Iguana Owners?

ChristinaM · 10-23-03, 09:48 PM

How many of you do we have here?

This is my not so little lady:

"Larry" stayed with a rescue family for about a yr...they nourished her with love, proper food, and uv. Put her up for adoption in Aug. She came to my home Sept. 28. She is a sweety. And only attempts to bite when I take her to the vet LOL.

Her enclosure is a closet in my spare room. Here's a couple pics:

Linds · 10-23-03, 11:40 PM

Cute little girl! I have one ig... love her to death, but I will never have another. I've had her since I was 4 years old. She's 19 years old

LOL they all love the vet visits, eh? Some of my kids get quite grumpy whenever they are in

marisa · 10-23-03, 11:59 PM

Totally in agreement with Linds here. I LOVE my Roxy to bits but I will never ever have another iguana.

Roxy (female but looks male eh?) 6 years old or so...5 feet...big baby! We adopted her a few years ago.
<img src="http://8snakes.myftp.org/marisa/Reptiles/iguana/roxy5.jpg">
<img src="http://8snakes.myftp.org/marisa/Reptiles/iguana/roxyjune.jpg">

My roomates also adopted an iguana about a year ago. It's a little male named Jub Jub. He lives on another floor of our house and doesn't interact with Roxy. Jub Jub has a SERIOUS attitude problem and has no problem biting, hissing, whipping etc. But we love him.
<img src="http://8snakes.myftp.org/marisa/Reptiles/iguana/JubJub.jpg">

Both of these brats are total pigs and also both are quite lazy when we aren't forcing them to move. LOL.

Marisa

ChristinaM · 10-24-03, 08:20 AM

Wow, beautiful iggy pics. I hope Larry chunks out a bit. She is awfully scrawny right now.

Is there a reason you both will never have another iggy? Just curious.

I didn't think iggy's lived that long (19yrs) that is amazing.

Phox · 10-24-03, 09:41 AM

Great looking Igg's...Nice spacious home aswell. Glad to see alot of people adopting them! I was thinking of adopting aswell, in the near future.

Pixie · 10-24-03, 09:45 AM

Just got my ig a few days ago

Here is my Paco

Never thought I'd end up with an ig in a hundred years! But when I saw Paco for the first time and found out he was in need of a good home I started thinking about it. Couldn't keep him off my mind for a couple of weeks!!!

Gotta love that funny face!

Pixie

marisa · 10-24-03, 10:29 AM

Bichiraddict I will never have another iguana because the workload, while worth it, is heavy.

I never realized it until I had my own iguana, its impossible to realize what it takes sometimes until you own one. Some people have it easier but Roxy is a pain LOL. She eats huge amounts of food (I have one of those iguana that instead of being a picky eater, eats EVERYTHING and has a double helping!) and the cleaning takes quite awhile. They are just more husbandry than I bargained for. But I do love Roxy to death.

Marisa

ChristinaM · 10-25-03, 09:58 PM

Marisa: I hear ya. It is definately one of the higher maintenence animals. I wish we could half swapp, my Larry has NO appetite. Had the little bugger weighed and she only weighs 3.3lbs....heck, my one beardie weighs 1.05lbs. And Larry is ummm quite a bit bigger (beardie 19", Larry 42").

Pixie: Paco is adorable. Who could resist such a cutie. Congrats, and I hope you both enjoy each other

eyespy · 10-25-03, 10:10 PM

I recently lost both of my iguanas to kidney disease and a staph infection and am totally devastated. I actually miss the workload and will probably take in a rescue iguana at some point, once I have finished grieving for Amazon and Gizmo. I'm not the type of person that can just rush in and get another pet, I tend to resent the new animal for not being the one I just lost. But eventually I am sure I will happen across an iguana that needs a good home and I will fall in love with being an ig slave once again.