misky
Active Member
I am a neat freak when it come to my animals and can't even bare the thought of and of my pets living in anything but excellent conditions but I am wondering if I am just pedantic or normal.
Today I went to a wildlife park and was very unimpressed with some of the things that I saw:
* a crocodile in a small pool with the fence only about a metre tall in one place (can't they jump up out of the water and possibly bite a child if he/she unknowingly stuck their arm over?)
* a large monitor in an enclosure with an area less than a metre square of shade (which I imagine would disappear later in the day as the sun moved) on a day like today? (which was roughly 40 degrees)
* a number of large monitors that had not managed to shed properly (yes iknow that this happens occasionally but i am talking about quite a few monitors at the same time)
* 5 various carpet pythons in one 1.5X1X1m enclosure (most around the 4 -5 foot mark) all approximate measurements
* numerous python enclosures with with 2 or 3 sheds lying in them (all from the one snake)
All these things really disturbed me but I am only reletively new to herps so I was seeking the thoughts of some others more experienced than myself on weather these sort of conditions are exceptable or if I am getting myself all stired up over nothing.
Cheers,
Misky
Today I went to a wildlife park and was very unimpressed with some of the things that I saw:
* a crocodile in a small pool with the fence only about a metre tall in one place (can't they jump up out of the water and possibly bite a child if he/she unknowingly stuck their arm over?)
* a large monitor in an enclosure with an area less than a metre square of shade (which I imagine would disappear later in the day as the sun moved) on a day like today? (which was roughly 40 degrees)
* a number of large monitors that had not managed to shed properly (yes iknow that this happens occasionally but i am talking about quite a few monitors at the same time)
* 5 various carpet pythons in one 1.5X1X1m enclosure (most around the 4 -5 foot mark) all approximate measurements
* numerous python enclosures with with 2 or 3 sheds lying in them (all from the one snake)
All these things really disturbed me but I am only reletively new to herps so I was seeking the thoughts of some others more experienced than myself on weather these sort of conditions are exceptable or if I am getting myself all stired up over nothing.
Cheers,
Misky