Gator Question

[bigoak]

My four year old son loves reptiles. All he wants to play with is dinosaurs and dragons and he is obsessed with watching swamp people. Where can I take him to see some gators up close and hold a baby gator?

[LawDawg]

go to hammond to the swamp people's (dude with overalls that hunts with the dog) alligator farm. That would kill 2 birds with one stone.

[chevy01234]

Wait for the outdoor extravaganza, the wildlife society usually brings one. They've been set up by the bowfishing booth in the corner the past couple years.

[slave601]

Honey island swamp tours in slidell. He will get to see tons of em up close and get to feed em. I think they have a few lil ones there every year to pet also.

[levi127]

I found out in Panama City they have a gator thing. They take you on a air boat through the swamps and see them in the wild.
But at the main house they have their own gator open to the public. You can pet him and everything. Then they have some small ones you can mess with also from what they were telling me. I wanted to go buy when we were in Deston but couldnt make the departure time on the boat so didnt go. Sucks

http://www.swampvette.com/photos.html

[Bigpoppa]

At one time the aquarium in new orleans would let you pet em.

[Blackduck]

Natural history museum in jacktown has em. Sometimes they have a petting session. Call before and ask when.

[SWAG]

Natural Science Museum is a great place to go for all sorts of reptiles. Great people who are very passionate about their work. Look for special events.

[Coastrat]

Not sure where you're located, but my wife and daughter went to Alligator Alley in Summerdale, AL for a field trip today and had a blast. I think we're going to take my son back for his birthday next month. Hope the link works.
http://www.gatoralleyfarm.com/

[Deadeye]

There used to be a gator farm in Wiggins, MS... right there at Flynt Creek.

[Wingman]

Petting an alligator is a bad idea unless it's very tiny and very restrained.

[duramax]

Petting an alligator is a bad idea unless it's very tiny and very restrained.

Says the man who pets and cuddles with cotton mouths.

[GulfCoast]

They have a gator farm and tour right here in sunny Pascagoula. Damn things always get over the fence when it floods. I hate them. CHOOT 'EM ELIZABET!

[YazooValley]

Lewis Grizzard says only Yankees go to reptile farms.

"I ain't never seen no Southerner pay to go inside no reptile farm. Wouldn't be no reptile farms if it wasn't for Yankees. Lucky Joe got $10 a head from Yankees who paid to see him wrastle his dog he painted to look like an alligator."

[cajun squealer]

My four year old son loves reptiles. All he wants to play with is dinosaurs and dragons and he is obsessed with watching swamp people. Where can I take him to see some gators up close and hold a baby gator?

If you really loved your son you'd take him on a little outdoors adventure and catch one for him. Taking a child to a gator farm to observe/hold one is tantamount to taking him on a tamie shoot for his first duck hunt. You've got to think long-term about what underlying messages your actions convey to your children. Just be thankful that dinos, generally speaking, are extinct.