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saleenadam
at Sat Oct 15 22:48:48 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by saleenadam ]
This particular little swamp/oxbow (not sure what it would actually be classified as) I have never been in before today. So, i'm not sure about the mother but I can say that it definitely would not have been taken out of there as a nuisance since it is inside of a federal conservation area. I couldn't see into the den due a thick foliage problem, at best I can get about 5 feet away with restricted view, so i'm going to go over with a friend with a spotlight tomorrow and try to get a better look to see if maybe the mother is sitting inside. Typically where this den is should be under about 5 feet of water judging from the sides of the banks, but the deepest part I saw today was about 1 inch. If we don't see the mother around we will try to come back at night and maybe be able to locate it from eyeshine.
There are 3 of these swamps a couple of miles down the bayou that are now inside of a housing community and have water pumped into them so that they always stay full of water. And that is where pretty much every other alligator around is right now since the other 7 or 8 are dry. I know of about 15 alligators there that hatched back in May and are healthy and quite large now, so if I could get these down there they would do very well. The problem is that I see no way of even getting near the den unless I bring along an axe to get the fallen trees out of the way.
Hopefully, when I check back tomorrow they won't be around and have moved on without being eaten to a better location. But on a side note would feral hogs prey on a baby alligator anybody know?
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RE: Baby alligators in trouble with no water from drought? - saleenadam, Sat Oct 15 22:48:48 2005