Quote Originally Posted by ndame88 View Post
Heather,
I am not looking for any answers, the answer is no mixing as a hobby, just a discussion on the topic. So what is it that a herpetologist does at a zoo when they decide to mix in an enclosure nearly the same size as a hobbyist? Weekly exams? Just curious. On the few occasions that I have seen mixing at zoos, it has been with PDFs in what I thought was a pretty small enclosure.
Zoos usually try to recreate the animals natural habitat and coinhabitants (lacking the predator of course). They are experts and do mix species that live together in the same ecosystem. They are also trained to treat the animals if the become ill. Also the simulated habitats that are created at Zoos are usually much larger than a hobbiest has and makes it to where the individual species do not come in contact with one another. I'm not saying they never combine contact more so that it is less likely for them to do so.