Re: HELP! Iguana laying eggs! PLEASE READ!!!!!

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Posted by Steve on April 01, 2001 at 04:06:27:

In Reply to: Re: HELP! Iguana laying eggs! PLEASE READ!!!!! posted by xta on March 31, 2001 at 23:36:52:

Agree totally with xta, and to add, You do realise that just because its laying eggs doesn't mean they are fertile!!

: I don't think you will get a lot of support here for incubating these eggs. There are too many iguanas who need homes right now. Are you planning to raise all these yourself, or perhaps sell them for a couple bucks to a petshop (who will sell them to uniformed kids who let them die a horrible death)(at least the ones that don't die in the petstore first)???? Sorry to sound so cynical, but most people around here put them in the freezer as soon as they are laid. This saves them room for the countless rescues they take in that are burned, starving, blind, crippled, deformed, mite & worm infested, covered in abcesses and open wounds, etc. etc. If you have seen these sites or rehabilitated these animals, you wouldn't want to relagate them to a life of suffering... the very people on this forum could be the ones who try to save your animals somewhere down the road when they are on death's doorstep. Trust me when I say, these people have enough lizards to care for (some have houses full of them) Please rethink bringing these iguanas into the world.

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true true... I just got carried away ranting. n/m xta 04/01/01 (0)

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: Agree totally with xta, and to add, You do realise that just because its laying eggs doesn't mean they are fertile!! : : : I don't think you will get a lot of support here for incubating these eggs. There are too many iguanas who need homes right now. Are you planning to raise all these yourself, or perhaps sell them for a couple bucks to a petshop (who will sell them to uniformed kids who let them die a horrible death)(at least the ones that don't die in the petstore first)???? Sorry to sound so cynical, but most people around here put them in the freezer as soon as they are laid. This saves them room for the countless rescues they take in that are burned, starving, blind, crippled, deformed, mite & worm infested, covered in abcesses and open wounds, etc. etc. If you have seen these sites or rehabilitated these animals, you wouldn't want to relagate them to a life of suffering... the very people on this forum could be the ones who try to save your animals somewhere down the road when they are on death's doorstep. Trust me when I say, these people have enough lizards to care for (some have houses full of them) Please rethink bringing these iguanas into the world.

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