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 How fast

Hi,

Not had a caiman before so starting my research. Hows fast does a baby Caiman grow, and how many years before they are classed as adult.

Is there a particular website you would recommend



07/08/08  04:42pm

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   Message To: Reptile_dan   In reference to Message Id: 1787357


 How fast

I got my caiman about 5 months ago and hes already grown 5 inches. Guy I bought it from said it was 2 weeks old when I purchased it. He was 8 inches when I got him hes now 13 inches.

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07/10/08  12:20am

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   Message To: JusFTW   In reference to Message Id: 1789290


 How fast

Thanks for that, very useful.



07/11/08  04:27am

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   Message To: Reptile_dan   In reference to Message Id: 1790852


 How fast

it’s takes many many years for a caiman to grow to adulthood sizes. the fact that you may be keeping it in captivity in your home will certainly SLOW down that process anyway! bigtime! the colder the water in the tank the smaller it will stay. the less you feed it the smaller it will stay. oh it will grow but you can severely stunt a caimans growth if you really wanted too. i’m not saying it will stay the size of the tank or whatever that old myth is but you can keep them small for a LONG time.
07/29/08  06:49pm

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 How fast

im feeding mine small mice almost every day and the water is kept at a good tempurature about 82C and he is still growing very slow

the tempurature is about 80 and the humidity is about 70%
10/21/08  12:16am


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