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Posted by creaturemd on February 11, 2001 at 22:41:40:
In Reply to: Well I see we have another one ! posted by Travis on February 11, 2001 at 19:46:48:
: Well if your in " VET school " why are you asking what iguana gets the biggest here for ?? As far as you statement " gives me access to top notch veterinary care and a bit of an advantage where general care and husbandry knowledge are concerned" I have not met many Vets with this kind of knowledge book smarts and medical knowledge yes but not many have general care ( I have met more then one vet that told me I should feed my iguanas crickets cat food chicken and one said dry dog food was best )knowledge because to get this you need to spend every day with an iguana for years ( this is called real world experience ) I am not trying to knock vet's here . Being a vet student you should also know the answer to " rostral horns and lots of blue color " The horns are an shot in the dark some do some don't some stop growing and some don't even start until later in life (unless you get a Rhino but you cant get them in blue )as for the BLUE color this to is luck of the draw ( unless you buy a Fluker farms Blue iguana LOL that is a iguana owner joke ask somebody to explain it to you ) even if you do find a BLUE colored one it will only be BLUE for a few years at most . But hey with the vast amount of knowledge you have access to you don't need me to tell you any of this do ya ! But hey if you need to know anything else please ask as I know nothing but I love to help .
: Travis
Being fairly new to this forum, I thought it important for the rest of you to know just how new persons are received. I've been researching iguana subtypes looking for populations which tend to produce larger animals with a prevalence for rostral horns and high blue coloration. I have only posted twice regarding this information and have been blatantly attacked. Please read the preceding posts. In response to the previous post from "Travis." He assumes that I have no previous "real life" experience when in actuality I successfully kept a pair of green iguanas for YEARS many years ago and I have extensive experience with several other reptile species. Recently I've begun thinking of acquiring a juvenile green iguana and I thought I would do some research to catch up. Apparently, I have been out of the "iguana circle" for far too long as some of the iguana enthusiasts on this forum have become too pompous and self righteous to think that someone outside of their clique could possibly have a clue. As for Travis' personal issues with the veterinary profession I certainly cannot agree that vets in general don't know what they're talking about. As for his assumption that as a vet student I should know everything there is to know, well that's just ridiculous. Do you really expect a single person to be an absolute expert on the ecology and evolution of every species known to man?!?! Finally, as for his response to my original question (which was by the way, regarding green iguanas specifically, not members of the cyclura genus such as he mentioned).....such characteristics are "a shot in the dark." Well, certain populations tend to be more or less likely to posess a given characteristic i.e. rostral horns, blue coloration, etc.(this has to do with basic genetics and evolution). As such, iguanas of a certain lineage can be identified as having a higher(or lower)prevalence of a given characteristic. It seems to me and I'm sure to many of you that this should be common sense. All I wanted to know was which subspecies'(or lineages) tend to have a higher prevalence of rostral horns, blue coloration, and larger size. I'm sorry I ever asked. Thanks so much Travis for the warm reception!!
