Just a hunch:
The person who put this up on youtube has a channel called the AlligatorTrainer.
Just imagine what will happen if this thing bites an arm when it’s 3 or 4 feet long:
I don’t think a 100 gallon tank’s gonna hold them:
I’m no expert on crocodilian husbandry, but these little alligators don’t look all that healthy.
I don’t think this is going to end well.
C’mon. Everyone knows a wagging tail is a sign of happiness!
Sometimes, people have to learn the hard way. Unfortunately, it’s at the expense of the poor creature they’re trying to “tame.” They’ll probably release this fella when it gets too big to handle. Then we’ll be reading about a crocodile sighting in a pond in New Jersey.
But I bet he’s saving a lot of money on car insurance.
this is wear sewer crocs come from, isn’t it…
*where.
I rock at spelling.
Like this one!
Blarrrgh. I have mixed feelings about keeping other large reptiles as pets, but not about alligators. They should not be pets. Period.
The reptile rescue I worked for had over a dozen American alligators… all rescued from idiots who bought them when they were so little and cute and then couldn’t handle them when they got big.
They’re going to outgrow that 100 gallon tank in no time (assuming they’re fed regularly). These guys currently look fine to me, maybe a bit on the thin side but they’re obviously very young. The tank is clean, they have what looks like adequate heat/light, and they seem to get handled regularly, which is good.
I’ve met nice ones. The rescue had one named “Big Al” that was calm enough to take to schools and let children pet his back and tail. But by size alone they’ll be unmanageable in a few years unless the owner has a lot of space. And they can live a long time.
I just want to tell these people to get a bearded dragon.
Watch the calcium and UV levels for the beardies.
A friend of mine had one die because he could get enough good quality UV light for his dragon. He also dusted his crickets. He didn’t gut load.