近年爬行寵物（爬寵）越趨流行，香港有關爬寵的研究偏向動物被遺棄或逃逸後對生態的影響、市民對爬寵的知識或是寵物貿易的研究，暫時尚未有針對飼主的飼養行為和爬寵的動物福利之研究。本研究採用混合方法研究，先以質性研究與四位香港爬寵飼主進行了一對一的半開放式訪談，初步探索香港爬寵飼主的飼養行為以及當中的有利動物福利的行為（動物福利行為），並從中整理出與飼主動物福利行為相關的因素及提出有關社會支持的研究假設；接著以量化研究（網路問卷）收集數據驗證研究假設，問卷收集時間為2022年3月10日至2022年4月11日，有效問卷數量為203份。結果顯示香港爬寵飼主的社會支持主要來自於i) 家人、同住人及朋友，ii) 其他爬寵飼主和 iii) 社交媒體；此外，飼主比較多在滿足寵物對溫度和光源的需求上出現有利動物福利的行為，但在滿足寵物對居住空間和躲藏空間的需求上表現則比較弱；另一方面，本研究並未發現與爬寵行為有關的爬寵福利影響因子，只發現與飼主行為有關的爬寵福利影響因子；最後，來自其他飼主和社交媒體的社會支持對飼主的飼養行為有關的爬寵福利有直接影響。

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