Iguana help please!

[ReptiZone]

well then stop posting $hit that ppl dont like reading you have ben here long enuf to know what not to say and it is not the first time somthing like this hapens to you. Realy man dont start blaming us for loving the animals mor then you will ever know.

[lynsey_togofire]

alright...here it is on the table:
1) i DO NOT agree with you impulse buying any reptile, let alone an iguana that has to have the proper balanced diet to survive.
2) DO NOT feed your iguana crickets. they have too much potassium and you want the lowest level of potassium for your iguana. feed it Colard Greens, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Kale, mixed veggies(unsalted) and SOME fruits(but not many). i used the base food as Colard Greens for my iguana, and that seemed to balance the diet completely.
3) the wellbeing of your iguana is YOUR responsiblity now. you really should have researched more about it before you impulse bought it. that disappoints me snakeman. tsk tsk. but at least now hopefully you are realizing that it was mean of you to take back that sick creature and get a healthier, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, species of reptile without any hesitation whatsoever. that was horrible of you...and hopefully you will learn from this mistake.

[snakemann87]

it is a Spiny Tailed, they are insecitivorious as babies.

[ballpython5000]

i agree, you never did go get that lizard back did you? you just wanted to save what was left of your shattered rep, hey snakemann maybe a bit more power posting will gain your rep what you have just lost. and i also think that after getting a perfectly fine lizard you spotted a nice iguana you wanted, so saying it was sick was your only option. hmmm
meanwhile the animal adoption agencies in your area can patiently wait for your rtb, burm, and iguana to make their way to their facility. come on you are 14, you have college in a few years and you wont be able to afford all those herps at the rate you are getting them. how are you gonna find a place with a big ol 14 foot burm and a iguana that needs a 3x6x3 cage!!!
bring the iguana back or sell it. dont buy stuff on impulse, and stop getting way over your head in big herps.
just some good advice snakemann, take it.

[BWSmith]

I was not trying to compare material items to animals, I was just using a comparison

ummmm............................. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

it is a Spiny Tailed, they are insecitivorious as babies.

if ya knew, why did ya ask?

ok, I guess I will be mean for minute.

You are a walking paradox. You say whatever you need to say to make yourself look better but the problem is......... you are not consistant. You cannot even keep track of your own lies. Not just in this thread, but about everything I read from you. You are the pinnacle of an immature and irresposible reptile keeper. You have extremely limited experience, poor scruples, and (it appears to me) a lack of respect for herps and those experienced in keeping them. You seem to ask questions, then say the answers given are wrong. You ask advice, then do the opposite. You dispense advice about animals you never kept and probably never even touched. Basically, you seem to embody the bain of the herp community: an illeducated, immature, stubborn, know-it-all kid who has no real desire to better themselves or learn and is so eager to get something new, he doesn't care what it is.

Herps are not a "Flavor of the Month"

I know you are just a kid and I am sorry if your feelings are hurt. But such is life. If we were talking face to face, you would probably be clutching to your mom's leg crying your eyes out because I broke down. If anything is to be learned from this thread, it is that 1. Posts don't mean knowledge and 2. The most dangerous type of reptile keeper is amoung us. It is the type of herper I described above that gets laws passed to hurt us all and our hobby.

Good luck. Buy a plastic Fern. I'm done.

*stepping off soapbox*

[BWSmith]

Yeah, i'll prolly get a warning for flaming

[snakemann87]

Because I didn't know when i asked, I was told insects by a few pet stores, then plants from another, so i asked to clarify, but i did more research and found as babies they are insectivorious, although he isnt eating right now. It looks like he takes some vegitation but not a whole lot.

[ballpython5000]

probably not, its all true.

[snakemann87]

no, I'm not gonna "flame" anymore, its not worth it over the internet. YOu guys have opinions, nothing i can do about it.

[BWSmith]

uuuhhhhhh......... you were not flaming. Do you know what it means?

[peregrinefalcon]

Originally posted by BWSmith
ummmm............................. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!


if ya knew, why did ya ask?

ok, I guess I will be mean for minute.

You are a walking paradox. You say whatever you need to say to make yourself look better but the problem is......... you are not consistant. You cannot even keep track of your own lies. Not just in this thread, but about everything I read from you. You are the pinnacle of an immature and irresposible reptile keeper. You have extremely limited experience, poor scruples, and (it appears to me) a lack of respect for herps and those experienced in keeping them. You seem to ask questions, then say the answers given are wrong. You ask advice, then do the opposite. You dispense advice about animals you never kept and probably never even touched. Basically, you seem to embody the bain of the herp community: an illeducated, immature, stubborn, know-it-all kid who has no real desire to better themselves or learn and is so eager to get something new, he doesn't care what it is.

Herps are not a "Flavor of the Month"

I know you are just a kid and I am sorry if your feelings are hurt. But such is life. If we were talking face to face, you would probably be clutching to your mom's leg crying your eyes out because I broke down. If anything is to be learned from this thread, it is that 1. Posts don't mean knowledge and 2. The most dangerous type of reptile keeper is amoung us. It is the type of herper I described above that gets laws passed to hurt us all and our hobby.

Good luck. Buy a plastic Fern. I'm done.

*stepping off soapbox*

Well said BWSmith

[The_Omen]

*** Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) ***
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1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
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2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
``In flaming yellow bright.'' --Prior.
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3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly
earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

[snakemann87]

oh, sorry. When you said that i thought you ment a warning from me and i figured flaming ment yelling in the way you used it.

[ballpython5000]

no, I'm not gonna "flame" anymore, its not worth it over the internet

then why are you so desperate to gain everyone's respect? it became very apparent you feel the need to gain online respect when you power posted to the point of 35 posts per day.
stop being such an immature herper, get what you can care for till the end of its life. dont just get big herps like burm and iguanas so you can show off and look cool.
now seriosly, did you go back and get that lizard? or are you BSin so you wont be harassed anymore?

[The_Omen]

I'll gladly donate my "Billy Bass" to SM87, with batteries!