I just recently bought an alligator hes about 2 1/2 feet long but everytime i see him i wanna hold him and i heard that they get stressed easily and could even die so my question is what are the signs of him getting real stressed out and if i hold him how long/often thanks
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Handling
AlexO
Jun 13, 2007 01:06 PM
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rstrack
Jun 15, 2007 11:26 AM
Crocodilians shouldn't be held, they are not dogs. They are observation animals. The only time we ever touch ours is if we have a educational lecture. Ronnie
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BrandonReise
Jun 26, 2007 02:15 AM
so how did you get the gator tame enough to do lecutres if you never handled it?
rstrack
Jun 30, 2007 12:54 PM
The jaws of the alligators or the other crocodilians we take. We also just don't have one animal we use too make sure the animals aren't stressed out. We always have good numbers of rescued alligators and other crocodilians. An individual animal will only get used once a month if that. I would NEVER expose a untaped crocodilian to the public. Ronnie
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