So, Yesterday courtesy of my thoughtful girlfriend I spent the day with the herp department at quite a large English Zoo.

In addition to seeing a lot of endangered animals close up I also got to tour behind the scenes, quarantine and conservation projects.

As you would expect I spent a lot of time in the Amphibian breeding room and found that they follow the procedure of placing all their frogs/toads under a relatively intense UV Spot light rig for 20 minutes per week. I was dubious when told they seemed to love it but after seeing the process in action I would definately agree with this. Instead of shying away or being jumpy as I expected the animals seemed calm and actually moved towards the light!
They advised that they notice an increase in fertility as a result of this!
This process was carefully monitored in regard to distance from the animals and UV output.

Does anybody else do this?