Re: Seeking some advice on freeroaming...okay but be aware of...

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Posted by m chambers on June 15, 2001 at 11:51:35:

In Reply to: Re: Seeking some advice on freeroaming posted by April on June 14, 2001 at 14:38:44:

salmonella. Also seeing adult igaunas "free-roaming" I've seen the opposite of tameness. Where the iguana took on a aggresive territorial situation.

M Chambers

: : hmmmmmmm.....sure you couldn't get rid of the boyfriend instead??

: HAHA I've thought about it...

: > I could never let him go to another without feeling like i was letting him down.

: That's how I feel too...

: > does your boyfriend have any pets?

: Yeah, he keeps and breeds fish, the large south
: american cichlid fish. He doesn't mind my snakes
: at all.. just the iggy. (Wasabi is my one and
: only lizard pet)

: > Oh also how runny is your lizards stool?

: His stool is usually a good solid mass (well not
: solid as in hard, solid as in all together) but
: the liquid urates really annoy the b/f...
: I haven't had him tested since I got him. :(
: I did just find a good reptile vet kinda close to
: me tho that I took my big boa to and he seemed
: to know some iggy stuff. (i asked him about diet
: and lighting to see if he knew his stuff) Wasabi
: isn't quite tame enough tho to be held without
: squirming a LOT and I don't think he'd do so good
: at the vet's... I was hoping to get him more
: tame and am just now making a really good effert
: to get there.. I'm hoping letting him freeroam
: will help too. I used to let him semi-freeroam
: in my old place and he was tamer then.

: Thanks for the reply! :)

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: salmonella. Also seeing adult igaunas "free-roaming" I've seen the opposite of tameness. Where the iguana took on a aggresive territorial situation. : M Chambers : : : hmmmmmmm.....sure you couldn't get rid of the boyfriend instead?? : : HAHA I've thought about it... : : > I could never let him go to another without feeling like i was letting him down. : : That's how I feel too... : : > does your boyfriend have any pets? : : Yeah, he keeps and breeds fish, the large south : : american cichlid fish. He doesn't mind my snakes : : at all.. just the iggy. (Wasabi is my one and : : only lizard pet) : : > Oh also how runny is your lizards stool? : : His stool is usually a good solid mass (well not : : solid as in hard, solid as in all together) but : : the liquid urates really annoy the b/f... : : I haven't had him tested since I got him. :( : : I did just find a good reptile vet kinda close to : : me tho that I took my big boa to and he seemed : : to know some iggy stuff. (i asked him about diet : : and lighting to see if he knew his stuff) Wasabi : : isn't quite tame enough tho to be held without : : squirming a LOT and I don't think he'd do so good : : at the vet's... I was hoping to get him more : : tame and am just now making a really good effert : : to get there.. I'm hoping letting him freeroam : : will help too. I used to let him semi-freeroam : : in my old place and he was tamer then. : : Thanks for the reply! :)

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