![]() ![]() As predators at the top of the food chain, they help control the population of rodents and other animals that might overtax the marshland vegetation.They can easily last the winter on their energy reserves. Foraging will cease if the temperature drops below 68 to 73 degrees. Feeding activity is governed by water temperature.Juveniles eat a wide variety of small invertebrates, mostly insects, small fish, and frogs. They will also take carrion if it is available and they are hungry enough. In the wild, adults eat fish, turtles, snakes, mammals, and birds.Enclosure is ideally 1/3 land (with the animal having the ability to get completely out of the water for basking) and 2/3 water (water should be deep enough for animal to completely submerge its body and swim).If housing baby alligators outdoors a cover is needed to protect them from predators.If housed indoors you need to provide UV lighting. Enclosure should have a place where the alligator can haul out to bask.Need a tank at least twice the length of the animal.The first section is an index of Reptile Taxonomic Orders.īy Kate Perez (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons Alligator mississippiensis Order: Crocodylia Husbandry Information Housing Requirements ![]() This Husbandry Manual Register is in two parts 1.
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