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Originally Posted by BoatRatKat
The alligator nuisance people won't come out for a 5-6 ft alligator. They'll only come out if it's at least over 8 ft and even then they'd prefer to try to let it be unless it's actually caused a problem. I'm sure you could find a trapper to hire but that's likely to cost quite a bit. As far as your grandchildren and pets...they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any lakes in FL as any of them could, and likely do, have gators and poisonous snakes in them.
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An alligator is an eating machine. It has a brain a little bit larger than a pea and all it thinks ie eat eat eat. The more food it gets the faster and larger it will grow.
It is truly shocking how fast they are in the water and they can run quite fast for short distance on land.
Five to six foot vs eight foot. Teasing but, I'm not planning on measuring one UNLESS IT IS DEAD. As a kid one of my friends had a,"PET" alligator that was about one foot long.
It bit him. I haven't seen my friend in years but assuming he is still alive, you will know it is him by the scars on his index finger.