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Sorry Colin, you just argued that they weren't settling in, even though so far you said they became bolder, and then went on to say they became shy when you put them into the planted viv.
So, what you are saying basically is that they had nowhere to hide when you had them in quarantine. This isn't demonstrating their been bolder with less decor, but rather that the poor sods didn't have enough hiding places. Even the boldest frogs tend to be shy at first, coming out more as they settle in. Many of the shyer species however if you don't provide more cover are a lot lot shyer. If you then reduce that cover, they WILL go back to been shy. Where bolder species you can reduce the cover a bit at a time and they stay bold. It's nothing to do with you reducing cover, more that there's nowhere to hide.
In other words, your 'experiment', or rather the source of your theory, was done back to front and doesn't prove your conclusion. You took your frogs from very very little cover, to lots of cover, with the most likely reason you saw them more in quarantine been that they either had nowhere to hide or felt it too far away so instead stayed put, not because they were bolder without the cover.
Your comments regarding where you keep them have nothing to do with this debate, that's an entirely different matter and one that I would agree on completely, hence I keep my frogs in rooms we frequent. I have had frogs reared in very quiet rooms, and they are very shy for a lot longer than ones reared in busier environs.
Ade
So, what you are saying basically is that they had nowhere to hide when you had them in quarantine. This isn't demonstrating their been bolder with less decor, but rather that the poor sods didn't have enough hiding places. Even the boldest frogs tend to be shy at first, coming out more as they settle in. Many of the shyer species however if you don't provide more cover are a lot lot shyer. If you then reduce that cover, they WILL go back to been shy. Where bolder species you can reduce the cover a bit at a time and they stay bold. It's nothing to do with you reducing cover, more that there's nowhere to hide.
In other words, your 'experiment', or rather the source of your theory, was done back to front and doesn't prove your conclusion. You took your frogs from very very little cover, to lots of cover, with the most likely reason you saw them more in quarantine been that they either had nowhere to hide or felt it too far away so instead stayed put, not because they were bolder without the cover.
Your comments regarding where you keep them have nothing to do with this debate, that's an entirely different matter and one that I would agree on completely, hence I keep my frogs in rooms we frequent. I have had frogs reared in very quiet rooms, and they are very shy for a lot longer than ones reared in busier environs.
Ade