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[116]

I think Iguana's would be a great idea if you could get your hands on them. I kept a red and a "blue" iguana together for a while. They interact and unlike most monitors they don't get all crazy on you when you take them outside. I'm assuming you haven't kept many reptiles in the past? If so, an Iguana can make a great beginner pet. You can buy their food at a grocery store. However, they aren't easy to care for despite how common they are. It'd be a challenge, but in the end it would totally be worth it.

 

[dhgyello04]

recently i have had a sudden urge to keep a reptile so i would like to keep some, i wanted to be able to keep a group in a 6x10 ft footprint heated insulated shed and for them to be able to go outside when the weather gets above 16 degrees or lower and i realy like all chelonia but im open suggestions.

Do a group of Bearded Dragons.... I had one and it was a blast. I am thinking on getting back into them soon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_Dragon

 

[coura]

I think Iguana's would be a great idea if you could get your hands on them. I kept a red and a "blue" iguana together for a while. They interact and unlike most monitors they don't get all crazy on you when you take them outside. I'm assuming you haven't kept many reptiles in the past? If so, an Iguana can make a great beginner pet. You can buy their food at a grocery store. However, they aren't easy to care for despite how common they are. It'd be a challenge, but in the end it would totally be worth it.

Red and blue iguanas Are you talking about the red morp of the green ig and the blue is one of the Cyclura lewisi hibrids? Or its something else Im not seing?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

I'm assuming you haven't kept many reptiles in the past? If so, an Iguana can make a great beginner pet. You can buy their food at a grocery store. However, they aren't easy to care for despite how common they are. It'd be a challenge, but in the end it would totally be worth it.

Sort of conflicting words, aren't they?

I've had a few Iguanas over the years and they are a lot of work and I would never recommend them as a beginner animal for anyone.

 

[116]

Yeah. A red green Iguana lol. He was really nice. I don't know much about Iggy's, but my red had a line of horns going up his snout almost like a rhino. He was beautiful. My "blue iguana" was a green Iguana too. He just had a bright blue head and spikes.

 

[116]

They CAN make a great beginner pet. Assuming you're over the age of 18 of course lol. If you want to spend a lot of money and are willing to work with them, they are great for beginners. Husbandry wise, they're not as difficult as some people make them out to be. It's more of a money issue in my opinion. Maybe I should have said... intermediate? Just to avoid being bashed... again.

 

[coura]

Yeah. A red green Iguana lol. He was really nice. I don't know much about Iggy's, but my red had a line of horns going up his snout almost like a rhino. He was beautiful. My "blue iguana" was a green Iguana too. He just had a bright blue head and spikes.

Cool Never saw a blue one in person but they are beautifull. My big girl and my litle boy (wich is not so litle anymore) are normal Salvador igs. They have thouse litlle horns in the snout and they start being bluish green as hachlings and slowly change to brownish orange as they mature. When they cach sun they display a full brigth orange body My male has still most of its juvenile coloration but that will change. I gess he will be very colorfull when he matures

 

[Vicious_Fish]

They CAN make a great beginner pet. Assuming you're over the age of 18 of course lol. If you want to spend a lot of money and are willing to work with them, they are great for beginners. Husbandry wise, they're not as difficult as some people make them out to be. It's more of a money issue in my opinion. Maybe I should have said... intermediate? Just to avoid being bashed... again.

They can make good pets but require so much space and care along with varied diets and that can be very overwhelming for a beginner. That's why thousands upon thousands of baby iguanas never made it past their first year of life. People thought they could handle them but couldn't. If you want a good beginner lizard get yourself a leopard, crested or fat-tailed gecko, not an iguana.

 

[coura]

They CAN make a great beginner pet. Assuming you're over the age of 18 of course lol. If you want to spend a lot of money and are willing to work with them, they are great for beginners. Husbandry wise, they're not as difficult as some people make them out to be. It's more of a money issue in my opinion. Maybe I should have said... intermediate? Just to avoid being bashed... again.

Well I gess but also takes good education ,reserch and skill from the owner They can be tricky. Breeding seasons with both sexes aint funny. Mine can take most of my day just for supervised free roaming(if deprived from that they ther apart the habitat and become nasty). They can take a lot of time to socialise, potty train (wich my male as resently forget and now I have to start all over again) ,clean the mess they made, prepare food,etc. Vet trips can be expensive.lol

 

[coura]

They can make good pets but require so much space and care along with varied diets and that can be very overwhelming for a beginner. That's why thousands upon thousands of baby iguanas never made it past their first year of life. People thought they could handle them but couldn't. If you want a good beginner lizard get yourself a leopard, crested or fat-tailed gecko, not an iguana.

You can say that again I almost forget how easy is to have a leopard. The biggest thing most people dont like with them is life food but that is a peace of cake comparing to the work a ig requires