What should I feed my baby alligator?
Hatchlings will typically feed on on smaller prey such as crabs, minnows, snails, and worms. As they grow, alligators gradually move on to small fish, then larger prey. Adult alligators may eat mammals such as raccoon or nutria (large aquatic rodents).
How are baby alligators fed?
Choose foods such as small fish, insects, crawfish, small mice and frogs. Alligators eat whole food in the wild, so do not feed your hatchling a steady diet of meat pieces. They need the calcium and other nutrients found in whole food. Use unfrozen, raw and preferably live food to feed your hatchling or young gator.
How do you take care of a baby alligator?
Create an enclosure for your alligator. A 12-inch alligator can be housed in a long 55-gallon reptile tank. Cover the bottom with large, natural rocks that have been boiled in a weak bleach-water solution. Create an “out of water” basking area taking up approximately one-third of the tank by stacking rocks on one end.
What do pet alligators eat?
Alligators will eat almost anything: fish, turtles, small mammals, or birds… and even some larger mammals like deer. They also don’t need to eat on a regular schedule the way people do.
Do baby alligators have teeth?
A temporary “eye tooth” helps baby gators hatch Of course, baby alligators may not have the largest appetites right away—but they still have plenty of teeth! Sixty to 80 of them, in fact. However, one of the baby alligator’s teeth goes away shortly after they hatch!
Will an alligator outgrow its tank?
“They grow a foot a year and while they may start small, in a short amount of time they’ll outgrow any commercially available tank,” he said.
Why do baby alligators squeak?
They release a high-pitched whimpering sound (not far from what you’d hear a puppy say!), which signals that it is time for them to hatch. They continue this adorable sound even after they hatch, using it to communicate with their mother.