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PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At present they're in a 6'x2'x3' fish tank, divided into 4' water/2' land. When they outgrow it (around 5 years or so, they'll be going out into an aviary with a pond.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool crocs are they hard to get hold of in oz?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No mate, both freshies & salties are pretty easy to obtain, & quite cheap, really. I'd guess this is because the cost of setting up a suitable enclosure for a mature specimen would limit the market somewhat.

Actually, I should qualify that statement. Although captive-bred or farmed crocs are relatively plentiful & are easy to obtain without too much effort, there are only 2 states legally entitled to keep them: Victoria & Northern Territory. Victoria has the somewhat annoying situation that although our Wildlife Dept allows you to own any number of crocs of any size on your licence, quite a number of local councils have bylaws that limit the size you may keep them to, usually around 4 1/2 feet. Our council are pretty good, being happy to be guided by DSE (wildlife dept) regs, but we went with the freshies (average 6-7') to avoid rocking the boat too much Wink I'm not too sure that metro Melbourne is either ready or set up for a suburban backyard full of 30' 2 ton monsters!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They look great little characters! Laughing
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