Our research is centred around the lack of wild data to help make informed decisions for captive parameters.
Most husbandry data for parameters has not been updated for many years, sometimes decades, for many taxa the information doesn't even exist. Much of the environmental data regarding Humidity/Temps comes from keepers looking online and not much from accurate data or peer reviewed information.
Data regarding lights often comes from Herpetology data that was not intended for mammal adaption, especially regarding UVB, Reptiles lack of fur and required basking for thermoregulation makes their needs completely different for UVB, and the lack of understanding around this information has led to and continues to lead to keepers making potentially dangerous assumptions.
Very few people in the world have made in-situ observations of wild exposure levels. It is not as simple as what level is the Parameter at, where is the animal in relation and how long is it exposed? Are we looking to see if skin or hair is exposed?
We have multiple papers underway looking at parameters, correlations between them and where various species place with regards to exposure.
We have expanded into different micro habitats and in different landscapes on various cotenants to build a large database to help drive meaningful change for appropriate species.
We have In-situ research data from all over the world being compiled and working towards multiple publications and a large Database of more appropriate data that we can use to evidence required changes in husbandry,
More information to follow soon.
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