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Young Born: Habitat: Areas where there is cover of low woods, thick brush, tall grass, and rocky areas where there are caves and crevices; digs bur¬rows from 2 to 12 feet under ground; sometimes found in groups of varying numbers
Reproduction: Breeds July-September; young born February-April; 4 or 8 young, of i sex, as there are 4 per fertilized egg born at a time; born with eyes open, but armor soft and flexible; armor hardens as animal grows
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or ne¬glect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.See Also Young Feed:Nesting bird needs insect food; offer nestling mixture pur¬chased at pet shops. Give health grit (see p. 254) weekly. After eggs hatch, parent birds feed soft food to young; add crumbled bits of stale sponge cake to adults' regular diet. Continue egg mixture and nestling food until young come off nest and begin to feed them¬selves.
When young can feed themselves, remove from parents and place in cage by themselves; continue feeding health grit to young 3-4 times weekly.
Food changes as creature grows; young feed almost en¬tirely on aquatic insects and crustaceans; later take frogs, snakes, and fishes; then fishes, young pigs, muskrats, and some waterfowl; adult takes fishes, pigs, and larger animals that stray too close to water's edge, such as cows, calves, and deer.
Voice: Both young and old alligators hiss; female grunts like a pig in calling young; young make moaning sound, with mouth closed.
On The Other Hand See Produce The Young Fully:Ovoviviparous snakes produce the young fully formed but tightly coiled in a thin, transparent membrane. Sometimes this membrane bursts during the process of birth and the young appear to crawl from the mother's body. Usually the membrane is broken by the use of the temporary egg tooth when the young snake struggles to straighten out.
When the young are born alive, the snake is said to be viviparous.
Soon after hatching, young are fed "milk," a cheesy liquid formed in stomach of both parent birds i or 2 days before eggs hatch. When young are 3-4 days old, parents begin giving them small grains in addition to "milk." At i week, young are fed entirely on grain; feed themselves at 6 weeks. Young grow rapidly; Pin feathers appear at 5-6 days; at 4-5 weeks, young are fully feathered and as large as parents. |
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