Re: NO........more

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Posted by Craig Loose on June 12, 2001 at 19:13:07:

In Reply to: Re: NO........more posted by doug on June 12, 2001 at 18:32:37:

As they age, expect things to change with the interaction of the iguanas. Once they are closer to three years old, severe hormones come into play, and with it comes extreme territoriality.

Many an iguana has been injured, or even killed, by a long term cage mate.

Baby/juvie iguanas do not mind each other around for a reason. Safety in numbers. When small, pretty much everything to an iguana is a predator. Once they are large, they really have no natural predators (except man), and having other iguanas in their territory deprives them of valuable food sources, basking sites, and females to mate with. Even females will compete strongly and physically for food, basking sites, and prefferred egg laying sites.

Sometimes, with a large enough enclosure (room sized) it is possible to keep a pair (male/female) together, but males should NEVER be housed in an artificial environment together, and sometimes even the female/male pairing can be disasterous once they are older.

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: As they age, expect things to change with the interaction of the iguanas. Once they are closer to three years old, severe hormones come into play, and with it comes extreme territoriality. : Many an iguana has been injured, or even killed, by a long term cage mate. : Baby/juvie iguanas do not mind each other around for a reason. Safety in numbers. When small, pretty much everything to an iguana is a predator. Once they are large, they really have no natural predators (except man), and having other iguanas in their territory deprives them of valuable food sources, basking sites, and females to mate with. Even females will compete strongly and physically for food, basking sites, and prefferred egg laying sites. : Sometimes, with a large enough enclosure (room sized) it is possible to keep a pair (male/female) together, but males should NEVER be housed in an artificial environment together, and sometimes even the female/male pairing can be disasterous once they are older.

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