Captive Breed VS Wild Caught Animal

In short, captive bred is best, so if at all possible get a captive bred reptile as a pet. It is true that some species of reptile do not readily reproduce in captivity so for these you may need to get a wild caught reptile. However, for many commonly kept species, captive bred animals are quite readily available. If you can find a captive bred reptile this is the best option for a number of reasons:

• Captive bred reptiles are generally healthier than wild caught. The stress of capture and transport and adjustment to captive conditions is extremely stressful and leaves reptiles susceptible to illness. Wild caught reptiles also tend to carry very heavy parasite loads.
• Captive bred reptiles are generally less skittish and easier to handle than wild caught.
• Captive bred snakes accept pre killed prey more readily than wild caught snakes (especially true for ball pythons).
• Buying a captive bred reptile helps to maintain wild populations. For every wild caught reptile that makes it to a pet store and into a home, many more die from stress, injury, and/or illness related to capture, transport, overcrowding, etc.

Unfortunately it is often less expensive to buy a wild caught reptile over a captive bred one. However, when you consider the rates of illness and parasitism in wild caught reptiles as well as the rates of mortality, it is often much less expensive over the long run to purchase captive bred than to treat or replace a sick wild caught reptile.

Wild-caught (or wild-collected) animals have been taken directly out of the wild. Reptiles that are referred to as “imported” can almost always be assumed to be wild-caught reptiles. Captive-bred animals have been born and raised in captivity. There is an on-going debate as to whether one source of reptiles is better than the other.

First of all, many people raise the ethical question of whether or not reptiles should be taken from the wild. Wild-caught reptiles are often collected in large numbers, which can potentially be harmful to the stability of the wild populations. Also, captive-bred reptiles tend to come with less health problems, particularly internal parasites. This issue is rather complex, however, because there would be no pet reptiles without wild-caught reptiles: all captive reptiles are descended (no matter how distantly) from reptiles that were collected from the wild.

There are some benefits to acquiring wild-caught reptiles. They are normally adults when they are caught and an owner who wants to breed his reptile will not have to wait for it to mature and can begin the breeding process almost immediately. Also, you can be almost positive that wild-caught reptiles are not related to one another, which helps with genetic diversity in breeding. Finally, wild-caught reptiles are usually lower in price, but they also often come with internal parasites or other diseases that can be expensive to treat or worst death.

In the end, there is no clear-cut answer to this controversial issue. Biologists, hobbyists, and policymakers have not yet united to provide a legal decision, so the choice is up to you, it’s your money. Final decision all entire up to each individual. So anyone that disagree with my opinion, Please leave comment on my blog.