keeping salt water crocs

[warp81]

hey jus wondering if any1 here has or has kept a salt water croc b4? wat do you keep it in? how big is it? wat do u feed it? do u have any pics? i find these animals amazing and once i have the land i will eventually get myself 1

 

[junglepython2]

I'm also very interested but no room at the moment. I think crocboy keaps them, maybe shoot him a pm

 

[warp81]

my parents have a fair bit of property and iv asked the old man if i could steal 1 of his horse paddocks to put a shed up and build a dam for a crock if i dont find my slf wit enough property soon, he said yes

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

interesting

 

[hornet]

what states can crocs be kept in?

 

[gillsy]

I know your allowed freshwater crocs in qld, but I didn't think any state was allowed to keep salties.

 

[hornet]

i think you can keep salties in the nt but i didnt think any crocs were allowed in qld

 

[gillsy]

Yeah i'm pretty sure freshwaters ones are allowed, but don't take my word for it.

 

[Deano]

Wish we could keep crocs in NSW, you guys are so lucky..............

 

[Jason]

im with deano i think they would be great to keep!! until then ill just have to wait until i can make room for a lacie!

 

[MoreliaMatt]

mostly you do a thing where the croc farm will give you a hatchy, and you raise it, once it gets to a certain size, give it back and they give you another hatchie.....

this is so that you dont have a croc so big u cant handle it... and so that the croc farm gets big ones but doesnt have to spend the time or money raising it!

its a win win situation

 

[Deano]

Are you talking about NSW???

 

[jordo]

As far as I know you can keep freshies and salties in Vic.

 

[junglepython2]

Can keep both in vic with an advanced license

 

[Benan]

I didnt know you could keep crocs :| and you'd have to feed them raw chicken and stuff they wouldnt be cheap to keep.. + wouldnt be aloud to keep them in sububern areas would ya?

 

[moose]

Keeping Crocs in Qld is only able to be done by those who hold a demonstrators licence.

Recreational Keepers dont have a chance in hell in keeping Fresh or Saltwater Crocs as it Clearly Stes in the Widlife act that they are Resticted .

Although if you read the act closely it is very easy to misinterprete what they are actually trying to say.

 

[cris]

Im fairly sure you can keep them is SA and Vic but in Vic there is a size limit and after that its back to the farm to become meat and boots.

 

[yommy]

if you want to keep crocs do the research first. this site is the ducks nutz on croc husbandary great site to gain some knowledge. Good luck with it.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/

 

[Hoppa1874]

ok.. well guys.. i was actually talking to a fellow that runs reptile displays around qld.. and he told me when i enquired about keeping a freshie in qld that u need to have a special licence for that.. which is only given to people who are using them for educational shows.. a bit of a harder licence to get.. he did have a freshie there on display.. so i wood be taking his word for it..and then u are only allowed to keep them till they are 4 ft long.. so IMO it seems a shame to raise a pet till then to say goodbye to it and replace it.. my kids wood cry and cry.. it wood definately suck.. im not sure bout the other states but a call to ur epa wood soon tell ya the facts.. cheers.

 

[MoreliaMatt]

they can take suprisingly long to get to 4ft with minimum feeding! dont feed it an it wont grow.