hello Reptil.TV fans to episode 111
111, a very nice number, matching the carnival season
here is my introduction animal
being a fan of big snakes, my heart opens up now
this is a Madagascar Amazon tree boa, Sanzinia madagascariensis
for me a dream of an animal
there are different forms, colors and areas
this one is a green one
they are among the nicest ones, these green ones
the interesting thing with these Sanzinias is ...
... nobody is yet breeding them
this is still an animal, nobody is able to breed
I can't even tell why, there are tricks, like temperatures and so on
no matter what you try
they do pair but no results yet
as far as I know, there is nobody in Europe
who is breeding these Sanzinia madagascariensis on a regular basis
if you know someone, please send me an email
but as far as I know
sometimes there are some breeding results by coincidence, perhaps this one as well
when I started, 30 years back
there where smuggled from Madagascar to Europe and the US
a German was going to jail for 2-3 years
smuggling them into the US
he got sentenced there for smuggling
I felt sorry for him, because he was a young guy
but smuggling stopped
and there was the so called "Bavarian connection"
also smuggling bigger quantities of them, but luckily its all over now
consequently this became a rare terrarium animal
I just hope someone finds out the trick how to breed them
after my long intro we now get to ...
... the actual topic of today's episode, its here on my hand
as our title suggest, crocodiles in our living room, is our topic today
I'd like to show that crocodiles are rather unusual as terrarium animals
definitely not something for everybody
a student with limited space might have problems
but there are enough folks who have enough space to have crocodiles
of course, the smaller types, as we will discuss them later
as you know me for a long time, here is my old example, model trains
there are many folks who have model trains at home
and nobody calls them crazy for collecting trains
to me this is the same with crocodiles or other big saurian
when you want it and can afford it
than you can afford a big terrarium and bigger animals
and have them in the basement or even the living room
that's possible and that's our topic today
this white one is not s easy to have, it was an albino Mississippi alligator
it was a perfect color for my intro
but now we talk about the ones which are more suitable for a terrarium
the Mississippi and bigger alligators are more suitable for zoos
they aren't easy to have them at home, although they can become very brave
but definitely to big
but there are small types
this one is a Cuvier's dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus
they grow up to 1.3, 1.4 meters
including tail, approximately 50 centimeters for the body
they are the smallest crocodile type, Paleosuchus palpebrosus
then there is the Paleosuchus trigonatus
so one is the Cuvier's dwarf caiman
and the other one is the Smooth-fronted caiman
difficult to differentiate by the optics
you can differentiate by the occiput bump
but very difficult
the Cuvier's dwarf caiman are the smallest crocodiles
than there is the Dwarf crocodile
if you remember our Africa episode, 2 years back
we where looking for a Dwarf crocodile
the bigger ones grow up to 1.5 meters
than the Yacare caiman
and there are any different variations of them
yacare become relatively big
Crocodilus crocodilus can also become very big
there are type that are smaller
but most of them grow up to 1.5 to 2 meters
this is rather on the edge
providing enough space for them
from a price point you got them rather cheap, in the old days
that's why some folks just bought them
and they become very brave
but regarding their size, the are on the edge
and anything beyond that is for zoos and so on
now about keeping them in general
there are no common rules across Germany
in some states and even counties
rather administrative districts
its not allowed to have them
when you live there its bad luck with the crocodiles
its not allowed, but you might get an exception
but its difficult to get, w/o a real good reason
if you don't work on a doctors degree
its very difficult
lucky enough in many states, like here in Baden-Wuerttemberg
also international
its allowed to have them
in Germany we have the guidelines
how big the boxes have to be
the guidelines according to the administration
specifies ground part 4 by 3, head to body length
and water part 5 by 4
here I have a meter and a crocodile
ooooops
this one has head to body length 12 centimeters
this means ground part 4 by 12, equals 48
3 by 12 equals 36
round about 50 by 40 centimeters
for the ground part
and the water part 5 by 4
approximately 60 by 50 for the water part
for such a young animal, something you can manage
an adult would have a head length of about 50 centimeters
the ground part would be 2 by 1.5 meters
and the water part 2.5 by 2 meters
also manageable
so you can have it according to the administrative guidelines
in a space of 8 square meters
but no limit, you should better have it even bigger
beyond the actual minimum guidelines
now the first part, managing young animals
here you can see a good terrarium for young crocodiles
now everybody could call this a primitive device
my recommendation is
keep it simple with young animals
very important is the hygiene
the water must be clean, the animals drink the water they swim in
and code into
it doesn't matter if I built a great terrarium
if I can't keep the water clean
the easiest way to keep the water clean is
to exchange the water every two days and they can drink it
and you will see you won't have any problems with the animals
I think we never had a young crocodile die
and this is because of the hygiene and the clean water
a very important point
that's why such primitive cages
are ok, filled with water down here
and here is a ground part
I just used a water basin, turned around, for example
of you could use such a hiding device
another trick
cut out an edge and the animals can go in
and find a dark hiding place
and they have a water part where the stay most of the time
and they have a ground part
this stone
is the ground part, also very important
also adding a heating UV lamp
the UV lamps is very important for crocodiles and all saurians
creates a real good HV light, either HQI or HWL
a real strong lamp, this one has 100 Watts
ok for this size, or even better to choose 160 Watts
as a sun place, as a HV lamp
also to heat up the place, including the water
we don't especially heat the water
we fill in warm water
our water has 35 degrees celsius when we fill it in, our animals love it
you can see it
than it cools down slowly to room temperature
we have these cages in warm and heated rooms
when you keep it in a cooler living room, you have to choose stronger lamps
when I have a warm room, a 100 Watts lamp is enough
if I have a living room with 22 degrees celsius, I would use 2 100-160 Watts lamps
so that you get around 40 degrees in the sun spot
and the water is cooling down between 25 and 30 degrees
and that's perfect for young crocodiles
again, to make sure I explained this right
this big basin
we empty is completely, over the toilette
get rid of the old water and clean it up
and fill in fresh water, a really important point
I have crocodiles since 30 years
don't waste your time with simple water systems
now our lamp goes on and off ...
don't try to suck out the water and feed new one in ...
that's rubbish
keep it primitive, just empty the entire water
this way you are sure to exchange it every second day
no experiments with fancy devices
after several years this is getting to small
and than you will need a big crocodile habitat, and you can't exchange the water this simply any more
and that's what I will show you now
here is the big crocodile area
down here is my Charly
he is a Broad-snouted caiman
I got him 25 years ago from Dr. Brock
he was the crocodile expert No. 1 in Germany
he left Charly with me 25 years back
I think he is to big for a private purpose
he has 2 meters
head body length about 1 meter
I think a place like this nobody can have at home
it is a Caiman latirostris
not an animal for a terrarium
but we can explain how to build a big crocodile cage
we use a "pond foil"
we put it underneath the granite plates
be careful not to have any holes in it
I lay it out in the entire place
and the granite protects the foil
very important, avoid making any holes
this costs a lot of money and if you have a hole, you have a real problem
personally I like this method
before this I used epoxy resin
but that's somewhat poisonous
you have to be very careful
or you have to let outgas for a long time
or it poison the water and your animals drink this water
so, epoxy is very poisoned, I choose pound foils
from a design point of view, this is an entire water area
and I did put the ground part above the water area
this way I get a bigger water area
this is because of the guidelines or just to have more water
the animal can hide underneath, what he does, when we have visitors
many wounder, where is the crocodile ?
but he is just sitting down here, in the shade, like out in nature
where they hide underneath some plants
and that's what he can do here as well
but he is also hanging around on the ground, back here, where we get nice sun shine
he likes this place, to take a sun shower
and I don't have to put bars in front of this window
and this is a good alarm system against thiefs
so I don't have to worry about buglers coning through this window, with the crocodile in front
and heat is supplied through our central heating system
there are copper pipes
we put them in first, underneath
so the central heating system is heating it up
its heating up the water and the ground as well
and some green stuff to make it look nice, but he doesn't care about that
but it looks nicer
and one important tip for such a big cage
when I want to go in, to clean up anything
he will hide underneath
and he can not jump up from the water onto the ground
so when I work up here and he is down there
I'm save that way
he would need to climb up before he can bite me
in that time I can escape again
so, that's my way, having water and ground separated
this works well
if you have water and ground next to each other
than you would need a door to separate it
so that you can clean up the ground area while he is in the water
of you clean the water while he is in the ground area
here I'm save, when he stays underneath
about the filter, as you can see, the water flows in through this yellow pipe
and exactly below is the pipe where the water gets out
I show you our filter later
so down there the water finds it way out and flows through the filter
and gets pumped back in up there, so we have a permanent circulation of water
which is important for such a big basin, I need to filter and have circulation
this way we also get some oxygen and the water doesn't turn bad
let me show you my filter system now
this is the third big crocodile cage I built throughout my career
and it became better each tine
very important you have to think big about those filters
don't think about small filters that you usually might have
the crocodile would code one time only and your filter is blocked
down here is my water outlet
goes into my filter
and inside the filter
we have these blue filter mates
they take out the bigger dirt
we want to get rid of the bigger dirt particles
we have 4 such mattes inside
and we clean them every now and than
the water flows through these filter mattes
behind that we have a board with holes
where the water can flow through
and in the back we have a simple filter pump
it sucks out the filtered water
and pumps it back into the basin
a very simple installation
and the specialty is
the pump only transports the filtered water, it doesn't have to handle the dirt
the dirt comes in down here, all by it self
we are at the ground level of the crocodile basin
the water just flows in here, into the filter
flows through the filter
and the fresh water is being pumped back
don't try it the other way around
if you try to pump out the dirty water, the pump will block every second day
only use the pump for feeding back fresh water
and you see the real big hoses here, for the dirty water
you have to use real big ones, because of all the dirt
limit the connections where you can
I use a T-bar splitter here
this goes out directly into the sewage water system
same as our toilettes
here I can open it and the dirty water flows out
just open this valve here to let the dirty water out
this is a proven setup for the last 20 years
that's really good
and as I said, rule no. 1
you have to make it really big in all dimensions
a small filter won't do it
everything needs to be approximately 10 times bigger than for a normal fish aquarium
one of the most important devices
with crocodiles is such a broom
simply to scare off the animals
when I walk into the basin
we need to stay separated
that's easiest with such a broom
I don't like to disturb him, while he has a rat in his mouth
usually its enough if I just touch him a little bit
everybody has his space, and his is here underneath now
it doesn't seem to work right now, lets see
usually I go in and he goes down there
its only now, that he doesn't do it this way
and as we can see, there are brave crocodiles
when you get them young, they are usually brave
Charly came to me when he was older already
there is no chance to change him
as long as he doesn't see me, he feels ok
the trick is, he is down there and I'm up here and can clean everything
and if he doesn't like it and comes up, I still have my broom
and I can manage him, but so far I never had to do it
that's why this broom is the most important device with crocodiles
now about feeding, these nice small ones
we feed partially with insects
super adult grasshoppers the like a lot
whne you feed grasshoppers you also have to add minerals
mineral D3
or we add some baby mice
they eat them easily in this size
the young ones can get good size feeding animals
the carry the around for a while, but that doesn't matter
we feed them 3-4 times a week such a baby mouse
or 2-4 times a week 2 grasshoppers
as they grow up you can stretch this
when the are small you feed them 3-4 times a week
when they are bigger 2-3 times a week
a big one 1 time per week
animals like our Charly get nothing through winter time, when it is cold
but usually we feed this big one once a week
he eats 3-4 rats once a week
that's enough for him
its amazing how little the big ones eats, compared to their size
so, feed the young animals well
they grow up fast
and with the big animals, like with the snakes as well
the males don't get to much
and the females you would feed better, when you would like to have eggs
and female, that hedges, 2-3 times a week
a male only 1-2 weeks
to the end another hint
crocodile become big
our big Charly can be dangerous
he won't kill me but he can hurt me seriously
even the smaller ones, when the bite you will feel it
and you will have a serious wound, so its definitely not a toy for kids
about biting, its not to bad with the small ones
I'd like to you you what it looks like if this small one bites me
small wounds, just trying on my self
not as a show but to show you the result when this small one bites me
I hope it will work
he doesn't bite as hard as the smaller one before
its funny, he is rather soft
it doesn't hurt as much
I won't give him the finger though
ok, you can see it, we have only small bites
he doesn't really want to
you can compare it to tattooing
in this size, its manageable
ok, we have some small bites, but not easy to see
many crocodiles become very brave, when you get them small
this would be my recommendation
like our Charly, when he isn't brave
he much more difficult to handle
when you get them small, try to handle them regularly
you will be grateful later
that you can handle them without any problems
but as I said, its a wild animal, not a pet
and be careful with kids or visitors around
even if it is brave, it still can bite
and with bigger ones it doe really hurt
at the end I always try to talk about breeding as well
we saw some color variations, like albinos
there are albinos and really black ones
there are Piebalds
one guy in the US has them
only a few of you will try to breed crocodiles
it takes a long time for them to mature
takes 6-10 years
you need a large terrarium, but you also need that for one animal only
when you breed
the water level needs to support the animals
when the pair the male gets his tail underneath the female
and the water level needs to be high enough so that both tails are under water
if the level is to low you can't breed them
and what I recall right now as well
don't make it to deep, the crocodiles don't like that either and what I recall right now as well
don't make it to deep, the crocodiles don't like that either
they rather stay in shallow waters
even with young animals, we have the water not to deep, so they can stay relaxed with their back feet
and the fron feet they have just about on the ground with their tows
and the head is above the water
when they stay in the water, their front feet need to just about reach the ground
and their back feet need to be able to stay
that's the prefect water position for a crocodile, the young ones and the big ones
and if you plan to breed, high enough to keep their tails under the water
as always at the end, our recommendation about good literature
this is "Crocodiles" from Dr. Brock
Dr. Brock was a dentist but the no. 1 crocodile expert in Germany
and he had crocodiles as a teenager already
sadly he passed a way some years back
but he was the experts and wrote this great book
he know everything about crocodiles and I can really recommend it but he was the experts and wrote this great book
he know everything about crocodiles and I can really recommend it
still a great book and my tip
and now I have another nice surprise for you
you might have heard it, crocodiles loose their teeth
and they keep growing again
not like the humans, where we only have 2 cycles
the crocodile ones fall out and grow again
and so does our Charly, he keeps loosing his teeth
I collect them out of the water
and from the last clean up I collected four of them
I'd like to give away these four teeth
I don't know who wants one
but I think it would be nice to have a real crocodile tooth
leave a comment here on YouTube, why you want a crocodile tooth
and leave your name with it
and pleas give us also a thumbs up and subscribe to our YouTube channel
and we will give away a crocodile tooth for the best four comments
to be fair, we will raffle of four winners, out of all comments
the dead line for this is February 28th, 2018 !
after that we will find out the winners
that's it for today
check my crocodile teeth, check my balls and stay true
and here I show you the setup of Reptil.TV
before we can film Charly, see him down there
he really doesn''t like our activities here
you can hear him complaining
before we can film here, we have to clean it up
this isn't the best job around here
and lets replace the lamps as well
so before we can film, we have to work
here he is, and you can see me in the mirror, great picture
and look at this, a coin in the basin, in our reptile shop
interesting, some people throw money into this water
and now I show you our other hobby
the crocodiles loose their teeth
and because I love all my fans
that's why we have to search the water for these teeth
and Charly hates that more than our cleaning
but we have to do ot
I stretched out a little bit
have a look at this nice tooth
I don't know yet what to say
he bites quite well, hopefully the bigger ones don't do it the same way
it can hurt the finger tip
ops, what a nasty little beast
in my free time I do some modeling, how about that ?
I don't like him being there, he should go down by now
the fire alarm goes off now, what that about ?
have a look where he goes as long as I climb up here
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