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Posted by Solaris16 on February 04, 2003 at 15:15:23:
In Reply to: ? for the owners of HUGE iguanas. posted by Flavia Guimaraes on February 04, 2003 at 08:37:04:
Hey Flavia :)
Although I am not the owner of a HUGE iguana, I'll try and help you a little with Godzilla!
When Myka first came to me back in August she was not used to being handled or living in a cage with a semi-natural set-up. For the first while she was quite stubborn in coming out to play, bathe, or any other of her daily activities. I tried the force technique (well, not very forceful, but I tried to get her out before SHE was good and ready), and that didn't work for her at all. It just ended up upsetting her, and made her not look forward to coming out because it was always a little bit of a struggle. What I found worked for Myka was if I VERY slowly, calming, and carefully snuck her out. I'd go into her cage, stroke her, talk to her, tell her how beautiful she was, and just generally put her at ease. Once she was relaxed and her gaurd was down I would slowly slide my hand under her mid section, the whole time talking quietly to her to keep her relaxed. I'd carefully place each of her hands on me somewhere so that she had nothing to hold onto which could keep her inside the cage. Then, I'd quietly pick her up, and walk out of the cage. She'd get a little upset, but then realized "Hey, this is fun out here!" and started looking forward to play time. Now, she's so calm and so beautiful to work with, it's amazing :D I love my girl!
Whoa, I think I rambled a bit! So anyway, try to see if the slower approach works with Godzilla! Let us now how it turns out.
Wendy :)
