Re: It's that time of year...

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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on October 10, 2002 at 19:40:08:

In Reply to: It's that time of year... posted by sideman7 on October 10, 2002 at 15:51:07:

Welcome to this forum.You will love it!!People here are very nice and cooperative...and funny...and smart...Your message was very funny too!I also received a neck bite a few months ago and the big problem was that I needed to go to work and my ig didnt want to open his mouth!!I could not go to work with an iguana hanging on my neck!!Can you imagine my situation??
I dont know what to do with your ig.My males normally are not so aggressive during the breeding season.I think the only thing to do is to wait until the season is over!!

Your iguana is very beautiful and I will love to see more photos of him.It seems it will have horns?!!I have 3 iguanas with horns too.

Flavia
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is my first post on this forum, so I thought I would also include a photo of my hormone enraged Dexter (2.5yrs, 13" SVL, 43" STL)... Wow, last years breeding season was pretty tame, I guess because he was just reaching that age, but this year, LOOK OUT! Dexter is normally very friendly and affectionate (in that iguana kind of way...), but starting a week ago, he has become a terror! I have to keep the door to the bathroom closed because he is actively looking to pick a fight with the iguana that lives in the mirror (and this is vicious enough that he will hurt himself). He has also tried attacking my parrot (Yellow Nape), as well as myself. So far, I have only two battle wounds. I was bitten once, and not too bad (fortunately). He ran over and bit my neck when I was sitting on the couch and wasn't looking. The other wound is a lovely scratch down my forearm from deflecting him as he launched himself at my head from his enclosure... I've got a pretty decent grasp on how to read him now (and don't leave his door open when he is like this), but its amazing how nuts they can get. Today he was behaving completely fine until he happened to catch a glimpse of his reflection in the 1.8" LCD of the camera (which was sitting on my bed) I used to take the photo, and then it was attack time... I had to put him back in his enclosure... And he still was trying to bite me through the plexiglass... He started showing breeding signs in early August, so I am hoping this won't go on for too long...

:BTW, if you guys like iguana photos, I've got a bunch of them... Dexter is normally a very cooperative subject...
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Re: Horns sideman7 10/10/02 (1)
- Very good photo!!!!more Flavia Guimaraes 10/10/02 (0)