BOBBING

[BRYAN]

WEN DO IGUANAS START BOBBING THERE HEAD
AT AROUND WAT AGE{ PROBABLY MY IGG IS BOTHERED BY SOETHING AND I DONT NO]

[WillemsMom]

Bryan, my ig is about 1 3/4 years old and he doesn't head bob yet. What's happening with your ig?

[Diane]

y'know, Narcy didn't really start bobbing until his first season, and he was approx. 3 1/2 years (a late bloomer!)

[SurvivorSteph]

Gil, on the other hand started bobbing around 6 months... but then he had his first "real" season at 18 months, and was leaving "gifts" at about 6 months.

His song is:

I'm to macho for my scales, to macho for my scales, to macho...

;D

Seriously, Bryan, it all depends on your ig's personality.

[JennaAndIguanaGwen]

The ig I used to have started bobing her head just before 1 year. I always thought it was pretty funny. ;D

[OneCrazyCleric]

I have a beardie that keeps bobbing at Icky. >_> Wonder if Icky'll respond, once he's an adult.

[Cyndi]

Kyo has been bobbing for a couple of months now and he is probably somewhere around 2 years old.

Steph, how funny! My 9 year old daughter just discovered that song and is driving me nuts with it, lol.

Cyndi

[Merlin]

Zok started bobbing her head at about a year old but only at her reflection in the mirror. She still only bobs at her reflection.

Maybe her greenness just thinks everything else is just too beneath her diginity to notice! LOL!

[draco1]

Was wondering if its true males bob more than females? Draco is always bobbing. He/she does it at mirror then when he/she climbs to their basking spot. I have looked at some of the "signs" to see if i can tell what the sex is but not sure if its too early. Draco is about 1 year old. any info would be much appreciated. ;D

[SurvivorSteph]

I wouldn't base a gender opinion on how often an ig head bobs. Check out the threads in the Gender Issues section for better ways to tell.

[IguanaKing]

OneCrazyCleric said:

I have a beardie that keeps bobbing at Icky. >_> Wonder if Icky'll respond, once he's an adult.

Oh, you can count on Icky responding to your beardie with head bobs. Iguanas have even been known to pick up display behaviors from other animals like water dragons. I haven't seen it myself, but I have heard stories of iguanas that lived with water dragons suddenly going around waving their arms like the water dragons do. They definitely learn through observation, which makes my job really easy raising my two igs. I only have to train one of them to do something, then that iguana "trains" the other one just by the other one observing. Its not all fun and games though, Audrey has taught Hercules how to climb to a lot of new places that I don't want either of them to be.

[IguanaKing]

As far as male and female head-bobbing goes, females can bob just as often as males, depending mostly on their personality. But, one thing I've noticed is that the males have always seemed to be much better at it. Female head bobs are usually slower, jerkier, and uneven, without as much up-down movement of the head. Whereas, male head bobs are fast, smooth, and cover large, graceful arcs. I haven't watched as many female igs doing this, but male igs have head bobs which are unique to each individual. Hercules dips his head a little, tosses it back really high, rotates his head from side to side to wave his dewlap, then does several bobs. I guess that's his "Hi, I'm Hercules, and I'm happy and healthy" bob. ;D If he doesn't give me his signature head bob in the morning, I know he needs to go see a vet because he's not feeling well.

[URSULA]

Mirror, mirror on the wall...Spyro bobs only at her reflection like Zok. Girls...

[Marie]

Sampson at first just bobbed at his reflection but he eventually escalated to fighting his own reflection. He ended up breaking the mirror. Luckily he didn't get cut but after that the only mirror was the bathroom mirror and I had to keep the door closed so he couldn't see the ugly mean nasty male from his perch. I think he thought it was trying to get his females because he would get worse about letting them leave the enclosure to roam when he thought it was around. If he thought I wasn't around he would try to chase them back to the enclosure. He thought it was fine and dandy for him to roam but thought the females had to stay home--Da*n male arrogance.

[IguanaKing]

Yup...a mirror will probably get broken around a male ig. Hercules has already broken two windows (well, the same window, just replaced...twice now. Hopefully he doesn't break it again.) in his cage. Of course, he has also puched holes in two hollow-core doors in my apartment with tail whips during his challenges of my authorita.