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I have been doing research for about the past 6 months on caimans and plan on getting one. Now I am looking for some first hand expierience that people have. I was looking for the difference between Paleosuchus trigonatus and Paleosuchus palpebrosus. Such things as size, temperment, how shy, hardiness and things like that. Along with advice pics of different ones would be interesting and helpful. Thanx in advance for your help.
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Tom
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I have a trig cool as hell apparently will get a lil bigger, but more prehistroic looking stays in the water most of the time very aggressive great appetite every thing I have read or heard from people suggest I will be looking at a 4-5 ft final size but could get up to or above 6. palps are smaller Hope my begginer advice helps. They grow like crazy be prepared to switch habitats fast

Thank you for replying. It is sometimes hard to get people to answer simple questions like this. Do the trigs deficate mostly on land like most of the palps do? I am stuck between deciding between the two I heard palps were a little more laid back than trigs for the most part ( i know caimans personality relies more on the individual).
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Tom
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mine seems to mostly in the water occasionally on land. I have a filter that kicks ass. I def wouldnt say mine is laid back at all but fun to watch for sure. when I feed him an adult mouse he chases it all over the cage. Very aggressive feeding behavior. I def wouldnt say that a tri is an animal for holding and petting! I cant wait to get a bigger cage and watch him explore.

as I know, palp and trig needs almost the same, but trig is larger and looks more prehistoric

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i'm not being a jerk here but i really don't think that there's much of a difference. i have a very basic simple outlook on caimans. i have had them for 13 years now. as for size what could possibly be the difference between a trig and a plap? now ofcourse any website you go to they will say the trig gets bigger but by what?.....a foot?....will a 6 foot caiman be any different than a 5 foot caiman? as for fast growers i have to disagree with that one. i guess each one is different but i don't think they grow fast at all. and where in hell is there a 6 foot dwarf caiman in captivity? (as in someones pet raised indoors) maybe in the zoo but i find it very hard to believe that they are going to be 6 feet in captivity as a pet. i had a spectacled that never grew more than 4 feet. hey maybe there's alot of 6 foot dwarfs out there as pets but i would be surprised as hell.

thanx for the advice i got.. I am leaning towards getting Paleosuchus palpebrosus. I think they will fit me better. Any more advice or pictures will still accept still got some time till i get one...
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Tom
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0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad
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The P.Palp I have now i have had for coming on 5 years and to agree with most they are very aggressive and pretty wel best left in their enclosure to be watched they are very good eaters and i say aggressive mine is not lunge out at you aggressive but if you grab him wrong watch out lol and as far as size grows they are very slow growers in my experience once they reach about a foot and a half or so they slow way down mine has been kept up to specs on captive husbadry and is still just about 2.5 ft long and he gets fed a couple of mice a week as well as a constant supply of fish, crayfish and sometimes bullfrog tadpoles with 50 gallons of water plus a large land area and uv light I really love my P.Palp I have had c=several people offer me over double what I have in him but there is no way I would ever sell him he is an awesome animal

P.S. I have also had specs and in my experience they were much more aggressive, however, in my crocodilian experience the most aggressive species I ever worked with was a dwarf croc and of course am. alligator was the most docile just an extra tid bit

Hope I was of some help if you have any questions let me know
my email is crocodilian@aol.com
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Tony Collins
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