"Highly Desirable" to import?

[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

I don't think tuataras should enter the pet trade for a LONG time; they are very long lived and VERY SLOW to reproduce. I certainly support taking them into captivity for conservation reasons but they don't breed fast enough to sustain a viable pet market.

Oh, quick question: What is considered more intelligent? Crocodilians, or Monitors (like crocs and Komodos)?

I'm also not too sure about how easily a dwarf caiman can be trained to be co-operative; they just seemed more hard-wired to be nasty than other crocodilians.

...Actually, I take that back. I remember seeing a video with a trio of trained cuban crocodiles. If those can be trained, a dwarf caiman probably can be too.

 

[uting]

Some cb batagurs and several giant softies are already offered in the US pet market, just keep your eyes open.

I only have seen Borneonensis (whatever the sp. I have yet to sa any type of Chitras

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

I don't think tuataras should enter the pet trade for a LONG time; they are very long lived and VERY SLOW to reproduce. I certainly support taking them into captivity for conservation reasons but they don't breed fast enough to sustain a viable pet market.

Oh, quick question: What is considered more intelligent? Crocodilians, or Monitors (like crocs and Komodos)?

I'm also not too sure about how easily a dwarf caiman can be trained to be co-operative; they just seemed more hard-wired to be nasty than other crocodilians.

...Actually, I take that back. I remember seeing a video with a trio of trained cuban crocodiles. If those can be trained, a dwarf caiman probably can be too.

Crocs can be trained. I have studyd how to train them. Im waiting untill she is a bit bigger to train her. Training has to be associated with food. Other wise they will not listen. They only do things for food. She is still to skittish and wont eat in front of me. Im gonna try to train her so that when i ring a bell its time to feed her, otherwise there isnt any food

 

[latshki]

Crocs can be trained. I have studyd how to train them. Im waiting untill she is a bit bigger to train her. Training has to be associated with food. Other wise they will not listen. They only do things for food. She is still to skittish and wont eat in front of me. Im gonna try to train her so that when i ring a bell its time to feed her, otherwise there isnt any food

a little off track here but when I read that I just imagined an old english nanny ringing a dinner bell and a bunch of crocs coming running over a hill
random but I enjoyed it lol

 

[ivgonmad]

Hope I don't get reemed out for this but I've wanted one ever since the first time seeing one in a picture......Tuatara...I think I got the spelling right.

That would be pretty awesome, I want a Fiji Island Iguana

 

[krichardson]

i want. and yes, you got the spelling correct.

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[Blue Crab of PAIN!!!!]

I kindof remembered something.
The Slow Worm

It doesn't really have any remarkable features other than its compact size and its reportedly very hardy in captivity. They are a protected species in the UK and apparently none exist in the US pet trade; which is a shame because they probably wouldn't be hard to breed.