So the crocodile experiment is underway. First I will point out that it smelled HORRIBLE coming out of the package. They have the obvious choking hazard and "not for children under 3" warning on the label but they fail to mention anything about needing a breathing mask to take it out of the bag. Happily, the smell went away and the now soaking crocodile is covered in a layer of slime.
One problem we are trying to work through is that the crocodile floats to the top of the water in the tub so we have to figure a way to keep it submerged. I thought that maybe we could just keep flipping it over every so often, but when you move it the slime starts coming off and I don't know how important the aforementioned slime is to the experiment.
And not that I am trying to highlight another problem, but Mike brought up an excellent question about where this thing will be housed to grow to 2 1/2 feet. It would appear that our initial home will not be nearly large enough. Hmmm.
** update **
The slime falling off the croc issue does not appear to be that big of an issue after all. We are going to try tying rocks to it's tail and feet to keep it submerged. Wish us luck.
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I guess it's good practice for a dog? Or, I guess you can just have fun with it hiding it under the couch one day, someone's bed the next...all the while keeping it out of the way as much as possible. Or, Auntie Kris sounds really nice, maybe she'd like to house the gator for the boys to visit!
This thing belongs in the bathtub, no two ways about it.
Where am I going to pee, then?
A little pee never hurt any gator.
She hasn't met Auntie Kris, has she? Claude is right...pee on the gator.
We've had a variety of those gross, slimy grow-to-a-thousand-times-bigger things in the house. When they take on all that water, they tend to break. My bet is that his tail goes first so you won't have to worry about how long he gets.
"Made in China", right? They are trying to destroy us one poisonous alligator at a time.
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