Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

[H.S.]

I don't have it to hand, but there was an interesting article in the National Geographic recently which explores the idea that some animals are actually more intelligent than first thought. Although obviously these animals would only be more intelligent than a very small part of the Human Race.
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[Jezz]

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Like the dolphin that has the mind of a 5 year old child or something?
Interesting, but I'm interested in the whole human race!!
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[peaches]

There are certain species out there that are proving difficult to establish in captivity, which is such a shame, keepers will always want to rare and obscure.

I have had wc and I do see the need for it in the hobby, my only concern is how long these animals are hanging around for, from capture to export, and what conditions. I've heard they have got alot better over the years because people have realised what a commodity a healthy reptile when exported can be.

Oh and the dog thing, I know some dogs can catch their own food
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[negri]

plenty food for thought on this thread

in my eyes CB is the way to go . especially now a days when CB species seem to be readily available .

scotts first post about WC animals keeping native people in a job as such doesnt ring totally true for me .it might be true but in my mind i see them picking up every snake and distupting their habitat and trying to make as much profit as possible with no regard to the snake at all .

i read a report or watched a programme on dart frogs and how they were wild caught . there was little to no regulation on the catching of them . . a group of guys wading through the jungle picking up every frog in site and packing them into containers , these guys were getting paid peanuts per frog so needed to get as many as possible to make money . resulting in most of them dieing a short time later .

there is a use for WC caught animals, new bloodlines , rare species ,(without them there would be no CB species ) but without knowing the history of how it was caught and the undue distress it would have went through by buying them you are encouraging the locals to catch them at any cost . not good, IMO


If i was interested in a certain animal if it wasnt available CB then i almost certainly wouldnt buy it WC . not worth the risk of parasites , not eating , not adapting

but i would buy a WC animal to introduce new bloodlines to a species that i was breeding . the risk involved with not eating adapting would be outweighed by the new blood
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[underdog]

Sitting in between WC and CB we have Captive Farmed, how do people feel about this?

I ask as I found out some weeks after purchase of my green iguana that he was not UK CB as i thought but farm bred in South America. In my mind I have a vision of how CF works and it's not nice, but I am not that educated on the subject for it to be anything more than my vision of it.

[Lynne]

in my opinion CF is not nice. and i have and always will pass by CF in favour of CB. but am not getting into a row, as thats my opinion and always will be.
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[underdog]

[Lynne]

unfortunately we can only take the word of rep shop owners about where they get the reps. i try to buy snakes from breeders, or from shops i trust. its not always easy though.
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