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Posted by Flavia Guimaraes on January 09, 2003 at 20:02:20:
In Reply to: Re: I write what i feel! posted by Mr. D on January 09, 2003 at 18:16:30:
Yes, i do live in a tropical country (and I was born in a tropical country too-Brazil)and its not difficult for me to raise and to feed my igs.Quite simple indeed.Thats why I have 6 healthy ones!!
Where I live dumped igs become most of the times much more healthy and beautiful than captive ones!But iguanas (I dont know why, a nature's mistake for sure!)are not native from Malaysia (only monitors are )and Thailand so nobody is removing them from the wild, what is unfortunately happening in Brazil. But the local pet shops are full of baby iguanas and soon im sure the Malaysian rain forests forests will be too because here people also dumps their iguanas!!OK ill continue to remind people that i live in a tropical country!!Flavia
Flavia
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g :Flavia, if I didn't know that you actually LIVE in a tropical climate that iguanas inhabit I would have been extremely disturbed by what you said. While you may not see a problem with ig overpopulation in Malaysia it's getting to the point of ridiculous here in the United States. Being able to give your igs daily access to natural sunlight and provide them with foods that they find naturally in their environment is a great thing. Of course, if I lived in a location where igs lived in the wild I would not be inclined to remove one from the wild and make it a "pet" but that's my opinion.
:As far as this topic is concerned I think that one thing we need to remember is that this really IS a global community that we have here. Not everyone has the same degree of opportunity to properly care for their igs or ANY animal for that matter. As you noted later in the thread, it may not hurt to remind people once in awhile that you live in Malaysia, as opposed to the US or anywhere else. Sometimes we forget that there ARE individuals that participate here that live in locations more favorable to more "natural" iguana husbandry....Places that don't need artificial atmospheres or landscapes....;)
