different species?

[techno_gecko]

today on a road trip i decided to check out some shops. One store was housing an adult male crested gecko with several whites tree frogs and green anoles. Is there a possible reason for that at all? im guessing that it probably isnt that great of an idea to enclose them all together.

 

[Bodon]

Ya, i dont think thats a great idea either, probably somebody just not knowing any better. None of those animals are that aggressive, and thats probably why they put them together, but its never a good idea imo.

 

[Halley]

I don't know about any of their care. But if they need the same care requirements (I don't know if they do or don't), and there is enough room then why not? Is it different than mixing species of tropical fish?

 

[Valley Reptiles]

I don't know about any of their care. But if they need the same care requirements (I don't know if they do or don't), and there is enough room then why not? Is it different than mixing species of tropical fish?

It is different than mixing different fish.

The anoles are more than likely wild caught and the cresteds are c.b. so if the anoles have any paraistes or any kind of disease the cresteds can get it too. Also the frogs skin is very thin and the cresteds nails are sharp, can cut them up really bad. Some of mine cut my skin sometimes when they are holding onto me and I try to put them up. I dont know if the frog would be toxic to either of them but that's something to worry about also.

 

[WftRight]

I've never seen fingernails on my crestie. As far as I can see or feel, my girl just has pads. She's never scratched me at all. Even when I'm trying to put her in a temporary cage, she just grips with her pads. (When I'm putting her back in her cage, I just hold her a few inches from her tower, and she jumps to the tower when she's ready.) I'll have to look more closely next time.

In any case, I agree that keeping these species together is a bad idea for the reasons mentioned.

Personally, I wouldn't even keep a mating pair of cresties together for most of the year. I like seeing how much my crestie has eaten each feeding, and if I had two cresties in the cage, I wouldn't know how much each of them had eaten. Keeping them separate would force me to prepare two meals at each feeding, but I'd know how much each had eaten. Likewise, I'd know that both were going to the bathroom.

This place probably doesn't know how much each of these animals is eating. For all they know, the frogs are grabbing every bit of food going into that cage while the anoles and crestie are starving.

Anyway, pet stores make mistakes sometimes. That's a part of life.


Bill

 

[Lunar Gecko]

They all have different temp requirements and frogs are a big no no for mixing with other sp. Pet stores tend to mix "bread and butter" reptiles like anoles house geckos and tree frogs a lot of times. I have never seen a pet shop mix a cresteds with them. I wish more pet shop workers would read a few of the books they have in stock from time to time. =)~

 

[Halley]

It is different than mixing different fish.

The anoles are more than likely wild caught and the cresteds are c.b. so if the anoles have any paraistes or any kind of disease the cresteds can get it too. Also the frogs skin is very thin and the cresteds nails are sharp, can cut them up really bad. Some of mine cut my skin sometimes when they are holding onto me and I try to put them up. I dont know if the frog would be toxic to either of them but that's something to worry about also.
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Aren’t those are things you look when putting a fish tank together? Making sure all of them are completely compatible? If they don't get along then don’t mix them. But if all of them get along, and you did the proper research, then why not mix them? From what I’ve been reading, that cage set-up, could be better. But other mix species cages, work out, and everybody get along just fine.

 

[Bodon]

I would think a main concern would be stressing one of the animals out. None of those things are that well-known for getting stressed out easily, its not like a chameleon is in there, but still.

 

[Valley Reptiles]

it is still wild caught animals with captive bred.