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Old 12-18-03, 09:04 PM   #1
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I am so upset/angry (VENT)

I was contacted yesterday by a girl who our local animal clinic recommended call me. She HAD an iguana, approx. 3 yrs old.....they were scared of it. It tried to bite, and tailwhip, and was aggressive she said. She was going to put it down (thats why the vet told her to call me). So I asked if she could hang on for a while and I would try to find an experienced home for it, she said she didn't want it around long, cuz her and her son were scared of it. I got her to agree to wait till the end of the weekend to see if I could place it.

I found a home. An experienced rescue would have helped out. They would have drove a couple hrs to pick up this iggy, this weekend. I told her that yesterday after I heard the great news. She said she might have found someone else (local) to take it. I said call me when you know for sure.

She just called.
They felt very strongly that this iguana was too aggressive.
They killed it.
I am soooooo p!ssed and upset and uggggggggggg.

(the vet put it down)

I had a good home for it. damn it.
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Old 12-18-03, 09:14 PM   #2
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OMG What friggen idiots! That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!

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Old 12-18-03, 09:17 PM   #3
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STUPID FRIKEN @$$holes. Why cant they give the poor thing a chance?

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Old 12-18-03, 09:18 PM   #4
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That is so awful! No, that doesn't even begin to describe it. GRRRRRRR

Leave it to humans....
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what ever humans touch we kill it......
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Old 12-18-03, 09:40 PM   #6
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wow those are some screwed up ******** retards..sorry if i was impollitically correct but SHEESH..
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Pet shops fail to tell you just what your getting into when you hand over your money for something like a iguana. Some people think they are disposeabul pets.
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Old 12-18-03, 10:04 PM   #8
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Dang....
too bad that the iggy had to be put down....geeze...
I mean you even found it a good home and people don't even want to give it a chance....geeze..
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dude this is where u bitch slap them and call them ***-spelonkers
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Tragic, pet stores should provide more information, provided they themselves have two clues to rub together.
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omg i say u go over there and show them the true meaning of agressive thats f*ucking horrible humans can be so insesitive and u even had a home set up i'm so sorry to hear some people are so horrible.
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Old 12-18-03, 11:38 PM   #12
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If I had known they were going to do this, I would have gone over yesterday and picked him up to keep here (even tho I have no room) untill the weekend when the rescue would have picked him up.

My iggy is very aggressive right now, would I put her down? NEVER. uggg.

People never cease to amaze me at the levels they can go to. Blah.

Thanks for reading and letting me vent.
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Old 12-21-03, 07:48 PM   #13
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at 3 ft isnit that around the time they hit adolescents? I don't know much about iggies but frig, how hard is it to keep it in a cage and feed and water it for a week till a home was found? Thats just irresponisble and ignorant. They really shouldn't be allowed pets if they can't do the research first and be prepared >:-(
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That is terrible... those stupid people DO deserve to know the true meaning of the word ''aggressive''!

My boyfriend has an iguana that is about 3 ft. in length right now and he's really mean to my bf and everyone in his family, but he's a sweetheart to me! I don't understand it... he hates everyone but me, lol. And to put this in a furry animal situation... my dog is extremely protective and aggressive if anyone comes near my mom, dad, sister or I. He has been like that all of his life and we can't take him anywhere but we would never put him down.
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Tragic, pet stores should provide more information, provided they themselves have two clues to rub together.
Hmmm...Did anyone say that the iguana was bought at a petstore? Maybe it came from a breeder or another irrisponsible keeper who didnt want him/her and didnt bother to give these people any information about what was involved in keeping the lizard. The iguana PROBABLY did come from a pet store BUT since you don't know for sure and are just asuming it is best to keep opinions like that to urself. I work in a petstore and we don't sell iguanas partly because of their aggressive nature and the fact that situations like this occur when the lizard becomes too much to handle. I have never sold any animal whether it be a water dragon to an anole unless the person fully understands what they need to keep the animal now and in the future.
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