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oh, and for what it's worth, the reason gators are not endangered anymore is because gator farms were dictated to release a certain % into the wild. OMG, CB gators in the wild? HOW DO THEY LIVE!!!!!!
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Sara, you really shouldn't make statements like this when you have no way of backing them up. Commercial alligator farming did play a part in allgator recovery but it certainly isn't the only reason. To be honest I'm not sure if they released alligators or just provided skins for the leather trade thereby lowering the amount of poaching. Anyway alligators are pretty prolific so, with protection, they would have rebounded in any case.
A 1/2 ton 10 ft alligator is going to be a lot to handle. If you've made arrangements for when that happens then great. It seems unlikely though, given you're asking husbandry questions now, after you've already acquired the animal. Too many people don't think beyond the first few years, when the animal lives 50 or 60. I congratulate you if I'm wrong.