Well, Mary's to blame...... (and a confession....)

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Posted by JohnT on April 15, 2001 at 06:17:55:

In Reply to: Why an Iguana? posted by Christy on April 14, 2001 at 21:40:18:

We've been interested in reptiles since before we were married... (loooong ago) I used to take Mary to Plum Creek in Taylor County, Ky, and we would spend the day wading and catching water snakes from under the rocks.

We also used to keep anoles in the early nineties, (Mary's responsible for them, too. She carried them home on a plane from Florida in her pockets) which gave us a lot of reptile and lizard experience. Our first exposure to iguanas was about 10 years ago, when our daughter's boyfriend had one. It "failed to thrive". (Wonder why?) Some of our friends also moved to Honduras about this time, and always visited with tales of wild iguanas. I became interested in finding out more about them, and started to do some research. We've amassed a fairly extensive library on igs since then.

At any rate, we wanted one, but just didn't want to buy one, especially after my daughter's boyfriend's experience. (I can still see that poor thing shaking and hiding in it's small fish tank)

During Christmas, 1998, we were visiting some close friends, when their daughter, who had just finished her student teaching in special education, asked us if we could help her sell her iguana which had been a class project. The project was over, and the iguana was not wanted. It was living in a ten gallon tank with a hot rock. At any rate, by the time the night was over, and Mary had been cuddling with the iguana, our friend's daughter stated, "Mary, I'd just give him to you" (I'm sure he did some of that ear whispering, Bon) So the next day, Bug came home. We were lucky, because our friend's daughter had done a little reading, his diet had not been horrible, and he had a zoomed iguanalight. He was still a little stunted, though. Anyway, about $3000.00 later, he's firmly entrenched. (Cheap, they're not)

Even though we knew a lot about igs before Bug came home, and had done extensive research, the first Ig is a learning experience. We're still learning, and will be for life.

What would we change about him? Maybe a kinder, gentler boy during breeding season, and I'd like that last 8 inches of tail back, but nothing important, really. If I had the power to do anything for him, it would be to return him to his native habitat, as a hatchling, and let him start over, and never go through being an inmate for life.

Now for final confession time! Bug is not our Ig's given name! (although you've known him by this name for almost a year) By this post, as you can tell, he belongs to Mary, not me. The name Bug comes from the anoles, which my very elderly mother used to call "bugs". His real name [from his mom, Mary] is Ozmond. (We're off to see the lizard, the wonderful lizard of Oz) I guess I'll have to confuse all of you from now on, and use his given name some of the time.

Best Regards,

John and Mary

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: We've been interested in reptiles since before we were married... (loooong ago) I used to take Mary to Plum Creek in Taylor County, Ky, and we would spend the day wading and catching water snakes from under the rocks. : We also used to keep anoles in the early nineties, (Mary's responsible for them, too. She carried them home on a plane from Florida in her pockets) which gave us a lot of reptile and lizard experience. Our first exposure to iguanas was about 10 years ago, when our daughter's boyfriend had one. It "failed to thrive". (Wonder why?) Some of our friends also moved to Honduras about this time, and always visited with tales of wild iguanas. I became interested in finding out more about them, and started to do some research. We've amassed a fairly extensive library on igs since then. : At any rate, we wanted one, but just didn't want to buy one, especially after my daughter's boyfriend's experience. (I can still see that poor thing shaking and hiding in it's small fish tank) : During Christmas, 1998, we were visiting some close friends, when their daughter, who had just finished her student teaching in special education, asked us if we could help her sell her iguana which had been a class project. The project was over, and the iguana was not wanted. It was living in a ten gallon tank with a hot rock. At any rate, by the time the night was over, and Mary had been cuddling with the iguana, our friend's daughter stated, "Mary, I'd just give him to you" (I'm sure he did some of that ear whispering, Bon) So the next day, Bug came home. We were lucky, because our friend's daughter had done a little reading, his diet had not been horrible, and he had a zoomed iguanalight. He was still a little stunted, though. Anyway, about $3000.00 later, he's firmly entrenched. (Cheap, they're not) : Even though we knew a lot about igs before Bug came home, and had done extensive research, the first Ig is a learning experience. We're still learning, and will be for life. : What would we change about him? Maybe a kinder, gentler boy during breeding season, and I'd like that last 8 inches of tail back, but nothing important, really. If I had the power to do anything for him, it would be to return him to his native habitat, as a hatchling, and let him start over, and never go through being an inmate for life. : Now for final confession time! Bug is not our Ig's given name! (although you've known him by this name for almost a year) By this post, as you can tell, he belongs to Mary, not me. The name Bug comes from the anoles, which my very elderly mother used to call "bugs". His real name [from his mom, Mary] is Ozmond. (We're off to see the lizard, the wonderful lizard of Oz) I guess I'll have to confuse all of you from now on, and use his given name some of the time. : Best Regards, : John and Mary

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