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does anyone know were i can get some gator chow and if i should feed it to my alligator thanks

Mazuri has just come out with a new crocodilian pellet. You should be able to find information on their website.

You can also check out the crocodilian chow from Burris Mill:

http://www.burrismill.com/Screens/Alligator.aspx
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Israel Dupont
Winter Haven, FL

I used the burrismill gator chow befor, my caiman was eating like a dog from a bowl, the next day his water was gross and his room smelled pretty bad, for some reason this stuff just went threw him as fast as he ate it, I gave it to my friend and he had the same results, gator loved it, but it fouled pond. If I have a big enough out door pond one day, I would use it again. Jason

I"m not that familiar with crocodilian nutrition (are they strictly carnivores or do they also eat some vegetation?)

If strictly carnivores I'd be hesitant of a dry food. What are the ingredients? Most often a vegetable matter (ie, fiber) is necessary to hold it's form and create the "pellet". Such a drastically different diet composition from say, rats, would surely cause diarrhea. To avoid this (assuming this diet does meat the needs of a crocodilian) a slow transition from previous to new food should help.

I also don't know the history of the manufacturers, although they do sound competent. Lots of research and feild trials are needed before min/max composition standards can be set. Was this done or are they just comparing there values to other available diets?

About a year or so ago I wrote that I was feeding my caiman a base of Cichlid pellets (he one day started eating the pellets that I was feeding the fish in his pond)until he eventually ate the fish. Well, while eating the pellets, his area would stink to high heaven, until he went back to a diet of rats and fish and all was fine once again. I tried the Alligator chow and found that he wasn't very interested and they were VERY oily/greasy.

Rob

>>I"m not that familiar with crocodilian nutrition (are they strictly carnivores or do they also eat some vegetation?)
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>>If strictly carnivores I'd be hesitant of a dry food. What are the ingredients? Most often a vegetable matter (ie, fiber) is necessary to hold it's form and create the "pellet". Such a drastically different diet composition from say, rats, would surely cause diarrhea. To avoid this (assuming this diet does meat the needs of a crocodilian) a slow transition from previous to new food should help.
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>>I also don't know the history of the manufacturers, although they do sound competent. Lots of research and feild trials are needed before min/max composition standards can be set. Was this done or are they just comparing there values to other available diets?