I personaly baught my son frogs in order to save the wild population. As he would relentlessly hunt frogs and hold them at leingth, problably dehydrating them and killing them slowly. Instead I'm teaching responsible frog ownership, and hopefully helping local treefrogs remain uncaught. If u have any pet frogs bringing wild frogs into your house can introduce parasites, even if they're not in same cage. Frog populations are being desimated across the globe, strong populations of any frog anywhere should be cherished as wild creatures. Unless u r trying to conserve a species. For 20$ u can go buy a frog that my like to be held.