Table 1 Frequency of keepers’ responses regarding husbandry practices (enclosure type and complexity, co-habitants, feeding frequency, and handling) per reptile group (snakes, lizards, chelonians, crocodilians)
From: Keeping reptiles as pets in Brazil: keepers’ motivations and husbandry practices
Reptile group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snakes | Lizards | Chelonians | Crocodilian | ||
A. Enclosure type | Terrarium/aquarium | 367 | 111 | 109 | 1 |
Cage | 26 | 17 | 24 | – | |
Box | 14 | 4 | 1 | – | |
Outdoors | 0 | 6 | 88 | – | |
Indoors | 3 | 4 | 9 | – | |
B. Enclosure complexity | Barren | 61 | 15 | 47 | – |
Basic elements | 140 | 57 | 76 | – | |
Three-dimensional | 109 | 35 | 28 | 1 | |
Adequate | 69 | 19 | 5 | – | |
Free roam | 1 | 7 | 69 | – | |
C. Co-habitants | Alone | 307 | 73 | 117 | 1 |
+ 1 | 17 | 17 | 40 | – | |
+ 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | – | |
+ 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | – | |
+ 4 to + 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | |
D. Feeding frequency | More than once a day | 0 | 22 | 65 | – |
Daily | 1 | 71 | 131 | 1 | |
More than once a week | 29 | 24 | 17 | – | |
Weekly | 182 | 6 | 0 | – | |
Once every 10 days | 57 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Biweekly | 81 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Monthly | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | |
E. Handling | Hands | 360 | 133 | 225 | 1 |
Hooks | 36 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Gloves | 12 | 3 | 6 | – | |
Does not handle | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | |