This is our new alligator to be used for education programs. He/she lives behind the scenes, so I thought I would give you a sneak peak. This little one hatched in September 2008. You can see he/she fits in my hand quite easily and is not much bigger than a dollar bill. You can see our new exhibit alligators in Carolina Wildlife. These three ‘gators were hatched in September 2007 and are much bigger than this little one. The fourRead more
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QuikPost from the road
The gators are approaching home.Read more
Alligators on their way
Larry should be on his way to Florida right now with the ‘gators. They should reach home (they were on loan to us) around 3:00 this afternoon. That’s them stacked on top of each other in four under-bed storage containers. We label each container, secure them with additional duct tape and wedge them in the van so they won’t move too much, When Kent and I were packing them up this morning, around 5:00, one of them actually “chirped”. WeRead more
Alligators heading out.
Our alligators have gotten too big for our housing and it’s time for them to go home. They are on loan to us from the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida. Larry is going to begin his Thanksgiving vacation on November 21 by driving our four alligators to Florida. (It’s always interesting to mix work and family: The last driving trip I made I stayed at my parents house while I picked up a wolf!) It’s taken a bit ofRead more
Weighing the Gators
The alligators needed to be weighed, and Kent and I attempted a new method—on a hanging scale. We do this every week since having a regular measurement of their weights helps us to determine that they are in good health, but recently they’ve become a bit harder to weigh. They are growing, getting bigger and stronger, and have been much harder to wrangle into the box that sets on the scale, so it was time to try something new. Here’sRead more