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[Ophiuchus]

What kind is he,and why'd you have to give him up?

He was a green iguana (he was always that orangish color; I think his previous owner may have not given him enough greens).

I had to give him up because I moved from Al to TN to go to school and there was no way I could keep him in the tiny dorm room I was staying in. Lucky for him, he went to some guy who breeds them and got to live in a room-sized cage with two females.

 

[gibbykid]

Can you link me with some sites about his kind?

 

[Ophiuchus]

I personally don't know of any sites offhand, but I'll bet money if you google "green iguana," you'll get oodles of sites to choose from. There's probably more literature written about iguanas than any other lizard, perhaps any other reptile. There's many books I'm sure are available at your local bookstore, library and pet store. One book I highly recommend for anyone even thinking about owning one of these lizards is Green Iguana—The Ultimate Owner's Manual by James W. Hatfield III. Everything you could possible want to know about green iguanas can be found in this book.

I just want to say right now that these are NOT good beginner lizards. They grow large, and they grow large fast; if kept ideally, will reach an adult size of 5 ft in about 3-4 yrs. They also require a great deal of interaction and handling to become "tame" (about as tame as a leopard gecko or bearded dragon could get). An adult iggy would require a cage roughly the size of a shower stall. They are also strict vegetarians, and do not need to eat meat, including insects. Their digestive system is not made to handle even small crickets, so contrary to anything else you may read on the internet, remember this.

 

[DeLgAdO]

I personally don't know of any sites offhand, but I'll bet money if you google "green iguana," you'll get oodles of sites to choose from. There's probably more literature written about iguanas than any other lizard, perhaps any other reptile. There's many books I'm sure are available at your local bookstore, library and pet store. One book I highly recommend for anyone even thinking about owning one of these lizards is Green Iguana—The Ultimate Owner's Manual by James W. Hatfield III. Everything you could possible want to know about green iguanas can be found in this book.

i also recomend iguanas for dummies by melissa kaplan

excellent book

i need to search out that one of yours levi

 

[freshyfishy]

That's what the back of your right hand is for!

 

[Snakemanstu]

A lot of adult male iguanas take on an orangey colour as they mature..
Heres a pic of my mates iggy..its a fiji iguana,very expensive and very rare!

 

[fishcatch22]

A lot of adult male iguanas take on an orangey colour as they mature..
Heres a pic of my mates iggy..its a fiji iguana,very expensive and very rare!

that is one beautiful iguana!! is he/she wild caught or captive bred?

 

[davo]

A lot of adult male iguanas take on an orangey colour as they mature..
Heres a pic of my mates iggy..its a fiji iguana,very expensive and very rare!

they look better too in my opinion

 

[Snakemanstu]

They were captive bred..they also stay a more managable size at around 2.5ft long as adults..very calm too,will feed from your hand.

 

[DeLgAdO]

A lot of adult male iguanas take on an orangey colour as they mature..
Heres a pic of my mates iggy..its a fiji iguana,very expensive and very rare!

OMFG!!!!!

BEAUTIFUL FIJI BANDED IGUANA!!!!!

yes VERY expensive and rare

they are an endangered species due to habitat loss on there home island