The Story Of Tarzan. . .

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Posted by Tmom on December 05, 2000 at 18:32:17:

I just realized that none of you know the story behind the "Wee Man", SOOO I've decided to give you a sneak peek at how I "aquired" my boy. . .

This past summer vacatio of mine ( August 2000) I went down to (I bet you can guess)Wildwood, NJ. I had a GREAT time. BUT all along the boardwalk I saw iglets, one after another cooped up in 15-30 gallon aquariums full of about 15 Iglets. In one "shop" I saw a cylinder cage-thingy full of hermit crabs with 2 iglets in there with them! As you may have guessed, I got swept up in this littLe "Fad". and in my last day there (8-10-00) I dropped by a store and bought The T-Man. Blindly is the best way to put it, The Vendor told me that the iglet could live in a 10 gallon aquarium for 3 years and that in 7 years he will reach the full length of about 6 feet. He said that I can feed him lettuce, spinach (but not a lot), grapes, and "stuff like that". I asked where he got them, ( the only shred of common sense I had at the time, I didn't want to buy a wild-caught Iguana)and the guy told me "A breeder in the Bahama's" (yup!). I asked: " How can you tell if they are male or female?" Vendor: "oh, you can't tell right now, in about a few months or so, its by the fat placement on their body". ( ugh! can you beleive this guy?) And so I went home, with no experience at all, a critter carrier, and a new friend. I got home and fed him some iceberg lettuce, and put him into my 10 gallon fish tank with some paper towel substrate, and a regular flourecent light (since thats what the shop had). This continued for about a week.
Then I finally went online, one word went through my mind. . . @sshole! I couldn't beleive the information that the guy gave me, what a load of crap! Just thinking of the fact that if I trusted the guy that I wouldn't have my baby with me today!

I built him a nice sized 3' high X 1.5' long X 1.5' deep cage. he went outside to sun EVERYDAY for about 3 hours, until the trees blocked the sun in my yard. He ate Kiwi, Collard, Mustard, and Butternut Squash. In no time at all, He was shedding full blast and I felt like a million bucks! At last I knew that I was doing SOMETHING right!

Now he just HATES to let me go for atleast a Week without a shed. He starts his head, DAY 2: Head finishes DAY 3: Back & sides, DAY 4: sides DAY 5: Tummy DAY 6: tummy DAY 7: tail DAYS 8-10: Legs. Then about a few days later The head starts to get a grayish tint, then a fter a few more days, head is practically white, then, the next morning, I'm helping get the shed off his eye-lids.

I'll post a few of his pictures below. . ..

Well, now you know the story of Tarzan. . .

-Lesya

PS: no, I don't encourage Boardwalk Sales, actually, I'm a member of the NJ boardwalk iguana abuse on E-GROUPS!

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: I just realized that none of you know the story behind the "Wee Man", SOOO I've decided to give you a sneak peek at how I "aquired" my boy. . . : : This past summer vacatio of mine ( August 2000) I went down to (I bet you can guess)Wildwood, NJ. I had a GREAT time. BUT all along the boardwalk I saw iglets, one after another cooped up in 15-30 gallon aquariums full of about 15 Iglets. In one "shop" I saw a cylinder cage-thingy full of hermit crabs with 2 iglets in there with them! As you may have guessed, I got swept up in this littLe "Fad". and in my last day there (8-10-00) I dropped by a store and bought The T-Man. Blindly is the best way to put it, The Vendor told me that the iglet could live in a 10 gallon aquarium for 3 years and that in 7 years he will reach the full length of about 6 feet. He said that I can feed him lettuce, spinach (but not a lot), grapes, and "stuff like that". I asked where he got them, ( the only shred of common sense I had at the time, I didn't want to buy a wild-caught Iguana)and the guy told me "A breeder in the Bahama's" (yup!). I asked: " How can you tell if they are male or female?" Vendor: "oh, you can't tell right now, in about a few months or so, its by the fat placement on their body". ( ugh! can you beleive this guy?) And so I went home, with no experience at all, a critter carrier, and a new friend. I got home and fed him some iceberg lettuce, and put him into my 10 gallon fish tank with some paper towel substrate, and a regular flourecent light (since thats what the shop had). This continued for about a week. : Then I finally went online, one word went through my mind. . . @sshole! I couldn't beleive the information that the guy gave me, what a load of crap! Just thinking of the fact that if I trusted the guy that I wouldn't have my baby with me today! : : I built him a nice sized 3' high X 1.5' long X 1.5' deep cage. he went outside to sun EVERYDAY for about 3 hours, until the trees blocked the sun in my yard. He ate Kiwi, Collard, Mustard, and Butternut Squash. In no time at all, He was shedding full blast and I felt like a million bucks! At last I knew that I was doing SOMETHING right! : : Now he just HATES to let me go for atleast a Week without a shed. He starts his head, DAY 2: Head finishes DAY 3: Back & sides, DAY 4: sides DAY 5: Tummy DAY 6: tummy DAY 7: tail DAYS 8-10: Legs. Then about a few days later The head starts to get a grayish tint, then a fter a few more days, head is practically white, then, the next morning, I'm helping get the shed off his eye-lids. : : I'll post a few of his pictures below. . .. : : Well, now you know the story of Tarzan. . . : -Lesya : PS: no, I don't encourage Boardwalk Sales, actually, I'm a member of the NJ boardwalk iguana abuse on E-GROUPS!

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