ChristinaM
01-09-04, 10:33 AM
Welllllll.
It has been interesting to say the least.
She has been eating tons, and pooping fine.
But needs some serious attitude adjustment.
In our handling session, Dec. 28th, as per usual I ignored her
bobbing and flaring ( same as I do always because she's gonna get
handled like it or not ) and reached in to help remove a piece of
shed that was covering her eye ( MY MISTAKE ). The result:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/Iguana/igbite.jpg
The reason I say my mistake, is I know she gets aggressive when
shedding. Ignoring her body language was not a mistake IMO, but
ignoring/neglecting to remember that she's a mean shedder WAS a
mistake.
I definately think mine could have been so much worse.
Honestly (yah I'm morbid but thats besides the point) I like to see
people posting bite pics. Then, MAYBE, just maybe, if new owners or
people wanting an ig, would at LEAST research and learn first instead
of getting one then either abandoning it in the wild,
having it seriously injure them, friend, family, anyone
or what I had occur recently, is seeing someone put down a fairly
young(3yr old) ig because it was aggressive.
anyways, off my soapbox on that one.
So, I've been back to the gloves.
She's even tried to nip when I put her food in.
But, I wonder if we regressed over the holidays? ( was busy, not
handling her daily ).
Do you think she will lose the aggressiveness over time and handling
and more patience than I have LOL.
I've started to do this:
-prepare her breakie.
-put on my glove( only on my right hand )
-open enclosure
-grab Larry ( she will try to bite, but once I have ahold of her she
is fine, fine as in no bite)
-settle her on my arm, head in my gloved hand, body along my forearm
pressed in against my side( gloves ain't long enough, her back claws
turned my arm into shredded meat) tail against my hip.
she is held a minimum of 10mins. We walk around, I let her look out
the windows, and I stroke her with my ungloved hand ( as well, she's
still shedding, so I help get that off ). When she struggles, I
firmly put her back in the beginning position. If it's quite the
struggle, I lift her above my head till she calms.
-once she's been calm for a while, I take her, pick up her breakie,
put breakie in cage, then put Larry in the cage.
Can you critique my above handling sessions? ( postive/negative
welcomed, suggestions, etc)
Should I handle her more than once a day?
I haven't taken her to be weighed yet, I want things to calm down
alot before I do that. But I don't have any fears with that one.
She's strong, she's eating, digesting, no probs there.
If she's shedding, that has to mean she is growing right????
She's doing a full body shed.
Odds are I will find more questions later on, but I leave you with a
pic of the royal witch. She is a little puffed out in this pic as she
hates the camera.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/Iguana/larry010504.jpg
pg
thanks for reading our book.
It has been interesting to say the least.
She has been eating tons, and pooping fine.
But needs some serious attitude adjustment.
In our handling session, Dec. 28th, as per usual I ignored her
bobbing and flaring ( same as I do always because she's gonna get
handled like it or not ) and reached in to help remove a piece of
shed that was covering her eye ( MY MISTAKE ). The result:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/Iguana/igbite.jpg
The reason I say my mistake, is I know she gets aggressive when
shedding. Ignoring her body language was not a mistake IMO, but
ignoring/neglecting to remember that she's a mean shedder WAS a
mistake.
I definately think mine could have been so much worse.
Honestly (yah I'm morbid but thats besides the point) I like to see
people posting bite pics. Then, MAYBE, just maybe, if new owners or
people wanting an ig, would at LEAST research and learn first instead
of getting one then either abandoning it in the wild,
having it seriously injure them, friend, family, anyone
or what I had occur recently, is seeing someone put down a fairly
young(3yr old) ig because it was aggressive.
anyways, off my soapbox on that one.
So, I've been back to the gloves.
She's even tried to nip when I put her food in.
But, I wonder if we regressed over the holidays? ( was busy, not
handling her daily ).
Do you think she will lose the aggressiveness over time and handling
and more patience than I have LOL.
I've started to do this:
-prepare her breakie.
-put on my glove( only on my right hand )
-open enclosure
-grab Larry ( she will try to bite, but once I have ahold of her she
is fine, fine as in no bite)
-settle her on my arm, head in my gloved hand, body along my forearm
pressed in against my side( gloves ain't long enough, her back claws
turned my arm into shredded meat) tail against my hip.
she is held a minimum of 10mins. We walk around, I let her look out
the windows, and I stroke her with my ungloved hand ( as well, she's
still shedding, so I help get that off ). When she struggles, I
firmly put her back in the beginning position. If it's quite the
struggle, I lift her above my head till she calms.
-once she's been calm for a while, I take her, pick up her breakie,
put breakie in cage, then put Larry in the cage.
Can you critique my above handling sessions? ( postive/negative
welcomed, suggestions, etc)
Should I handle her more than once a day?
I haven't taken her to be weighed yet, I want things to calm down
alot before I do that. But I don't have any fears with that one.
She's strong, she's eating, digesting, no probs there.
If she's shedding, that has to mean she is growing right????
She's doing a full body shed.
Odds are I will find more questions later on, but I leave you with a
pic of the royal witch. She is a little puffed out in this pic as she
hates the camera.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/Iguana/larry010504.jpg
pg
thanks for reading our book.