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Arachnobaron
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I have a nice outdoor pond for him actually.Just curious, what are your plans with it when it gets older and larger?
Very cool. Nice to see someone with sense buying and caring for a crocodilian.I have a nice outdoor pond for him actually.
I didn't plan on getting him, but the store was going to kill it and said I could take it if I didn't want them to. So I did. I plan on caring for it through it's whole life. I'm not a person that owns something for a short time then drops it off. I'm going to care for it always and make sure it has everything it needs.
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I've also got a very large 8'x8' tank tank for the bugger when he get's bigger.
I didn't get him without thinking it through if that's what you are implying.
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We'll see which I prefer to use later on, the tank or the man made pond. Hmm...
+1wouldn't it be kinda cold outside for a kaiman in colorado?
He hasn't snapped at me. But he might. I don't plan to handle him. Just for pictures and maintenance.Cool, at first I thought, "no way" because I was thinking of another dwarf that is rare but that's not it, can't think of the name of it though. Back in the 1970's Caimans were real common in the pet stores before anybody cared about how to take care of them, I had one around 1975 when I was a kid. I kept it in a big tub outside, it got out. I went to the local creek almost every day, I saw it on the creek bank! I spent 30 minutes on my hands and knees sneaking up on it. I finally noticed it was missing part of it's head, it was a toy lol! I did the same with duck decoys once ...duhhhh. Does that species tend to bite a lot? I know the common Caiman is pretty bitey, but some people now and then get a crocodilian that is real mellow, crazy vids on Youtube.
You might wanna try handling regularly, I've heard caiman can be downright vicious otherwise.He hasn't snapped at me. But he might. I don't plan to handle him. Just for pictures and maintenance.
Crocodilians have the largest brain of any reptile. They're not dumb by any means. I'm sure you can get it used to handling at least without snapping.Oh okay. I'm just not sure on species. And you can't really tame a caiman right? So that would just give more chance of me getting but or something.