>>986318..The entire owning of pets is unnatural. If we wanted to be entirely natural to our pets, we wouldn't fix them, we wouldn't vaccinate or worm them, we wouldn't pull off parasites, we wouldn't feed them, and we wouldn't take them to the vet when they were sick or injured.
Guess what that'd do? Significantly shorten their lives. In captivity, certain changes do need to be made. A captive bred animal will not know what it's native environment looks like. It won't give a fuck if it gets aspen or paper towels as a substrate or if it's environment is unnatural. As long has it's the proper temperature, humidity, has enough hiding holes, has water, and food.
As the owners and caretakers, we need to find the proper balance of environment that is both safe for our pet and is aesthetically pleasing. For me? I'd prefer an ugly as fuck environment to one that'll kill my animal in a few years just because it looks nice.