Posted by Johannes on July 22, 2000 at 19:00:00:
If you are a qualified herp vet, I need to hear from you. This is urgent, otherwise I would not be posting to this board.
I own three beautiful iguanas and I am afraid that one of my babies may be in a bad state. I noticed on its back close to the tail a bump, calloused and hard also one close to the neck. I do not know a lot about diseases and I have been told that when you get an iguana, the majority of times you do not know the condition of the animal before it is too late.
Basically I got my iguana 3.5 years ago from a pet shop in Toronto. There were twenty baby igs in a small aguarium, no UVB light no heat and hardly a place to hide. She grew for a while and is presently about 26 inches long from snout to the tip of her tail. But she is very thin. She does have UVB light and she is getting calcium 2:1 supplement on her food every three days, a liberal sprinkling.
I am on a disability pension. I am legally blind. I do not want to see the animal suffer but I need to know what I have on my hands. I do not want to take the iguana to a vet, fork out $150.00 which I recently did when I got one of my other iguanas its yearly check up. I have already gotten some nasty e-mails saying that a person with no money "should not have live pets if they cannot take care of them." I do not want to give it up to a rescue unit for fear I never get a chance to get it back. Please, I need advise. And I need it fast. I do not want to see this animal suffer or be in pain. PLEASE RESPOND to my plight, privately.
Thank you in advance.