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Posted by PH Meliss on December 08, 2002 at 19:04:42:
In Reply to: Re: Help With Research Project posted by ebolian on December 08, 2002 at 14:55:40:
Hi, Ed,
>>>...a quick easy way to tell if the iguana is male or female may be important. If not for selection, then for naming. How many iguanas go through life with one given name that later does not correlate to their sex.
Uhm, keep in mind that gender-appropriate names is only in our minds, not the minds of our pets. ;) Since iguanas (and other animals) do learn their names (the sound of it, not what the name may mean or that it's usually assigned to one sex or the other), and suddenly changing their name can cause stress until they finally figure out that the new sound their human is uttering means their human is talking about or to them, I, like you, don't see the need to change it once given. An iguana personality is what it is - call Hulk Hogan or Jesse Ventura "Mirabelle" won't make them any less or different than they are. Funnier, maybe, but not different. ;)
>>>I have a twelve year old female iguana that still has the name George.
What about George Elliot? Okay, bad example. Glenn Close? Evelyn Waugh? Dale Evans? Merle Oberon? A boy name S-,er, wait, that was a fictional character. ;)
>>> This study is simply aimed at providing iguana owners with more information about their pets that they may not be able to find out other ways.
Now, that's something I never have any problem with! ;)
>>>I hope that this helps you understand that I do not prefer male iguanas to female iguanas or vice versa. I just feel that their are advantages to knowing.
I didn't think you particularly did, but a lot of people new to iguanas do think that one is a better choice than the other. I think the best advantage to knowing several months before breeding season starts is so that one can get the iguana and oneself prepared for the onset of the season, knowing what to expect and, in the case of females, get their dietery calcium boosted so they're in good shape should they form eggs.
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PH Meliss
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