Hi,

Just thinking (the biologist part of my mind (MSc in conservation)), many of us keep various wild caught and captive bred animals and try to stimulate there natural environment. How far should people go in this, especially for wild caught animals? Should we try to stimulate seasons, weather etc or just find one climate suitable for the breed and just stick to one temperature, humidity etc? What's best for the animals involved as opposed to our budgets, time etc? Also is the reason many amphibian breeders try to replicate the wild just because there's more change of the animal breeding or is it for the animals welfare? This can apply to other animals as well as frogs...

Claire

ps I thinking on a more academic/theoretical level rather than anyone criticising how anyone else keeps there animals