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Reptiles Draconis
Hug gator also likes to be petted also post more scaly stuffs
>> Anonymous
Ok her jump post also likes to be sage post also please post other stuffs
>> Anonymous
>>46961
What?
>> Anonymous
Need more pics of her tits
>> Anonymous
Spoiler-- She doesn't have a right hand anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>46987

No, that looks like that one docile alligator that was posted her before the crash.

It would let little kids ride on it and it didn't care.
>> Anonymous
hay look its my wallet
>> Anonymous
>>46991
Fact--Crocodilians =/= Domesticated dogs.

I posted on that thread, too. Which means you've likely already seen my arrogant as all fuck rant from a herpetologist's point of view about how that's a REALLY BAD IDEA.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>46991

I'd like to hear more about this domesticated alligator.

I find it very unbeleivable that this thing supposedly let children ride it without trying to eat them.
>> Anonymous
>>46991

Anything?
>> Draconis
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>>47097
ok heres some stuff on bubba gator
http://www.geckosetc.com/htm/wedding_photos.htm
here he is at jims wedding also mark o'shea is there wow!
http://www.coldbloodedcreatures.com/testim.htm
also from jims main site theres a small picture of some kids birthday party where he is riding bubba around
>> Anonymous
>>47102

Its crazy that the alligator is that docile
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this is another alligator also named bubba who is pretty friendly he hangs out with this beagle artie. I wish I could get some full size images
>> Anonymous
>>47102
That alligator is such an attention whore. Or was, at least.

Whatever, still pretty fascinating.
>> Anonymous
>>47105
He's prolly cold and has a full belly.
>> Draconis
>>47129
I remember watching an old episode of "the keepers" on animal planet where this guy goes to feed the komodo dragon and afterwards sits down in the enclosure and it comes up and crawls into his lap as hes petting it and talking to the camera about the lizard. Anybody else see that episode? I dont think the show is on anymore
>> Anonymous
>>47132

I saw that episode. You can see the komodo dragon eating the guy's carcass in the next scene.
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im in your komodo dragon sticking mah needles
>> Anonymous
>>47132
Captive-raised Varanids tame down pretty well. At least, some species do. That why Savannah Monitors make such popular pets. I've got one sleeping in my lap as I type this.

Still, do I trust him? No. Why? Because for all the nail-clipping and walks on a harness in warm weather and cuddling and general babying, the monitor lizard in my bedroom is still a wild animal, only one or two generations removed from the wild. Komodo monitors are the same way. I'm willing to bet money that was a captive-raised lizard the keeper was with, too--A wild-caught specimen wouldn't be nearly as friendly.

I don't deny that Crocodilians can tolorate people or adjust to the idea that these people aren't a threat, but they're not tame. No matter what anyone says.
>> Draconis
>>47162
pictures of your monitor lizard please
>> Pulsar
Captive bred doesn't necessarily mean easily tamed. Monitors will be monitors and its really luck of the draw whether you get a tolerant one or not. My v. ionides, v. salvator and v. exanthematicus are pretty tolerant MOST of the time. None of them are captive bred. Tho if they don't want you around they'll let you know. I have another ionides that isn't nearly as tolerant as the other.
>> SCALY STUFFS SCALY STUFFS
SCALY STUFFS
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>>47184
Zephyrus. Male, about a year old. Snout-to-tail total length is almost equal to my arm from the tip of my middle finger to my shoulder.
>> Anonymous
>>47237
fail
>> Pulsar
He looks kinda small for a year old. If you don't mind me asking, what are your basking temps and feeding regimen?
>> Anonymous
Sweetie, I don't need advice about how to care for anything in my collection. Trust me. He's almost tripled in size since I started caring for him at the shop about five months ago.

My boss says our reptile supplier actually ages him closer to seven months. He's actually overweight. Baby's got fat rolls. At the shop, he was usually getting a mouse a day, sometimes up to three, plus at least a dozen crickets every day. Now that I've got him at home, he's on crickets every day, dusted with vitamin powder a couple times a week, and one mouse twice a week. And he gets earthworms when I buy 'em by the bucketful to feed out my chelodians, because he's usually relaxing on top of his enclosure when I feed out everyone else. Mealworms, waxworms, pheonix worms, and a bit of canned monitor/tegu food [once a month treat for the canned food, though].

Temperature in his enclosure is about 95-97 degrees fahrenheit at the basking spot during the day, closer to 85-90 at the bottom of the warm end, and 80-ish on the cool end. Nighttime temperatures for most of my collection is about 70-75, which is room temperature, just like he's been on at night since he was a hatchling.

Varanids are my specialty. Trust me, there's nothing small about my Zephie.
>> Pulsar
Good to see another varanid keeper that knows what he/she is doing. I only asked because oftentimes people buy these things and have absoloutely no clue how to take care of em. I'll post pics of mine later on.
>> Anonymous
>>47296

Savannah, two asian waters, argus, blue tree, yellow.

^What I spend all my time doting over at the shop I work at.

We specialize in reptiles. I'm a herpetology student. Everything I own, from my breeding colony of leopard geckos to my pair of Ornate Uromastyx, is spoilt and babied beyond belief. :]