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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on December 29, 2002 at 22:20:45:

In Reply to: Re: How to Encourage Eating? posted by aysel on December 28, 2002 at 16:58:04:

...I dont think this is a good idea...I have 6 iguanas and everything was just perfect until a few weeks ago.When all of them reached 2/3 years old they started to fight and I needed to separate them.Now I have 4 huges cages in my balcony and Im having problems to allow them to free roam in my place as usual.Even if I put one in my daughters room and another one in the living room, they will try to chase each other and to jump on each others back to bite.TREx ,one of my igs, lost already I dont know how many spikes!!Some will grow again, others dont!!If you want an ig, buy only one!!It will be much more happy alone!!Igs dont like competition and they become very territorial when they grow up!!
Dont make the same mistake I made!!They were soo cute when I saw them a few years ago in the window shop I bought 2 tiny iglets (THOR and SHENA/Sherman) and they were so happy living together that I bought a 3rd (TREX)and they were so happy sharing the same cage, same food and same basking point I thought I was the luckiest ig's mom in the world because I had an iguana community living in harmony. BUT then they grew up I discovered all of them were males and they started to fight like crazy and now I have a huge problem!
Flavia
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:I never said that you were not capable of raising them. Please, don't make assumptions or put words in my mouth. Have you ever owned iguanas before? Do you have any other experience with reptiles or big lizards? Don't mistake my concern for the well being of the iguanas as an insult to your competence in the caring of these animals. You have a very long and difficult road ahead with raising three iguanas. Do you have the facilities and resources to care for the iguanas? Personally, I don't want to see three more iguanas being neglected whether it was intentional or not.

:I've sugar-coated stuff for a few years now, and it gets tiring. The only way to get a point accross to people is to be blunt and to the point. Here's what I am saying... There are THOUSANDS of innocent animals out there who have been abused and neglected for reasons that are never legitimate. I don't want to see any more being neglected. I want to know if you are ready to take on the immense responsibility of caring for 3 very large lizards. Iguanas are not for beginners, and that's a fact. So tell me, how old are you? Do you have a job? Do you have enough income to pay for the feeding, electricity, and vet bills? What about emergency visits? What if your iguana eats something and you need exploratory surgery to remove the foreign object that is painfully impacted in its GI tract? Are you prepared for all of this? Ask yourself that.

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::I never thought of it that way and as I said another is on the way. But I guess I screwed up I mean I wanted to watch them grow and why do I beleive that you think I am not capable of raising them?

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