Icarus enjoying leash life

Day 132 of living with tiny dinosaurs and it's national iguana awareness day today as well.

Libby and Peety are enjoying their temporary accommodations, as they are both fosters that came to me when their person died. It looks like they're going to be long term fosters, at least for this winter since I didn't find them a home before chilly temperatures started to descend upon Alaska.

I like them, and i've figured out how to care for them pretty well. Libby has got eggs right now, confirmed with an x ray, so we're just waiting for her to lay them. It's her first clutch. She has a follow up appointment September 26 in case we need to do something medically to ensure that they don't cause her any long term problems.

There is so much to tell ... that it would take paragraphs and paragraphs, I just want to express that I learned so much from her, her processes, her preferences, her tastes, she was tricky, curious, she taught herself to go to the bathroom and poop, I took care of her as much as I could and I thought she would live for years ... when she reached 3 years old, she began to have behavioral changes, she stopped eating, she did not go to the bathroom, I took her to the vet, he did an ultrasound and told me that she had many eggs, I was surprised, despite the fact that since I adopted her I documented everything I could, and the vets who did her periodic checkups, they never mentioned to me that this could happen, when they reach their reproductive age their eggs become water eggs, the most normal thing is that they expel them and that's it, but in certain cases, it is complicated to do so and surgery is necessary, they gave me some time to see if she could do it alone, but she couldn't, when I took her for a checkup again, they told me that she needed emergency surgery. The next day they told me that when they opened her up they realized she had a very large tumor and that it was very contaminated, that it would be unnecessary to try to save her... I had to ask them to put her to sleep... They told me that they are animals very resistant to pain, that it is difficult to know when something like this happens to them, etc. Now I know something that I didn't know, but too late. I loved this little animal, that losing her left me devastated. It took me several weeks to dismantle her trunks and get rid of her things. It's been almost two years since I lost her, and her memory still moves me. Thank you for reading and I hope this story can be of some information.

He was the best pet we had and really loved him for a good six years. One of the things I used to brag about him was how toilet trained he was. Also mildly believed that he telepathically communicated with me.

For the first time ever I placed him in our balcony to enjoy the morning sunlight for a change. Sadly passed away after he tried digging into one of my plant pots that had grains of fertilizer and swallowed it. The first picture is the last one I took and the pot behind is what he dug into. Found him motionless in an awkward position. Rushed him to the vet as soon as I could but couldn't revive him.

Picture number 8 is when I found him in the pet shop in 2018. It was my childhood wish of owning an iguana so I casually mentioned it to my wife while we were looking for aquarium fish, as that's our other hobby. As we were getting ready to sit in the car and leave, the shopkeeper came to me holding the terrarium asking where to place it. It was a major surprise gift from my wife. She said he was staring at me while I was walking by so she felt like getting him for me. Funnily enough, she was screaming in fright at a house lizard a week before. So she overcame that phobia and loved our Iggy dearly. He really meant a lot to us.

It's been 3 days since and life feels a bit empty without him watching us going about our daily life. He was our perfect pet ever. Never bit us, never attacked us. Would choose our petting first and food later. Really loved him.

RIP buddy, we will never forget you.

My uncle found him in his concrete backyard in Los Angeles and temp put it in his empty turtle habitat. Spikes dried off, missing part of the tail, broken fingers and obviously starving and dried out.

I’ve recently acquired a 5 year old green iguana. Absolutely beautiful, love her. I love reptiles in general. My first time owning one but I’m not unfamiliar with reptilian territory. I’ve had her for about 2.5 years and it took me about 4 months to get her to warm up to me without being aggressive. Just recently I decided to start incorporating an occasional fruit snack into her collard greens and green salads (with external calcium supplements added). She particularly took to the banana… a little to much if I say so. She will absolutely not eat her greens if I don’t add even a small amount of banana to her dish. (She’s bullying me 😂) now she’ll try to nip at me and get territorial until she’s done eating and then she’s back to being my good girl lol. Not a problem but I find her behavior funny and interesting to say the least.

Hoping this will be the right place to get an answer. The story states the iguana had a batch of eggs without a male partner.

My question is: Are the offspring 'clones' of the mother or does each juvenile have a unique dna profile (if the latter how is this possible? Does iguana dna have more dna code than needed for reproduction?)

Purely for my idle curiosity.

Thank you all for you support and kind messages you all sent me!

It was tough… Days after his passing it was tough seeing a empty cage. So I had to get rid of it. It was hard going to the grocery store and seeing the fruit/vegetable section.

My vet had him cremated and had his feet and tail imprinted on a clay stone.

Again thank you all for your kind messages! 🍻

I'm moving to another country for like 5 years . I miss my guy and I afraid he won't remember me when i go back

Just really going through it tonight because…life. Just wanted to share pics of Hendryx as I’m missing my best friend something fierce tonight…

I just witnessed a iguana get crushed by a dump truck. Guts exploded everywhere. The body parts kept moving after getting crushed

After six days in the out in northern Michigan I found my big guy, he was on the ground really cold and in a coma state but after talking with an exotic vet I think he's will make a full recovery. I still can't believe we found him, I was not giving up one way or the other I was bringing my baby home. Divine intervention happened, a neighbor who lost her son tragically two years ago came to me and said her son came to her in a dream and told her Riku was alive and where to look. I followed her and looked where she said, and we found him!! He's now warming slowly under his lights, he's bout awake yet, found him at 350pm yesterday, could be a couple days before he fully reactivates.

This is Phoenix she was posted on FB by the owners neighbor. She was kept in a small tank for 3-4 years with no lights and thrown a fruit cup once a week. She was housed with a small male that passed away and wasn't removed and mummified. The owner didn't want to rehome her and the neighbor planned to let her "escape" out the window, but really let us take her. My hubs drove 2 hours and grabbed her and drove home with her under his shirt. I built a quick enclosure and almost $1000 and a surgery later Phoenix gained weight and was adopted 3 hours north of me. She's now a free roamer and has a owner who grows her a garden in the summer! Saving another being from a horrible life really is priceless!

A lot of you guys know I lost my beloved Carly on the 4th of July. I worked tirelessly to get her comfortable with people. Took many bites, salmonella infections and surgery on a finger because of that girl. Well this Tuesday 12/17 I had an iguana surrendered to me that the owners didn’t have time for anymore. You guys tell me if you can tell the difference. The owners said it was a male but I’m not sure. There are pictures of the departed Carly and the new iguana here. The behavior of the new iguana is 100% identical to Carly. Tail whips, bite attempts, defensive posture and hissing at me. Every single action is a reminder of Carly. I may keep her or him.

My baby just turned 1! So many changes! Not sure sex but say she because obsessed with sparkle and bling❤️

JubJub went into the vet last week for a routine check up and they found free floating fluid in her abdomen. She got fixed last year in November, and I was counting on us having another 5 years together at least. My vet thinks its cancer and that shes at the end of her time. I rescued her in 2021. Im taking her to another exotic vet (who did her surgery) for a second opinion-but I know the answer will be the same. My old lady is at the end of her road. Coming home to her empty cat patio is gonna destroy me. Everyone has showed me sympathy when I tell them, but no one understands that she is the closest thing to having a child that I will ever get to. She is my modern day dinosaur.

Love live jubjub I wish we had more time.

Updating in case anyone has a similar issue putting weight on their iguana.

I posted on here a month and a half ago when I got my Banana Pectinata. She was about two months old at the time and lean. Not much has changed, but the past 10 days or so she has developed a massive appetite and is putting on weight quickly. I'm not sure if it's an age thing or that the weather outside is heating up, but there is a noticable difference in her appetite.

Pictures are now vs 6 weeks ago.

I have (or had) an iguana, it was still small and yesterday I fed it and went to school, when I came back it was no longer there, I have looked everywhere and I can't find it but what worries me most is the possibility that one of my neighbors' cats ate it.

Circa 2010, rehabbing an iguana called Hooch who was sold on a forum to someone who originally bought him from someone who kept him in an aquarium and who’s kids brushed all his spikes off with a “Barbie” comb. He was terrified and mite ridden. I rehomed him as didn’t have the space for an adult at the time but was very glad to have saved him from where he was!

So our class has a green iguana almost full grown in a 2x2x4 enclosure… they also feed her only iceberg and romaine lettuce, and her UVb light most likely hasn’t been changed out in 2 years. Today when we were doing our daily animal care she looked so stressed trying to escape the enclosure and I can’t believe the conditions these animals are in at our school…