Re: Lizards and pregnant women

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Posted by Steve - Mississippi on June 15, 1999 at 16:03:56:

In Reply to: Re: Lizards and pregnant women posted by BabyHerp on June 15, 1999 at 15:05:25:

: How old is your iguana? If older.. jealousy and territoriality issues; behavioral aggression come to mind with your blessed arrival. If your iguana is caged and Mom is doing care for it...she will need to be super cautious when feeding the iguana & cleaning his cage,using good handwashing right after. If you don't have a cage nows the time to start building one or looking for one!Lots of people have iguanas with new arrivals/babies/childern and live harmoniously but caution & good handwashing are vital! Free roaming iguanas can spread salmonella bacteria by climbing,walking around like on sofas, carpets...and if baby drops bottle...you'll have to be sterilizing things all the time.Salmonella is spread fecal->oral. Childern under 10 are at highest risk of contamination. Here's a website for you on Salmonella...it will give you the facts...unlike media that tend to grossly exagerate the truth(sometimes).
: My2cents
: Gina

The Iguanas are five and four. They are not territorial and not aggressive at all. They live in the laundry room and it is the only room that they roam in. They are litter box trained and find it 99.8% of the time so fecal exposure is limited. We do hand feed often but not always, they don't seem to mind eating out of dishes when we leave them. Hopefully that will be enough.
Thanks for the help.

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: : How old is your iguana? If older.. jealousy and territoriality issues; behavioral aggression come to mind with your blessed arrival. If your iguana is caged and Mom is doing care for it...she will need to be super cautious when feeding the iguana & cleaning his cage,using good handwashing right after. If you don't have a cage nows the time to start building one or looking for one!Lots of people have iguanas with new arrivals/babies/childern and live harmoniously but caution & good handwashing are vital! Free roaming iguanas can spread salmonella bacteria by climbing,walking around like on sofas, carpets...and if baby drops bottle...you'll have to be sterilizing things all the time.Salmonella is spread fecal->oral. Childern under 10 are at highest risk of contamination. Here's a website for you on Salmonella...it will give you the facts...unlike media that tend to grossly exagerate the truth(sometimes). : : My2cents : : Gina : The Iguanas are five and four. They are not territorial and not aggressive at all. They live in the laundry room and it is the only room that they roam in. They are litter box trained and find it 99.8% of the time so fecal exposure is limited. We do hand feed often but not always, they don't seem to mind eating out of dishes when we leave them. Hopefully that will be enough. : Thanks for the help.

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