Finished the iguana cage.

[latshki]

I got to love your iggy and personally I do not think they should be sold to anyone who thinks its cool for 2 weeks and I am very glad he is a rescue as there are way too many of these guys that are treated like a goldfish if you know what I mean
like I know a guy who bought a good 4 footer or so for 5 bucks at a garage sale and it ended biting and tearing up anything in sight

 

[Mike D]

I got to love your iggy and personally I do not think they should be sold to anyone who thinks its cool for 2 weeks and I am very glad he is a rescue as there are way too many of these guys that are treated like a goldfish if you know what I mean
like I know a guy who bought a good 4 footer or so for 5 bucks at a garage sale and it ended biting and tearing up anything in sight

i agree that they should sell less of them. they def. arent a beginers reptile thats for sure. the thing is they are cheaply imported and plentiful. more people really need to look into adopting. help one that needs a home. mines great and hes had a great temperment since the first day i brought him home. he doesnt have a mean bone in his body.
mine isnt really destructive but he can be stubborn. if he wants to go somewhere he will bull his way it.

 

[latshki]

yea exactly^
like I know a guy who keeps tons of herps from a 2 tarantula to a 15 foot burm but he has the nicest iggy I have ever seen
like this thing has the personality of a big green beardy but he does like to climb in the most "vunrable" places if you know what I mean

 

[Mike D]

yea exactly^
like I know a guy who keeps tons of herps from a 2 tarantula to a 15 foot burm but he has the nicest iggy I have ever seen
like this thing has the personality of a big green beardy but he does like to climb in the most "vunrable" places if you know what I mean

oh yeah they love little places they can squeeze into.

 

[katschamne]

That is one of the coolest cages ever. He looks pretty happy today, and he seems back to his old self. I'm glad at the place I work, they don't sell iguanas. I think that they are great but only if the right person have them. One manage that I worked with wanted to get a savanna in and I told him no. I told him that you have to have the right person to sell it to the right customer. Then if it didn't sell where the heck would we put it, our cages are not that big.

We had someone bring in a small iguana (about 12"). They said that they had found it a Field and they didn't know how to take care of it so they gave it to us. I made sure when it went up for adoption that it had a big sign on the cage to tell everyone how big they get and the special care they need. I couldn't tell you how many people where surprised at how large they get.

 

[coura]

I said it before and I say it again: cant get tyerd of seeing your big boy For what Im thinking I gess my litle boy will look much like yours when he´s full grown Im going to reserch on thouse ligths and then I will make my decission. And it seems to that your chico was simply stressed out by the change in its life, you acted correctly! I wish my house was as warm yours is, I dont have wooden paviment so its way cool and so my guys dont get much free roaming at least for now, its frezzing brrrr! Question: doesant your boy leave you a "present" when he´s free roaming in your bedroom?The thing is that for my own exprience one of the favorite places igs chose to poo is on our beds That´s why I trained mine to do theirs stuff on the toilet or on moist paper

 

[Mike D]

hes slipped a few times and gone on the floor. but very rarely will he do that. he ussually goes shortly before i get home. he gets let out. and the cage is spot cleaned

 

[CTU2fan]

Nice work on the enclosure and I agree, every herper ought to try their hand at it. I built cages for my big guys because there just isn't anything on the market for them.

The ramp is interesting, most big iggy cages I've seen feature some large limbs for climbing and basking rather than the ramp, but that would be perfect for a rescue ig I had for awhile. I'd call him a "special needs" iguana I guess, he was apparently born without fully formed front toes. The feet were there, but he had only small nubs where the toes belonged. Skinny limbs and branches were out, he needed ramps and shelves. Great iguana though, most responsive I ever had.

That rhino cage project will be fun, that'll be more like the monitor and big snake cages I built. I learned the hard way that sliding plexi = no good, the big boys can push it right off the track without much trouble.

 

[andyjs]

Nice work on the enclosure and I agree, every herper ought to try their hand at it. I built cages for my big guys because there just isn't anything on the market for them.

The ramp is interesting, most big iggy cages I've seen feature some large limbs for climbing and basking rather than the ramp, but that would be perfect for a rescue ig I had for awhile. I'd call him a "special needs" iguana I guess, he was apparently born without fully formed front toes. The feet were there, but he had only small nubs where the toes belonged. Skinny limbs and branches were out, he needed ramps and shelves. Great iguana though, most responsive I ever had.

That rhino cage project will be fun, that'll be more like the monitor and big snake cages I built. I learned the hard way that sliding plexi = no good, the big boys can push it right off the track without much trouble.

That nub thing also could have been from bad sheds from improper care before you got the iguana. I had a similar thing with my first leo before I knew what I was doing. She ended up missing a few toes

That's a really nice looking cage. Can't wait to see the rhino's when you build it