Re: training young igs?

Posted by nanci on November 12, 2001 at 17:43:49:

In Reply to: training young igs? posted by katie on November 12, 2001 at 16:13:26:

: hey yall are there any tricks to hand training young igs?
: mine just doesnt seem to like me at all. Thanx in advance

Your iggie is probably regarding you as the "big bad wolf" right now. He thinks anything larger than he is will eat him. It takes LOTS of time and patience to get your iguana to tame. Now I'm sure there are iggies that take less time, but it took me (and a lot of people I have met on the boards) six months to tame mine. They have to get to trust you and know you. Every time I would reach into the cage, mine would bite and whip his tail. Once I got him out, he was okay.

I bought a little baby coverlet at K-mart for 5.99 and started picking him up with that. Well, a year later, and he's still sleeping with the "blankie". Iggies LOVE soft things, so you might try a little blanket or something soft to pick yours up. I wish I would have tried it sooner, because once I did it, even if he tried to bite, it was the cover and not my hand.

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