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[Miss_Croft]

Here is the original thread on this topic.
Wild Caught debate

From the experience of breeders in the US is that captive breed animals do better in captivity. The breeders have found captive breed reptiles have better temperament, greater egg production and higher hatch rate in incubators.

Reptile keepers also found second generation captive bred animals were better than the first generation and main wild caught animals would waist away (For no apparent reason). Even force feeding failed.

That been said – others have pointed out their personal experience with Australian reptiles – this indicates a few things – how the original reptile was selected (US wild caught animals are normally imported from another country and not selected by an expert), lower stress of transit from wild to captivity (Not packed into crowded crates, holding pens or bags). Or it could be just a bias opinion.

The Australian experience also indicates many of the Australian animals can adapt and breed well in captivity (If not better than many of the domesticated imported pets).