Alligator Diet
Choose foods such as small fish, insects, crawfish, small mice and frogs. Alligators eat whole food in the wild, so do not feed your gator meat pieces. They need the calcium and other nutrients found in whole food.Use unfrozen, raw and preferably live food to feed your gator. They have sensitive digestive systems and cannot handle cooked or frozen foods. Thaw any frozen or partially frozen food first before feeding it to the gator.Feed your gator every other day, juveniles every three or four days. Alligators will eat as much and as often as you let them, so keep to a strict schedule. Overfeeding will lead to gout.Use tongs to feed your gator so that both you and the gator get used to not associating your hands with food. This will help prevent confusion, which could be deadly later on.Set up a feeding routine and schedule. Feed your hatchling at the same time of day, using the same method and in the same location. you cannot "train" an alligator but you can keep it calm by keeping things predictable.