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Posted by xta on February 28, 2001 at 07:54:35:

In Reply to: this is a rant. Beware!!! mwahahaha! posted by marisa on February 28, 2001 at 00:46:54:

Sleestack was potty trained and would go everytime I took him, but he also had a period in his life (like 7 months) when he decided he also wanted to run around everywhere all crazylike-- AND poop 3x per day, fingerpainting it all over his cage or all over the lizard room floor if he was out! It about drove me and my husband nuts. We were starting to hate him because it would take soooo much time to clean his cage and him only to have to do it again and again! I hoped it would pass because he had been fine before and was smart enough-- he just was stubborn and wanted his own way! So finally for Christmas, he gave me a present again! (he abrubtly stopped this behavior, mellowed out again, and is waiting for me to take him) Hooray, it's now been 2 glorious months without one accident, but I appreciate this time, because I know later in the year he could turn back to a poopy monster again! It is really NOT just about having them trained because he was trained within 1-2 weeks of bringing him home (I have now successfully trained a few iguanas-- including my friend's iguana) But there are times when they seem to use pooping as a way of getting what they want! Good luck, the only thing you can do is keep taking her to the bathtub on schedule everyday whether she goes or not and hope she stops being so stubborn!

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: Sleestack was potty trained and would go everytime I took him, but he also had a period in his life (like 7 months) when he decided he also wanted to run around everywhere all crazylike-- AND poop 3x per day, fingerpainting it all over his cage or all over the lizard room floor if he was out! It about drove me and my husband nuts. We were starting to hate him because it would take soooo much time to clean his cage and him only to have to do it again and again! I hoped it would pass because he had been fine before and was smart enough-- he just was stubborn and wanted his own way! So finally for Christmas, he gave me a present again! (he abrubtly stopped this behavior, mellowed out again, and is waiting for me to take him) Hooray, it's now been 2 glorious months without one accident, but I appreciate this time, because I know later in the year he could turn back to a poopy monster again! It is really NOT just about having them trained because he was trained within 1-2 weeks of bringing him home (I have now successfully trained a few iguanas-- including my friend's iguana) But there are times when they seem to use pooping as a way of getting what they want! Good luck, the only thing you can do is keep taking her to the bathtub on schedule everyday whether she goes or not and hope she stops being so stubborn!

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