Post by igdaddy on May 28, 2006 13:50:48 GMT -5
Hello everyone!
I am new to this board. I have been on other boards, such as Kingsnake, Iguana Zone and Green Iguana Society. All of them have me listed as ig_daddy. For some reason, underscores are not allowed for user names on this board, so I'm igdaddy here. I have a 5 year old female green iguana, that is a whole house free roamer. When we got Iggi, we had never kept any reptiles, much less an iguana. We didn't listen to the wrong information given us by the pet store, and read internet sites, and bought books on iguana care. Here is Iggi on the second day we got her.
We ended up raising her like a human child. By this I mean we bathed her each morning, while the other person cleaned out the enclosure. Then we took her outside to dry off in the sun. My wife would carry Iggi around with her on her shoulder each day, except to eat, and poop in the enclosure. We kept her in her enclosure at night to sleep, and when we all left the house. Soon Iggi was nearly a year old and would stand up on the driftwood, and hold her arms up for us to pick her up.
We decided to make her a free roamer, so we tossed out the enclosure, and put up a floor-to-ceiling cat tree, with her bed on the top level. She grew quickly the first 2 years.
As a result of the constant handling, and freedom to go where she wants to, and to be part of the family, Iggi has never bit us, tail-whipped us, or deliberately scratched us. She doesn't need a leash when we go outdoors, and we take her on vacations with us. Here is Iggi now.
I am new to this board. I have been on other boards, such as Kingsnake, Iguana Zone and Green Iguana Society. All of them have me listed as ig_daddy. For some reason, underscores are not allowed for user names on this board, so I'm igdaddy here. I have a 5 year old female green iguana, that is a whole house free roamer. When we got Iggi, we had never kept any reptiles, much less an iguana. We didn't listen to the wrong information given us by the pet store, and read internet sites, and bought books on iguana care. Here is Iggi on the second day we got her.
We ended up raising her like a human child. By this I mean we bathed her each morning, while the other person cleaned out the enclosure. Then we took her outside to dry off in the sun. My wife would carry Iggi around with her on her shoulder each day, except to eat, and poop in the enclosure. We kept her in her enclosure at night to sleep, and when we all left the house. Soon Iggi was nearly a year old and would stand up on the driftwood, and hold her arms up for us to pick her up.
We decided to make her a free roamer, so we tossed out the enclosure, and put up a floor-to-ceiling cat tree, with her bed on the top level. She grew quickly the first 2 years.
As a result of the constant handling, and freedom to go where she wants to, and to be part of the family, Iggi has never bit us, tail-whipped us, or deliberately scratched us. She doesn't need a leash when we go outdoors, and we take her on vacations with us. Here is Iggi now.