Dwarf Caimans and turtles anyone?

[SimonL]

Anyone here have any experience with keeping turtles in with Paleosuchus species? Alligators and Spec. caimans are usually pretty tolerant of turtle co-inhabitants, but it's something I've never seen with Dwarf caimans.

 

[Amazon_Addict]

One of the lfs around here has a huge setup with both turtles and dwarf caiman living in it. They have been cohabitating for years now.

 

[SimonL]

Ooo nice setup, but those appear to be juvenile Alligators...

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

heard of it but never seen it

 

[SimonL]

I"m staring at my poor turtles now, trying to decide which one will be the first victi...er test subject...

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

lol

 

[snakeguy101]

I have kept baby gators with some RES but i dont know about caimans as they are more aggressive.

 

[phillydog1958]

what do you do with 'em when they get too big to handle?

 

[SimonL]

He's a handful at 30" already lol. It'll require two people to safely move him eventually.

I mean, I'll irresponsibly abandon it or release it into the wild...

 

[DRZRider]

I would worry more about the caiman than the turtles. Turtles are known to bite the tails of caimen and alligators when housed together. I have see quite a few captive crocodilians with large chunks taken out of their tails by much smaller turtles.