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Posted by Christy on October 01, 2001 at 10:51:28:

In Reply to: Meet the new rescue and listen to me vent a bit.... *pic* posted by jif on October 01, 2001 at 08:35:03:

First im so glad you got him safe now. How ANYONE gives up a pet of any species is BEYOND ME, but lucky for him they did. a ? for you. the orange on his arms is that due to malnutrion or just his colorings? Ive noticed a bit of orange on the bottom of our girls feet lately and She gets a vary good diet, great uvb and heating adn lots of love. Also do you know how old an iguana is before shes done growing? Double D is approx 3 yrs old severly mistreated and abused before we got her and measures in 27 inches total, but shes grown 10 inches in the 7 months weve had her so im just couriouse, hubby and I have a bet going he dosent think shes going to get much bigger, i think she is LOL. Good luck with squiggy and so glad people like you adn all that rescue care enough to keep doing it.

: This is Iggy (now known as Squiggy). He's between 8 and 12 years old depending on who in his former family you talk to. They were so proud of the great care that they'd given Squig but a sister was moving back home and they needed his room for her. As soon as Steph carried him in the door it was apparent that he was dehydrated, undernourished and thin, and while he was getting a bath I was stroking him and checking out his extremities and I felt the muscle twitches and tremors of severe calcium deficiency. We gave him a taste of NeoCalglucon and then were at the vet's within the hour for a calcium shot. After 2 more shots on the following 2 days the tremors have ceased. We were told that he had the occasional pinky as a baby and as an adult a treat of chicken now and then. His diet for the last several months has consisted of spinach, sweet potato and squash but I was told he hasn't been eating well for the last few weeks. His UVB light was over a year old and he had no additional heat lamps. He did, however, have an elaborate perch built for him that was over 7 feet tall. No fresh water available ever (they don't drink water, do they?) and only an occasional shower. I guess what really irritates me is that these people knew better. The adult daughter frequently came into the pet store where my daughter worked to buy crix for her Beardie and would talk to Steph about the iguana and get the proper information. Squigg is a big, beautiful, sweet boy and altho I'm not happy about his condition I am happy that he's now here and I hope we can get him healthy and content.

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: First im so glad you got him safe now. How ANYONE gives up a pet of any species is BEYOND ME, but lucky for him they did. a ? for you. the orange on his arms is that due to malnutrion or just his colorings? Ive noticed a bit of orange on the bottom of our girls feet lately and She gets a vary good diet, great uvb and heating adn lots of love. Also do you know how old an iguana is before shes done growing? Double D is approx 3 yrs old severly mistreated and abused before we got her and measures in 27 inches total, but shes grown 10 inches in the 7 months weve had her so im just couriouse, hubby and I have a bet going he dosent think shes going to get much bigger, i think she is LOL. Good luck with squiggy and so glad people like you adn all that rescue care enough to keep doing it. : : This is Iggy (now known as Squiggy). He's between 8 and 12 years old depending on who in his former family you talk to. They were so proud of the great care that they'd given Squig but a sister was moving back home and they needed his room for her. As soon as Steph carried him in the door it was apparent that he was dehydrated, undernourished and thin, and while he was getting a bath I was stroking him and checking out his extremities and I felt the muscle twitches and tremors of severe calcium deficiency. We gave him a taste of NeoCalglucon and then were at the vet's within the hour for a calcium shot. After 2 more shots on the following 2 days the tremors have ceased. We were told that he had the occasional pinky as a baby and as an adult a treat of chicken now and then. His diet for the last several months has consisted of spinach, sweet potato and squash but I was told he hasn't been eating well for the last few weeks. His UVB light was over a year old and he had no additional heat lamps. He did, however, have an elaborate perch built for him that was over 7 feet tall. No fresh water available ever (they don't drink water, do they?) and only an occasional shower. I guess what really irritates me is that these people knew better. The adult daughter frequently came into the pet store where my daughter worked to buy crix for her Beardie and would talk to Steph about the iguana and get the proper information. Squigg is a big, beautiful, sweet boy and altho I'm not happy about his condition I am happy that he's now here and I hope we can get him healthy and content. : : <img src="http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/boards/11/95/26/Cyclura/att-443813/squig5.JPG"> : : <img src="http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/boards/11/95/26/Cyclura/att-443814/squig2.JPG"> : : <img src="http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/boards/11/95/26/Cyclura/att-443815/squig3.JPG">

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