SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — An alligator being kept illegally as a pet in western Nebraska is getting a new home in either Colorado or New Mexico.

The 8-year-old, 4-foot-long alligator named Sprinkles was found in a home last month, where it was being kept in a kiddie pool.

Sprinkles was taken to the Riverside Discovery Center zoo in Scottsbluff. Zookeeper Adrianne Leopard, who once worked at an alligator sanctuary in Alabama, says the female alligator appears to be in good shape, although her growth may have been stunted in confinement.

The alligator is now at the Colorado Gators Rescue Park in Mosca, Colorado, where she may stay or be sent to a zoo in Albuquerque.