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Jimi_1971 View Profile |
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| 05/03/05 10:22pm |
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CelticTigeress View Profile |
Message To: Jimi_1971 In reference to Message Id: 332343 Dwarf Caiman
Waste of money, they need twice their length in both land and water..Bam would tell you he has a TON of caimans huh Papa? your best bet is to do more reading check out the archives and caresheets here, then revamp your questions.I t hink Krok has started his off in tupperware?? Dont quote me on that I could have misread, so he could better tell you. I start my hatchlings off in a kiddie pool. the kiddie pool has rocks built underneath and a ramp that gave them the whole room, the bigger guys were moved into a basement and now they have their own enclosure outside. Usually tanks are a waste of time and just a quick way to have a place... your asking questions about it so to be upfront do a little reading and do an enclosure that can house for a few years...it saves you money in the long run and less chance of stress for the lil guy/gal of having to be relocated to another enclosure because they grew. |
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| 05/04/05 12:41pm |
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Jimi_1971 View Profile |
Message To: CelticTigeress In reference to Message Id: 332714 Dwarf Caiman
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| 05/04/05 11:18pm |
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CelticTigeress View Profile |
Message To: Jimi_1971 In reference to Message Id: 333479 Dwarf Caiman
Imagine someone taking a vice clamp tightening it around your hand until you feel like your bones are snapping....add teeth. I can say this for a fact that I know, I had a 13incher that My Dad was handling not by a mistake on his part but by an accident it latched to his middle finger and rolled briefly snapped the finger nearly ripped it off. But summing it up in two words... IT HURTS. Again read the archives and the caresheets. |
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| 05/05/05 12:29pm |
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Bam View Profile |
Message To: CelticTigeress In reference to Message Id: 333722 Dwarf Caiman
Good luck. |
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| 05/25/05 11:48pm |
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Jaeyke View Profile |
Message To: Bam In reference to Message Id: 353759 Dwarf Caiman
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| 10/31/05 07:41pm |
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CelticTigeress View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 527657 Dwarf Caiman
Dont offer advice of "easy crocs" NO croc is "easy" and small doesnt make a difference..ever heard the expression,"Dynamite comes in small packages"? think on it..just because an animal is small doesnt make it any easier...a coral snake a blackwidow a brown recluse a baby rattler are "small" but they still DANGEROUS if someone unfamiliar gets one or handles one without knowledge... that is like telling someone "get a small green mamba, they are good because they are small" people need to know the truth not have assumptions and false statements given to them..sure with the right handler a dwarf caiman is good...because the handler is experianced...but if someone has never had a croc.......it makes them moreso dangerous |
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| 10/31/05 08:18pm |
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CelticTigeress View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 527657 Dwarf Caiman
Dont offer advice of "easy crocs" NO croc is "easy" and small doesnt make a difference..ever heard the expression,"Dynamite comes in small packages"? think on it..just because an animal is small doesnt make it any easier...a coral snake a blackwidow a brown recluse a baby rattler are "small" but they still DANGEROUS if someone unfamiliar gets one or handles one without knowledge... that is like telling someone "get a small green mamba, they are good because they are small" people need to know the truth not have assumptions and false statements given to them..sure with the right handler a dwarf caiman is good...because the handler is experianced...but if someone has never had a croc.......it makes them moreso dangerous |
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| 10/31/05 08:19pm |
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Caimen king View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 527657 Dwarf Caiman
Just wonderin? Tom |
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| 10/31/05 09:17pm |
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CelticTigeress View Profile |
Message To: Caimen king In reference to Message Id: 527752 Dwarf Caiman
It depends on the specifications someone is looking for, I dont want to discriminate against one breed or another...but the thing is that I dont want the wrong info being given out...ie "they are small so they are easy" if your ready for a caiman I feel then your ready for an Amer Alligator. I just enjoy the disposition of the gators, but Bam loves his caimans...there isnt one breed better then the other it depends on a persons preference, my point was this...size means nothing and makes nothing any easier then if it was larger, a croc is a croc and if you have experiance with monitors and large lizards that bite if you have done your referenc...studied and gotten the area ready and think you can feed then the type of croc is up to you... if your inexperianced then study, look up speak with others but dont jump on the "smaller is easier" bandwagon... thats all... *grins* ginormous keeps the annoying kids away *wink*and mormons |
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| 11/01/05 07:14am |
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Jaeyke View Profile |
Message To: CelticTigeress In reference to Message Id: 527980 Dwarf Caiman
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| 11/01/05 11:36am |
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Jaeyke View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 528088
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| 11/01/05 11:58am |
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Dusty View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 528102 Dwarf Caiman
For sake of argument, lets say you’re getting a ’wild-cat’. A serval cat is much more manageable then say... ....a tiger, or cougar. Ultimately it’s what works for you, right. But you have to take into account the animals well-being too. A 180 would be ok for the first year of a dwarfs life, possible second, being that they grow slower then alligators. But it would be pretty mean to push it much longer then that. Make sure that you find someone that owns an animal of this type BEFORE you get one so that you understand EXACTLY how aggressive a dwarf camain, alligator, croc and the like can be. :) Either way, good luck :) |
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| 11/01/05 03:04pm |
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Caimen king View Profile |
Message To: Dusty In reference to Message Id: 528264 Dwarf Caiman
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| 11/01/05 04:02pm |
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Jaeyke View Profile |
Message To: Jaeyke In reference to Message Id: 528102
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| 11/02/05 04:32pm |
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Janyce View Profile |
Message To: Jimi_1971 In reference to Message Id: 332343 Dwarf Caiman
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| 08/11/08 10:47pm |
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A D View Profile |
Message To: Janyce In reference to Message Id: 1827720 Dwarf Caiman
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| 08/15/08 07:37pm |
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A D View Profile |
Message To: A D In reference to Message Id: 1832198 Dwarf Caiman
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| 08/15/08 07:43pm |
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Janyce View Profile |
Message To: A D In reference to Message Id: 1832203
Thanks |
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| 08/16/08 10:52am |
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A D View Profile |
Message To: Janyce In reference to Message Id: 1832743 Dwarf Caiman
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| 08/16/08 07:48pm |
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