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Posted by Ingo on April 06, 2000 at 01:57:02:
In Reply to: She is right posted by Jerry on April 05, 2000 at 14:34:44:
:In the wild Iguanas definitely are definitely social animals.....ask any ethologist who is familiar with Iguanids! Not only will you seldomly see a single Iguana, they also have developed a sophisticated intraspecific communication scheme, the various varaints of head bobbing are only one part of it.
Sue is right that establishing groups of adult Iguanas in captivity is not easy due to limited space, whereas in the wild inferior animals have all room to go out of sight of the dominatn ones. Additionally Igs are individualists and there can be "personal" preferences or dislikes.
Anyhow, that does not change the truth that they are social animals but just shows that in many cases we just donīt give the proper space or conditions to house them as is best for them. A solitary Iguana always is a handicapped Iguana. To say they are solitary animals just because in many cases you can not keep them in groups in captivity is just a plea because you donīt want to say you donīt keep them under optimal conditions.
I agree with you and sue that many Igs in captivity have to be kept a s singles.
But one thing is strange: Whereas in the US many people seem to have problems with that, here in Europe the MAJORITY (really, thats true!) of Iguana breeders manage to keep adult Iguanas in groups and the same is true for Zoos. I only know very few cases, where such colonies had to be broken down to single Iguanas.
But to one point I agree: Every Iguana keeper has to provide the opportunity to keep each individual seperately if necessary.
How do other Iggie keeper think about my statements...Iīm very eager to know!
Ci@o
Ingo
