Rhino iguana finally home! (pic intense!)
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I'm pretty thrilled, and the fiance likes him a lot too. I think she'll like him even more once he's tamed down a little and gets used to letting us handle him.
Conner, awesome thread.. I do ope you'll be doing a lot of updates (pictures and whatnot)..
Thanks to you, and a lot of others.. I now HAVE to get one (liz. in gen.)
He sure is beautiful.. I took some time to browse the net, and wow.. Im pretty impressed, they sure do get better with time..
Have a good one,
Taylor
Thanks to you, and a lot of others.. I now HAVE to get one (liz. in gen.)
He sure is beautiful.. I took some time to browse the net, and wow.. Im pretty impressed, they sure do get better with time..
Have a good one,
Taylor
He's been a little calmer today. I was cleaning up some food (this guy is a messy eater, he had food everywhere! Although he is eating a lot, which makes me happy), and replaced his swimming pool water, and he never batted an eye.
Since he was being so calm, I decided to test my limits, and reached down to pet him. He let me! He let me stroke his back, and then when I reached a finger to pet the top of his head, he closed his eyes and arched his head up
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I have to say, this guys head is so prehistoric looking and feeling. Especially the 3 bumps that give them their name. I can't wait until he gets bigger!
I also got a good measurement on him today. Looks like he's right at 16" Total length, about 6-6.5" SVL. I still need to get my kitchen scale out to see what he weighs (I'm sure that will be exciting).
Anyways, I decided to build his new light box today. I took some 1/2" plywood scrap I had laying around and built a box. I put two ceramic bulb sockets into the box, and wired them up to a dual pole switch. This way i can turn each one on and off independently of the other. I also lined the inside of the box with aluminum flashing, so that it will reflect most of the light and heat out the front into the terrarium. And if I ever do stand the terrarium back up, I can rest this on top and it will still work just as well.
Currently I just have two 60w irridescent bulbs in there. My heat bulb died while I was building the box
, and my UVB bulb is in the mail. I'm thinking I may pick up a ceramic heat element instead of a halogen bulb this time, so that I can leave it on 24 hours a day. Then I'll just turn the UVB bulb on and off to simulate daytime hours.
A possible future modification will be adding a timer to the UVB bulb socket, so that I don't have to physically turn the light on and off, it will automatically turn on and off.
Wow, that was a really long post. Sorry, here's the pics, let me know what you think:
Since he was being so calm, I decided to test my limits, and reached down to pet him. He let me! He let me stroke his back, and then when I reached a finger to pet the top of his head, he closed his eyes and arched his head up
.I have to say, this guys head is so prehistoric looking and feeling. Especially the 3 bumps that give them their name. I can't wait until he gets bigger!
I also got a good measurement on him today. Looks like he's right at 16" Total length, about 6-6.5" SVL. I still need to get my kitchen scale out to see what he weighs (I'm sure that will be exciting).
Anyways, I decided to build his new light box today. I took some 1/2" plywood scrap I had laying around and built a box. I put two ceramic bulb sockets into the box, and wired them up to a dual pole switch. This way i can turn each one on and off independently of the other. I also lined the inside of the box with aluminum flashing, so that it will reflect most of the light and heat out the front into the terrarium. And if I ever do stand the terrarium back up, I can rest this on top and it will still work just as well.
Currently I just have two 60w irridescent bulbs in there. My heat bulb died while I was building the box
, and my UVB bulb is in the mail. I'm thinking I may pick up a ceramic heat element instead of a halogen bulb this time, so that I can leave it on 24 hours a day. Then I'll just turn the UVB bulb on and off to simulate daytime hours.A possible future modification will be adding a timer to the UVB bulb socket, so that I don't have to physically turn the light on and off, it will automatically turn on and off.
Wow, that was a really long post. Sorry, here's the pics, let me know what you think:
Congrats man! Looks wicked healthy! Can't wait to see how it looks once it gets some size.
I like the names you have picked out. I let my girl pick the name for mine and now mine is known as Fluffy haha
I like the names you have picked out. I let my girl pick the name for mine and now mine is known as Fluffy haha
Actually, both of those names were ones my fiance picked out. I vetoed a whole bunch of sillier ones. I figured it needs to be short, and a rough sounding, to be fitting for a rhino iguana, you know?
I like both of them, but not sure which we'll pick. I king of like the ring of Igby the iggy though, you know?
He does seem to be doing really well. He's eating great, actually more than I expected him to. His belly seems to have filled out a little better already, compared to when he was at the pet store. I think he's just getting ready to shed, as I saw some dead skin hanging off the top of one of his feet, and he doesn't look quite as colorful as he was when I brought him home.
He was so calm yesterday, it was hard to believe. He didn't move while I was messing around in the cage several times. In the evening, we were watching some tv in his room, and he just hung out in the corner nearest to us. He opened his eyes if we moved around and made a loud noise, but was otherwise nonchalant. He let me pet him again, without opening his eyes, and then actually let me pick him up and hold him for a minute. He just gave me a look like "why did you wake me up? I was sleeping!". He started to squirm, so I put him down, and then he climbed up the screen a couple inches so he could warm his belly with the new lights. It was pretty cute, actually.
I like both of them, but not sure which we'll pick. I king of like the ring of Igby the iggy though, you know?
He does seem to be doing really well. He's eating great, actually more than I expected him to. His belly seems to have filled out a little better already, compared to when he was at the pet store. I think he's just getting ready to shed, as I saw some dead skin hanging off the top of one of his feet, and he doesn't look quite as colorful as he was when I brought him home.
He was so calm yesterday, it was hard to believe. He didn't move while I was messing around in the cage several times. In the evening, we were watching some tv in his room, and he just hung out in the corner nearest to us. He opened his eyes if we moved around and made a loud noise, but was otherwise nonchalant. He let me pet him again, without opening his eyes, and then actually let me pick him up and hold him for a minute. He just gave me a look like "why did you wake me up? I was sleeping!". He started to squirm, so I put him down, and then he climbed up the screen a couple inches so he could warm his belly with the new lights. It was pretty cute, actually.
