View Full Version : Wrangling the new beast..
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-09-03, 12:54 AM
...The new creature of the family. A young Nile croc.
Xain
http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1227new_nile-med.jpg
NICE!!! What a cute little guy! Congrats on the new addition. :D
Cheers!
Trace
very nice! good luck with him!
sparkon16
03-09-03, 02:54 PM
Nice job man, gotta lov those little whipersnappers!
Good luck with em'
Deuce
Ritus_Reptile
03-09-03, 08:08 PM
hey xain, are all those crocs your personal reptiles? How did you get into owning crocs? I was just curious i think its real cool that you do that.
RachelS.
03-09-03, 08:25 PM
YAY!! You finally got one :D! Congrats... he/she is gorgeous!
reptilesalonica
03-09-03, 08:45 PM
Xain, although not a good photo, it seems like a cute little guy. Post a better pic. Take a look at this guy...
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1646crocodylus_niloticus_c_-med.jpg
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-09-03, 11:05 PM
...Yea, it was kinda late getting home after meeting up with the previous owner, I'll get one as soon as I can tomorrow. Nice lil bugger ya got as well...
...Thanks Rach, all it took was a month. heh. I want a Siamese that guy is advertising on KS but he never replies to his emails so.. I guess another day.. by the way. Its a male.
...Yea, all mine. I got into them first off when my dad got me a
Spec. when I was 12ish. After that I got a couple more specs but wasn't a full blown croc enthusiast until I was about 16. I wanted to work with something that not many people were working with
And just jumped about a bit from turtles to monitors to chameleons and then it just clicked that only a handful of people actually work with crocodilians so I got my state permit for the gators and zoning (for the guys I have in town) and started keeping them.
My parents dont see it as a surprise because most of my family keeps exotics ofsome sort.
.. I'm also largly into Turtles(being thats what started my interest in the hobby), Hots(which I just got out of for awhile), Falconry, med/large carnivores and local birds.
Xain
Ritus_Reptile
03-09-03, 11:20 PM
wow falconry too,thats awsome xain, i have read alot of your posts and you really know your stuff. How did you get a permit for owning crocs? Im sure there are different laws than here in new york.
Just curious but where and how do you plan on keeping your nile croc when it is fully grown? Outdoors or will you be able to contruct a indoor enclosure?
Your mum's little tiger is sweet! I just checked out the pics in the gallery. Do you guys own a zoo or is it a private collection?
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-10-03, 05:36 PM
...The zoning was easy. All I had to do was call up city hall and tell them I wanted a zoning. They said ok, Mike(Local game warden) came over with the paper work and checked the place out. The state permits required alot of time an effort and blood work, heh. Sad thing is its only covering the gators...
To get most of the permits here is to show your knowledge (sometimes testing) and housings for the animals. From the knowledge I may have, it must be from my non-social lifesyle, heh.. I heard NY cracked down hard on the herp keepers.
... When he gets bigger I doubt Ill throw him in with the pr. being hes a male so I'll most likely dig another hole in my uncles field.
What we do is put up Therma-sheds over the ponds like several weeks before winter and down a week or so after spring... Its getting time.
We are private keepers. Though I want to open a park up, I some how think it will only stay a dream..
I want to get a Mnt. Lion.. How does the one you own handle?
Pretty basic comparing to Bobcats?
Xain
Ritus_Reptile
03-10-03, 11:15 PM
yeah things are getting tight in NY, they are really cracking down. Cant sell any poisonous reptiles here and they make it hard to get a permit. Too many mommys complained now we all get screwed heh
Cool. I don't own that cougar. It is just an animal I have worked with in the past... lets just say he likes to play rough a little bit.
From my limited experience with big cats I have found that their personalities can vary alot from individual to individual.
I saw an adult cougar for sale on the exotics section of the "kingsnake" website.
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-12-03, 04:56 PM
...Thanks Baz, ut mom's hunting for a younger one.. Still being bottle fed.
Also here's a better pic of the new nile.
Xain
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1227niloticus-med.jpg
reptilez
03-12-03, 05:01 PM
Why did you pick a nile and not something smaller like a Caimen
Wow that nile croc looks blue! You dyed him with Coolade or something!? lol
Looks sweet tho. Where abouts do you guys live?
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-12-03, 07:09 PM
...Yea, noticed that. He does have some blut tint to him but think the hing thats make him that color is the Stock tank. Notice the branch is somewhat blue, too. Gives the lil bugger more character though so shhh.. heh. Also, I live in Oklahoma. I know this is basic for Canadians buy Im willing to expand wherever theres a croc fourm.
Also, on KS fourms I'm Reptilefreak19..
...Reptilez, I happen to own Specs, a dwarf, a smoothie. So it's been done.. Also I currently keep two other niles and I can properly house and care for them, and I also know what I'm getting into.. One day I'll have all 23 species.. I hope, heh.
Heres another pic Baz.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1227niloticus_2-med.jpg
Cool pic mate. I have a few pics of a baby nile that I babysat for a couple of weeks. I'll send em to you or post a link to them soon. I have used nile crocs (3 footers) in quite a few of the educational shows I have done for kids.
Crocs just amaze me! I'm off to India in August to work at the Madras Crocodile bank and Centre for Herpetology for 2 weeks. They have most species of crocodilian there and they have a gharial breeding program there also. That should be a fun experience. This centre was established by Rom Whittaker. This is also the place where they extract venom from cobras, kraits and russels vipers with the help of the Irula tribe people.
reptilez
03-12-03, 10:59 PM
Well good luck in the near future KrokadilyanGuy3 and hope you dont accidently turn into dinner;)
KrokadilyanGuy3
03-12-03, 11:43 PM
...I know that place well, But only by reputation. One day I will visit there. Its kind f hard to do lot of stuff funding your own trips.
Are you funding or are you working under someone? Either way, good luck and hope you achieve what ya aiming for here. Id love to see pics when you return...
Reptilez, heh thanks. I hope the same.
No, I'm paying for this trip myself... I wish it was funded though. I'll be taking loads of pics there so i will have a lot to show when I get back. I'm taking a lot of pics because I will be creating a website for them as they don't have one yet. An important centre like that needs a good website so I offered to do it for them... my little bit of help towards their conservation work :)
reptilesalonica
03-13-03, 11:09 AM
This is great for you Baz! You are very lucky. Have a good trip and when you get back we want news! Until then you could learn some useful words from their language. Although India is a rich country with poor people, is a beautiful country with many energy fields. Hindus are warm people with a kind of mystic power. Don't ever drink water and eat cheap food. Only good hindu food and water from bottles. Enjoy it and bring a baby gharial when you get back :)
~Greg~
This will be my 7th time in India (I am of indian background myself :) although I was born and raised in England). I am Punjabi so I have only really spent time up north in Punjab and the himalayas, I have been to Delhi before and to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh State and have been to Calcutta and down a bit on the east side to Puri in the Orrisa state.
This will be my first time in South India though. Completely different language (Tamil) there although hindi is common throughout India and I understand that and speak it a little... I'm fluent in Punjabi.
I was in North India last winter. I drank bottled water but I did end up eating a lot from the stall vendors in the markets ("aloo tikkis".. a kind of potato patti and "gol guppas"... don't know how to explain this one but it would give most non-residents the runs after! lol and I had some amazing fried fish) I never got sick though in the 2 weeks I was there which I found wierd.
reptilesalonica
03-14-03, 01:50 PM
This is great. The greater was that i gave advices to a half Hindu cultured guy! lol. I like very much hindu people and their culture. I have read all the books from Krishnamurti. He first entered me to the hindu mysteries.
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