can a alligator be rasied by humans?

Answer 1

Most states require anyone who wants to keep an alligator to get a permit. Different states have different requirements for these permits.

Little gators are so cute. They're just adorable with their little stripes and big buggy eyes. And their little teeth! Such tiny teeth! And if a hatchling gets ahold of your finger, it feels like a clothespin with a bunch of needles attached to it... about 80 to be exact. Forget sharp puppy teeth.

Aww... look at his swimming around in his 100 gallon tank... isn't he cute? Wait till your filter clogs up and you're syphoning all that nasty alligator-poop water out... real cute.

People say they don't bond with people like dogs. I'll agree that they don't bond the same way dogs do. I've got my permits. My little Stinky is adorable. At two and a half years old, he's not only quite happy to be scratched behind the ears when being held, he's stopped freaking out when you look at him in his tank. He'll even swim over and put his nose against the glass. He'll have to move outside in another year or so probably. Big fenced in plastic pond from the hardware store... I'm glad we have a well for that stuff instead of paying city water prices... The fencing has to be tall enough that no one can climb over... and buried so that the alligator can't dig out. Yes. They can dig. They can climb, too.

You never get an alligator thinking you're going to become attached to it. We got our first gator probably 15 years ago. At first, we figured, oh, when he gets big, we'll just turn him back over to the farm. You know why there are alligator farms? There are alligator farms so that you can still buy alligator leather. That's all. That first alligator, you think, oh, so what if it turns into leather.... until after taking him to countless programs and showing him to probably thousands of kids you think.... he can't just go back to the farm...

Then your gator gets to big to handle. That little splashing token fight he used to give when taken out of his pond becomes a little more serious. Just because he's never offered to bite before doesn't mean he can't swing around with his mouth open and do something on accident.

Then to keep him still at programs, you've got to sit on his back... and finally, one day, he stands up and walks away with you sitting on his back.

Gatorama in Okeechobee has a pond specifically set aside for spoiled ex-pet gators. That's where Pursey lives now. Once they hit about 5 1/2 - 6 feet long, they start going through alligator puberty. This is NOT a pretty thing. Yes, it's pretty cool waking up listening to an alligator bellowing in your back yard... but territorial issues kick in as well.

If you're asking this question because you want an alligator, ask yourself the following question....

Why do you want an alligator? I firmly believe that if you do not have a valid educational reason for owning one, you shouldn't. We did educational programs on local snakes and turtles for years before we got our alligator permits, and we own gators strictly for the programs. They don't make very good pets.... they are neat, but it's better to enjoy them either in the wild or in a zoo or farm setting.

Oh, btw, you don't feed them every day. Average wild alligator only eats 50 times a year on average, so about once a week works... a few times a week is better, but not necessary.

Answer 2

wild animals should never be pets. Dogs, cats, bunnies, horses - have all be selectivily breed over hundereds of years to be domesticated. Not to mention alligators are not social animals, like most mammals. They don't 'bond' to you like a dog would. Plus, any pet that requires large amounts of water to live is a billion times the mess and clean up work. I wouldn't even get a red ear slider, and all they need is a 72 gallon tank.

plus, they can eat people

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21600060-5005961,00.html

(well, OK it's a croc in the story but really, close enough)

And it's illegal pretty much everywhere.

Answer 3

IF it is legal for you to do so, It requires an INTENSE amount of work not only for the health and safety of the alligator but for the health and most importantly SAFETY of everyone and everything else. I know some owners of a pet store who did this for 10 years, and had to literally devote their entire basement to this magnifcent creature, if you try to keep them in your house, they will go right through the sheetrock. NOT some thing you would want with other pets or children around. I KNOW you KNOW that they are extremely strong and dangerous. If you have them outside, you best live someplace warm and out of reach of far away from anyone who may accidently have a run in with it. You will have to have reinforced walls and such(like a zoo) to properly house him, AND a large space, not to mention can you imagine feeding it everyday. PRICEY! Do you ask cause you are thinking of getting one, or just curious? Good luck though, my answer wasnt really anything educated(to a degree), just common sense, but hope i could help!

Answer 4

Yes a human can raise an alligator, it's not a very smart thing to do thought. As soon as it becomes big enought it can easily attach anyone, including who ever raised it. Alligators are wild animals and cannot be "trained" or "raised" as pets. The best bet is too keep them in the wild where they can live their lives as nature intends.

Answer 5

Yes, I've seen people raised them by huge numbers on alligator farms in Louisiana, but these are very primal animal and you can only tame them to a very small degree if you're thinking about making them as a pet.

They get more dangerous as they grow bigger. So yes you can raise them but not as a house pet unless you decided to de-fang or raise them only when they are small.

Answer 6

Only by suicidal humans.

Alligators are wild animals, and deadly ones at that. There's no way to make them NOT want to kill you. This is why the keeping of them is illegal - it's a law aimed at protecting people who don't know better.

Chalice

Answer 7

No. It gives them a complex because they are not as tall as humans are. Oh, and no, because it's just not a smart thing to do.

Answer 8

Yes but it could cost you and arm and a leg.

Answer 9

ya feed it your left sack

Answer 10

no they are wild. captive or not they are unpredictable