Caroline, the Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Progress Thread

Look at that fat belly!! Lmao

https://i.imgur.com/1XI9oqJ.jpg

Because the slope of the tub and variable sizing of the slate stones, it was creating some cave systems. I was a little back and forth on whether this was okay. I'm sure she loves to hide there. But that makes it more difficult to tame her down some because whenever I go into the room, she'll just hide, and I need her to associate me with something not so bad. Hard to do that when she's hiding.

So I took her out of the tub (that was hard to do, she is nippy!) And rearranged the stones to remove the caves.

Took the opportunity and snapped a quick pic and video. She was obviously stressed, so I didn't want to dilly dally though.

The video is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QrKdtH...d=ujk1egxdj4by

https://i.imgur.com/UbLayyJ.jpg

Every two days, I've been feeding her either a shrimp or 3 mouse pinkies coated in calcium powder. I tried a rat pinky, but she did not eat it; I think it was too big. But she's been eating very consistently.

I've also been sitting with her for 20-30 minutes everyday without taking her out.

https://i.imgur.com/6joGWHj.jpg

Pretty cool!!! I'm curious, what do you feed a caiman

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Originally Posted by Bodie

Pretty cool!!! I'm curious, what do you feed a caiman

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Every two days, I feed either 1-2 shrimp, 3-4 mice pinkies, or 1 small rat pinky.

She looks great! :gj:

I'm so looking forward to following this progression thread! Caroline looks great :)

I have discovered a very specific method of getting her to eat reliably. She has been eating, so I havent been concerned, but it was very sparse and sometimes skipped entirely. But this method has worked the last 3 feeding days: place a rat pinky half on land and half on water and leave overnight.

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Originally Posted by wnateg

I have discovered a very specific method of getting her to eat reliably. She has been eating, so I havent been concerned, but it was very sparse and sometimes skipped entirely. But this method has worked the last 3 feeding days: place a rat pinky half on land and half on water and leave overnight.

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At least you found something that works.