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Posted by stardust127 on November 13, 2002 at 00:37:11:

In Reply to: Sorry... posted by Flavia Guimaraes on November 11, 2002 at 01:45:49:

I went to school for vet tech at Bel Rea, so I am naturally used to asking that question because of all the unwanted animals out there, I personally had to put some down and was not pleasing. Now that I have learned something new about Iguana's and altering I would not do it, if I happen to get one already neutered fine, but I wont go and get it done myself. I have no plans on having baby iguanas, just want one to take care of and love.
:Sorry, I didnt understand your question...Do you want to know if Ive seen some igs that were already altered?No, I havent.And I didnt want to.I saw a few pics of a female that have been altered on this FORUM.Her owner posted photos of the whole operation and it was very sad to see that little ig suffering so much.The pos-operation was very sad to see, too!.
:I also read that if you alter a male iguana he'll never acquire the beautiful male characteristics, like the large size, majesty, big spikes...He will look like a weird female!!As I told you before I have 3 males.2 of them are very friendly because I raise them since they were babies.The other one-Godzilla, 6 years old-I rescued when he was already an adult.He was caught from the wild by the man that sold him to me.He was very aggressive when I bought him but now he is a little bit grumpy but this is personality!I dont see any difference for more or for less on his habitual grumpiness(may I say that in English?)during his breeding season.

:Dont do to your animals what you dont want to be done to you!!
:That's what I think!

:Flavia
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: ::If breeding season aggression is a major concern for you, there are plenty of female igs than need adopting too. :-) Female igs are less prone to those breeding season behavioral changes, although they may get a little bitchy sometimes too. Spaying an iguana is a dangerous procedure, and generally vets only do it if egg-binding is or is going to become a serious problem. I don't know what sort of attitude difference might or might not result from a female iguana being spayed, but there are a few people here who have gotten their girls spayed. Maybe they'll have some input. But behavior is generally not such a concern for the females.

:::Hope this clears the matter up a little bit for you. :-)

:::Kate

::::Does it make a difference if the iguana is altered for attitude?
::::Altered ie as in spay or neutered?

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