Unwanted dinner guest > Very large alligator!

[dadspet]

We had a lot of excitement today. A friend called me and told me not to go out the front door.
A very large alligator was walking up to our front door. It must be after the chicken my wife Joan has been testing for a few days for our dinner party on Monday with several friends. Several people way to close taking photos but they sure jumped when the gator turned around and started to come back after he couldn't get in the house.

:pray::pray:

I Tried to add a short video but it didn't make if for some reason. More to follow if I can figure it out.

[ArmyBrat]

Wow...which village are you in? He sure knew where the front door was! Stay safe.

[Two Bills]

He is either looking for love, or seeing if you had any spare toilet rolls!

[polaris]

Yikes! I would not be prepared for that if I opened the front door.

[Chatbrat]

If there is that big a gator in a neighborhood pond, you should contact animal control & get it relocated, before something bad happens--it may be looking for food because some idiot maybe feeding it

[Bay Kid]

He thought the dinner party was today.

[asianthree]

Or social distance from the gang in the pond

[rjn5656]

They don't get relocated. They are killed.

[karostay]

If there is that big a gator in a neighborhood pond, you should contact animal control & get it relocated, before something bad happens--it may be looking for food because some idiot maybe feeding it

If you value the alligators life don't attract un wanted attention.
I believe
Fla wildlife regulations state
Alligators over 6 feet can't be Re located

[TexaninVA]

We had a lot of excitement today. A friend called me and told me not to go out the front door.
A very large alligator was walking up to our front door. It must be after the chicken my wife Joan has been testing for a few days for our dinner party on Monday with several friends. Several people way to close taking photos but they sure jumped when the gator turned around and started to come back after he couldn't get in the house.

:pray::pray:

I Tried to add a short video but it didn't make if for some reason. More to follow if I can figure it out.

Gator seems disappointed you didn't welcome him into your house

[dewilson58]

Wow...which village are you in? He sure knew where the front door was! Stay safe.




Collier.


Plenty of stupid people following it.

[polaris]

I agree. I just looked up info on the Florida Fish and Wildlife site, Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program. It states they’ll deal with nuisance alligators 4 feet or longer and that they don’t relocate them. They are killed. Also reminds folks that feeding alligators is illegal and you must keep your distance. (I’d post the link but I’m new so any post from me with a link gets marked as spam.)
Good info to know as a newcomer here.

[Two Bills]

He is just lookin for a mate. 'tis nearly that time of year.

If you want him to live, do not report as a nuisance.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

He seemed to be heading directly for that chair on the front porch. My guess - he just wanted to sit down after lugging all that weight to your property.

Meanwhile - just because it's an animal, doesn't mean it should be allowed to live. It is a deadly animal that, if it doesn't get its food naturally, will eventually lose its fear of people and start considering them as a food source.

If it's coming to your front door, it's already acclimated to human presence and not likely to "not" be a nuisance, any time soon.

[Two Bills]

He seemed to be heading directly for that chair on the front porch. My guess - he just wanted to sit down after lugging all that weight to your property.

Meanwhile - just because it's an animal, doesn't mean it should be allowed to live. It is a deadly animal that, if it doesn't get its food naturally, will eventually lose its fear of people and start considering them as a food source.

If it's coming to your front door, it's already acclimated to human presence and not likely to "not" be a nuisance, any time soon.

Come on!
This is the time of year when male gators are on the move searching for mates.
They are not looking for food, they are looking for Luuuurve!
Once they have mated you will very seldom see the big boys until next mating season.
Leave them alone!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Come on!
This is the time of year when male gators are on the move searching for mates.
They are not looking for food, they are looking for Luuuurve!
Once they have mated you will very seldom see the big boys until next mating season.
Leave them alone!

I leave them be - but if I ever see one on my front porch you bet I'll be calling animal control. I don't abide by someone else's DOG on my front porch unless the owner is holding it by a leash - what makes you think I would let an animal that can easily chomp off my leg in a single bite hang out on my front porch?

Come on! Tell THEM to leave ME alone! (Which they do - we don't have problem alligators in my neighborhood)

[Rapscallion St Croix]

If you value the alligators life don't attract un wanted attention.
I believe
Fla wildlife regulations state
Alligators over 6 feet can't be Re located

Unless their name is Larry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIkei_z05QI

[dadspet]

Here is the short video of gator at the front door

Large unwanted dinner guest (Alligator) at our front door - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRfJDS_X6k)

[Graspher]

Live and let live....

[EdFNJ]

Waiting for the first ALLIGATOR POOP thread! He should be following the quarantine regulations and self-hibernate!

[Kenswing]

They were here before us and will be here long after we're gone..

[dadspet]

Here is the short video of gator at the front door

Large unwanted dinner guest (Alligator) at our front door - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRfJDS_X6k)

The neighbors just told us that the gator apparently came from Evans Prairie crossed over a road then visited another house on the culdesac before crossing another street then making his way into our driveway and then the front door. After he left and went into the SweetGum pond behind our house he must have gone onto greener pastures somehow because we haven't seen him since. :pray::pray:

[BK001]

We had a lot of excitement today. A friend called me and told me not to go out the front door.
A very large alligator was walking up to our front door. ...

OMG - this would be my worst nightmare come true. After close to 4 years I can finally go out on my lanai at night. Still don't have the courage to go in our pool after the sun goes down. It's alligator phobia -- a condition I did not have back in New York!

[ONTAP15]

He seemed to be heading directly for that chair on the front porch. My guess - he just wanted to sit down after lugging all that weight to your property.

Meanwhile - just because it's an animal, doesn't mean it should be allowed to live. It is a deadly animal that, if it doesn't get its food naturally, will eventually lose its fear of people and start considering them as a food source.

If it's coming to your front door, it's already acclimated to human presence and not likely to "not" be a nuisance, any time soon.
How do we know the "he" isn't a "she" :-)

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

How do we know the "he" isn't a "she" :-)

All alligators are male. All cats are female. All dogs are male. This is known.