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BigRuler said:
keeping an alligator as a pet seems like a really bad idea
like yeah it's cute and funny while it's young and small, but what are they going to do when it grows up into a huge monster that can kill an adult human in seconds?
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If that's the channel I think it is (I cant watch rn) then she has a rescue gator that was apparently kept in a very small box that stunted its growth. I dont really agree with keeping alligators but I'm pretty sure that one was bred in captivity and so small that its pretty much impossible to keep with other gators or release it. But again I cant watch the video but there was an explanation as to why some chick on YouTube had an alligator.

Big Bad Fish said:
You could just look around for reptile shows. I've gotten some great deals at them before. I used to keep a trio of acanthurus monitors and I had a beautiful red ackie I picked up for 200 dollars. His buddies were yellows though
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I have, no difference in price, everything else yes, leachies not at all.
 
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BigRuler said:
keeping an alligator as a pet seems like a really bad idea
like yeah it's cute and funny while it's young and small, but what are they going to do when it grows up into a huge monster that can kill an adult human in seconds?
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Boy, do I have another story for you then:
Don't forget to turn on the subtitles.
 
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Kiwi Jeff said:
Boy, do I have another story for you then:
Don't forget to turn on the subtitles.
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I was worried because I didnt see a pool, found another video and dude has a nice little space for him to swim.


I still don't agree with buying them and keeping them as pets, though I have seen a quite a few videos where people rescued a gator, being abused or just helping it in the wild (usually a young one) and forming a bond with it. I know I'd get my dumb ass bitten to pieces, though I'd absolutely go out of my way to help (a smaller) one if I wouldn't get dead. That being said, I wouldn't take one in myself, their shit REEKS, they eat a ton, and they live in water which is like huge no for me, the upkeep on the alone is terrifying, never mind the actual animal upkeep.
 
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Ido said:
I was worried because I didnt see a pool, found another video and dude has a nice little space for him to swim.


I still don't agree with buying them and keeping them as pets, though I have seen a quite a few videos where people rescued a gator, being abused or just helping it in the wild (usually a young one) and forming a bond with it. I know I'd get my dumb ass bitten to pieces, though I'd absolutely go out of my way to help (a smaller) one if I wouldn't get dead. That being said, I wouldn't take one in myself, their shit REEKS, they eat a ton, and they live in water which is like huge no for me, the upkeep on the alone is terrifying, never mind the actual animal upkeep.
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In my hometown, there's a man who owns a reptile shop with a little zoo in the back, he has a few caimans and he is licensed to own such animals, he even has venomous snakes such as a gaboon viper, king cobra and a few different species of rattlesnakes. That caiman in the video is about the same size as the larger one that he owns and it doesn't have a pool in its cage because of the size of the enclosure.
 
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Can we all agree King Snakes are the Chads and Staceys of the snake kingdom?

Edited because Rose (my friend's King Snake) reminded me she's a Stacey and not a Chad
 
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Dysnomia said:
Snakes have such cute lil' faces. A lot of reptiles look emotive. But do they actually have emotions? I've seen giant tortoises enjoy being petted. But maybe that mimics behavior by tortoise friends.
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I know you asked this a while ago, but I was thinking of this myself today.
My snek is happy when he gets pampered with a bath and he certainly expresses it with little sighs of contentment, conversely, if I've not set his thermostat to go on even on a hot day, he gets very cranky. He likes being snuggled and spending time with me, but I've had him from a hatchling, so it's what he knows too. Like @Ido said, when they're domesticated and don't have to worry about a thing, they are completely different.
Hand rearing and spending lots of time with them really does encourage their actual personality and emotions out.
 
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