If a male ig in season will do a stuffed sock or a stuffed animal, they'll do another male ig - if they don't try to kill them. I wasn't sure many times...
It could be a sign he feels safe with you & relaxed. Here is what Melissa Kaplan says in one article: Eye Closure One eye: If the iguana closes just one eye,...
Reptiles found in the Saudi Arabia ecoregion include the monitor lizard (Varanus grisens) and spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx thomasi). A Saudi promotional site...
Hi everyone! I have never posted here before but I run NIAD and own Q so I have been around for a long time. Anyway, about 3 weeks ago Q bit my finger while I...
I understand your situation. Have you ever considered that he could be sick and that's why he is aggressive?I know Henry and his theory crashed when I told him...
warning bells! if they already say no worries about Q hurting other igs or gets hurt himself, you get a good feeling that to these folk, an ig is an ig is a...
Sorry to hear you got a bite...in looking at the pictures of your bite, it looks like you might have done the damage pulling away...automatic reflex to do...
Every time he bites me I get a little bit smarter ... but I guess I can chalk this up to being in love so I was not paying attention. I was attempting to give...
I had been a member of NIAD but somehow that got lost... Here are my examples of "bad' iggies No.1:Jenjen!He once launched and bit me in the face.I still have...
In "hearing" the whole story... sounds like it was nothing with aggression.... Many things were different and unless he had some x ray vision he didn't know...
I disbanded NIAD because as hard as I tried I could never turn it into what I wanted it to be. My goal was that our members spoke so loudly on that one day...
This sounds like standard male iguana in breeding season behavior to me. Note: I'm not saying it IS that; since I can't be there, and don't have the benefit of...
One of our male igs, Noshi, will always try to challenge me for the dominant position in season or not. We do have a special relationship though; and I bet the...
I think Robert & Diane have some excellent points that you should seriously consider. I have re-homed my 5' 17 lb male, Moe, and so understand when people...
Thanks - I appreciate the advice that does not teach me what I already know ... but each time he bites I spend less time with him. So basically I spend no time...
NIAD is not dead and Argiope, our recent correspondent about Q, is the motivating factor. A person in the Dean's office of the School of Veterinary Medicine...
Hello, Talk recently, and meeting one that my daughters friend has, has Gotten me interested in the Iguana. I have been a big fan for years. I have a few...
Brian I would worry more if an Iguana like *you* instead of the other animals, the Iguana will take care of them with its whipping tail. They can break legs on...
Hi Brian, and welcome to the forum. TO add on :) please do ADOPT/RESCUE versus buying one from a petshop (if you meant that as 'starting from the beginning'). ...
On reading this post, I want to pass along that our local paper in Manchester, CT had a very good, acurate (which is what caught my eye!) article titled "Keep...
I had a similar experience with Felix who was 12. Felix was handled every day, but I believe he decided he was the man after my husband died. He started...
... CoRHS receives iguanas whose temperament and behavior is everywhere on the continuum. There are 2 groups that are important for this disucssion--the 2-3 ...
Excellent post, A-E! I hadn't considered the developmental stages and the effect on behavior, but I have noticed the same trend. Your comparison to the labs...
... For me, it is a little more understandable with the igs than dogs--they bite hard and who would sign up for blood and damage? During that life stage, it is...
This forum is the opposite of what it used to be. That said, some important issues are not addressed. I just remembered a site that can be invaluable to Ig...
... I also use human-grade alfalfa from the Monterey Bay Spice Company -- very sparingly for the reason Bob gave above. It's already nicely ground up, no...
There has been varying discussion about the benefits of alfalfa in the ig diet but MK includes it in her salad. She states: "Mature alfalfa is at least 15%...
What Dan says here is true. One needs to differiate between diet or medical elevation of PROTEIN. In combination with other blood panel values PROTEIN can also...
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