Newest pets...

[gsarchie]

I'm working on getting them a better enclosure, because right now they are in a 20L. It is big enough for them for now but I am going to get them a nice custom enclosure built after the new year so that they can feel more at home. Here are some pictures, lest Mike or anyone else try to say that it didn't really happen!

At the post office.


Unboxing to check on them.


In the tank.


Guitar lessons.



Holding one of them.


These guys are incredibly beautiful and I can't begin to express how excited I am to be working with them! Thanks for looking.

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[toyota89]

Are those camen? Where did you get them?

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[gsarchie]

American alligators, and I got them from Watch 'em Grow Reptiles.

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[carlson]

So cool Bruce they look awesome gonna be cool watching their growth thru the many pics your gonna take for us haha

[ChrisS]

Those are some super cute little boogers. Hard to believe how big they get. Nice looking guitar too. Keep us updated, can't wait to see them fully grown. You are still planning on dispatching them or gonna keep them as pets?

[BrandiR]

Those are some super cute little boogers. Hard to believe how big they get. Nice looking guitar too. Keep us updated, can't wait to see them fully grown. You are still planning on dispatching them or gonna keep them as pets?

I thought I saw in another thread awhile back that he plans to dispatch them to his belly. They look delicious!

All kidding aside, did I just make that up or did I actually see that somewhere? It seems like I did...

[Andybill]

Oh man I want one of those! My brother in law would love to get his hands on a pair of those!

[ChrisS]

I thought I saw in another thread awhile back that he plans to dispatch them to his belly. They look delicious!

All kidding aside, did I just make that up or did I actually see that somewhere? It seems like I did...

Yes it was posted a while back about butchering them. But look how darn cute they are. Of course I think the same thing when I get my chickens and dispatch them with almost a sense of gratitude. Not gratitude of killing, but of raising my own food, knowing what's going into it, and putting it down the most humane way possible.

Bruce, good luck either way!

[gsarchie]

Yeah, I'm already thinking that I won't be able to eat them at this point... LOL Oh well!

[MrLang]

I used to have an American Alligator that I rescued from a college kid who was going to put him in the Charles River in Boston. I took a kiddie pool and caged in the top with chicken wire and the heat/uv rested on top of the wire. He was a LOT of fun, especially at feeding time. Handling is a blast while also not being quite as dangerous as venomous snakes. When he got too big for me to house indoors with the space I had (6 feet or so and an 8x4 pond) I donated him to a refuge near here. When I own a house I may build a huge custom enclosure and get another.

You're going to be so happy when you get to watch your first death roll! They don't do it a lot so it is quite a treat.

GL