My Baby Crocodile

[BallaratWildlife]

Just thought id share a photo of my baby girl Jackie the Salty

 

[cadwallader]

Thats awesome where do you keep that?

 

[r3ptilian]

Looks a bit small for its age;-)

 

[njames]

Wow! You're either a really small bloke or that's a decent sized croc!

 

[MathewB]

I think we need an enclosure pic.

 

[bucket]

i don't think you will be able to pick him up in a year or two
how much does it eat each day?

 

[BallaratWildlife]

she's in the process of a seriouse enclosure upgrade, will get picks up over the next few weeks

she eats once a week usualy a rat or 1/4 rabbit, i inherited her from a bloke her grew her up from a hatchy, she's 16 so still growing

 

[K3nny]

reminds me of a lab demonstrator i had, same name n same stare

she eats once a week usualy a rat or 1/4 rabbit, i inherited her from a bloke her grew her up from a hatchy, she's 16 so still growing

that's a pretty small meal isn't it? assuming it is a 'normal' sized rat n stuff
but then again i've got no experience with crocodilians

ever got tagged?

 

[Bel03]

Thats awesome where do you keep that?

Im guessing not in the bath tub.......:lol:

 

[BallaratWildlife]

reminds me of a lab demonstrator i had, same name n same stare



that's a pretty small meal isn't it? assuming it is a 'normal' sized rat n stuff
but then again i've got no experience with crocodilians

ever got tagged?

that amount of food seems to work fine on her, the majority of captive crocs i see are pretty fat, used to work in townsville with em and 3/4 a rabbit worth of pork would feed a 400kg croc, because they dont do much they require fairly little food, a croc farm would grow her up uch faster but i grow her nice and slow so i have time to build her next enclosure!

 

[snakeynewbie]

That amount of food seems about right to me, we feed two crocs at the park I work at, one is man eating size other a little smaller, they get the equivelent of about one chook each a week.

 

[waruikazi]

Lol @ down syndrome crocodiles!

 

[BallaratWildlife]

How is she a down syndrome crocodile?

 

[waruikazi]

Extra chromosome? Maybe it's just the pictures, but her snout looks deformed. Too short and twisted upward.

How is she a down syndrome crocodile?

Scratch that, her snout is definately deformed.

 

[BallaratWildlife]

she is the offspring of two lucistic parents in NT so is certainly inbred to some degree, but her snout seems pretty average to me, does turn slightly upwards (as seems to happen to croc who dont ever get UV (past owner) but its certianly not short for her size i wouldnt be calling her a down syndrome crocodile

 

[crocodile_dan]

The snout is more likely the result of her resting her jaw against enclosure furnishings provided she has been fed the correct diet rather than an issue with UV, this seems to be supported by the rub mark at the front of her bottom jaw in the first pic. UV is generally not essential (I'm not saying it isn't beneficial) provided nutrition and housing is correct.

 

[BallaratWildlife]

yeah if i hadnt seen her enclosure i would have said the same, but her old enclosure was massive, and the mark on her jaw was during catching her up to move her here, i still wouldnt say UV is essential, any curving is barly noticable and its just one possability, but its the only thing she didnt have, cant speak however for how she was kept as a hatchling

 

[crocodile_dan]

I'd still say it's more probable it was from leaning on something in the enclosure during growth, the only croc we had develop curvature of the snout was due to her getting into a tight corner of her enclosure and 'wedging' there, and husbandry was constant across the others.

 

[ianinoz]

Bet he doesn't get the run of the house.

What do your neighbours think of your pet ?

I can imagine the sign on the front gate at your house "BEWARE - TRESPASSERS WILL BE EATEN !!!).

 

[Creed]

i wouldnt be calling her a down syndrome crocodile

Not to her face anyway.