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Thank you all for your help!My caiman is as happy as ever can be.Thank you fangsy for the set-up enclosure.My caimans loves it and more comfortable with the plants and the hut i put in.He is eating like a pig.Fangsy what substrate did you mix your gravel with cause mines looks to dry.I was thinking of mixing it with bark mulch and sphagnum peat moss?
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Nothing , just gravel .....
But I have got the pipe returning the water onto the shelf , so it keeps part of the gravel wet. Steve
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Where would be the ideal place to put the hiding place, by basking area or by the water area?I will post some pictures up later.You can see where i put the hiding place it is covered with plants.
check out my videos. http://www.youtube.com/MAROWANALUVR Last edited by MAROWANALUVR; 08-07-2008 at 10:40 AM.
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08-07-2008, 11:19 AM
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Hi , im very concerned , looking at your video : YouTube - Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman(Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
That is how mine was , and it was very sick , you are trying to force it to eat and it is snapping in a defensive mannor, not to eat, but to say stop trying to do this to me. This is not a good sign, my first Cuviers was just like that and there is nothing that I could do to rectify this, the Cuviers I have now leaps at the open part of the tank when you open it , and nothing the represents what it eats lasts more than 5 seconds .... Im really sorry , I dont know what to suggest , I swapped mine for another one from the shop , and I have wrote on a couple of occasions to ask how the first one I had is doing and they have not replied, even though I have offered to purchase another one from them aswell. (This is not a slate against the shop before I start to be attacked !) I would get it looked at , or get in contact with where you got it from , sorry that I could not be a better help than that ... Steve
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 mods please delete.Thank youLast edited by MAROWANALUVR; 08-07-2008 at 11:22 PM.
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hello,
fangsy i don't think my caiman is stable yet?I just got it last thursday.I fed it on friday and left a chunk of beef with some calcium on it and ate it with no problems.He probably is still stress form delivery.he's doing much better now.I used to have a trig but ended up selling him and bought the cuvier's. here is are a couple of pictures let me know if i can rearrange anything? Meet chopper.  Chopper's head shot.  Chopper on land.  side shot angle full tank shot.  water area from top angle.  Basking/landing area thanks to fangsy for the great idea.  Full tank shot.  side shot from water area.  side shot (2)  Underneath landing area.  Last edited by MAROWANALUVR; 08-07-2008 at 11:56 PM.
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09-07-2008, 09:05 AM
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Looks good ....
Hope it gets like mine as it gets older, they usually say after they get to be a year, or a foot long, my one, as you open the sliding glass in the top of the tank he comes from his hide or wherever he is to greet your fingers / hand ... Or any crickets / locusts or anything really you drop into the water he munches all them too ... Good luck ....
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I think he's doing just fine.he won't eat from the tongs so i just leave his food in a little dish by the water.I finally see defacation so thats a good sign.Fangsy how long did it take for your caiman to get acclimated to you and your enclosure?
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