzettebarcel ]  
   

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with housing different species together. I have been a reptile owner for over a decade and came in and out of boards where this topic becomes a flaming subject.

What I have always noticed is that the ones who oppose housing different species together are often very unkowledgeable, to the point they can't explain how in nature so many species coexist sharing the "housing" accomodations and how in zoos and aquariums species are housed together for display.

They claim that diseases can be spread, this and that. I guess I was assuming their reptilian specialist had previously checked their animals out for parasites and cleared them!

The trick is the same: have your animals checked, use common sense (don't house your corn snake with your frogs), add plentiful hideouts and feed. And create your little natural ecosystem at home. Mother Nature, who always knows best, had been doing it for billions of years already before some reptile owners on the Internet opposed it.

I have a dog and two cats sharing my couch as I type. There are loose crickets jumping around. We're all different species and we all coexist!

Wanda


   

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