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. Back to what I was saying… I think a 8-10 year study course proves that you have what it takes to get permit. I thought, hey That is the cutest thing ever, when I saw my first Caiman, crocodilus crocodilus. Or also known as the Spectacled Caiman. It was so tiny and at the Northern Berks Reptile expo so many years back. But the whole "cutest thing in the world" thing comes out of my mouth every time I see a herptile, From a Florida soft shelled turtle, to a Pine Barrens Treefrog.
. You always need to be careful when dealing with these reptiles because they can lash out in a jiffy if irritable. {Funny how a “jiffy” is actually 1/100 of a second.} Either way, Crocs are much more aggressive than alligators. I know that many people don't know about the proper way of taking care of an alligator. The get to big…Flush!…right down the crapper. People must really not take care of something that they don't know much about. With proper hands-And brains for one-can help an alligator live healthy and well.
. I am pretty drained out from thinking what to write here so I will just keep it simple for this last paragraph. If you even think about owning a large animal-Reptile,horse,bird-get you facts straight. Get a permit. Get some brains!!!!!!! I think that just about qualifies as a decent post. Leave the big stuff to the knowledgeable herpers, and Zoos if you don't know how to take care of an animal. If you do not know, you are putting a treasured life into your hands. Learn!!!
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Sounds like a decent post to me 
Especially with all the bad press on exotics and the laws arising around them The Pet hobby cannot afford any more irresponsible keepers... that is why I sometimes may be a little harsh on people who have no idea what they are doing -_- But I try to remember that if they are on a forum asking for help then at least they are TRYING to learn...while there are still millions of others out there who do not ever ask for advice and do things their own way...until they are found dead from their pets and it gives a bad name to all of us....
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I am sure of it.Every last bit of what you said.
We need people with knowledge when dealing with exotics. Just look at the Burmese Python for pete sakes! Let us give large reptiles a good name and take care of them properly. That is not what happened to the Burmese Python. It gets to big and they let it free. Look at Florida now. And I agree fully with your post.
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Down here, I see lot of alligators. Well, by the bay. My dad used to work in Belize, and there were a lot of Morlet's crocodiles on his fish/shrimp farms. On his other famr, there arew also Morlet's, and he always helps relocate them to the river. One of his cats wondered off, and a few das later, he found it's skeleton broken by the pond where some people said the was a crocodile. Poor little kitty. But that's just nature.
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it"
-Albert Einstein
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Miller's are neat. Well, sorry to hear about the cat. Crocs can be very aggressive.
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| If you found the skeleton it was probably not a crocodile. For something the size of a cat a croc would swallow it hole and the skeleton would not be identifyable in the feces. And if it was a smaller croc that was incapable of swallowing it hole it would rip it up into smaller pieces and still end up eating all if not most of it.... so finding any sort of intact skeleton of a small animal pretty much rules out crocodilians as the killer.
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I figured that. So how many years left until you get your croc permit?
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| quite a few, i have my class 3 liscence that allows me to keep gators but all other crocodilians are either class 1 or 2 and since i'm leaving florida within the next year or two i'm just waiting to go on with the permits. I will be living in arkansas in the future and i know the permit for gators there is a pain in the *** to get but i've already talked with the state about it and should be able to work something out. not sure about other crocodilians there though. Depending on how my school work goes it's still a long time before i can have any others anyways so not worrying about it to much yet
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| I would love to have a permit, but I am sure I wouldn't keep one as a pet.
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