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Post by simbalovesnala on Jul 8, 2007 17:43:55 GMT -8
i have a 4 year old iguana, im not sure the gender i was leaning towards female, i heard some people say male im just not sure. i went into her cage to grab her food plate, it was empty i was going to put more food in there. she showed a lot of agressive signs making herself bigger, dewlap out, she looks extremely angry. i wasnt going to go near her so i went to back away and she went to whip me with her tail which she has never ever done to me before. then i just watched her i was in disbelief and then i saw her look up at the cage top and jumped right through it onto the floor. i went to pick her up because i was afraid she was hurt, and she did the same posture and wouldnt let me near her and started running around the room extremely fast. i didnt know what to do at all as i didnt want to get bitten. i apprached her slowly after a few minutes. she let me pet her and calmed down and even buldged her eyes. i went to pick her up and she got out of my arms and repeated the behavior. i finally was able to "chase" her back into her cage i closed the doors. and top was fixable. i left her in there with the lights off as i type this shes just looking at me. what was this about, and why did she get so agressive after 4 years of her being the sweetest iguana for so long. please any help would be great thank you guys so much!
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Post by greenfixed on Jul 8, 2007 18:41:38 GMT -8
You know, I've gone through this about 100 times with my ig Tiki..1st it was the design on my shirt, a hat, a bandana, the smell of a female ig from the shelter I volunteer at, gray clothing, the color blue...the color orange. He's ridiculous. It's taken quite a bit of time to get over only 50% of these things..Oh yeah, he also has to see both my hands, or he'll freak on that. I also noticed this behavior right before he went full fledged into breeding season, where he tried to "mate" with me for 5 months..Pay close attention to what you're wearing, clothing with designs, perfume, colors or smells "she" may not immediatley recognize. I see alot of this at the reptile humane society, it's quite a common thing! Good luck!
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Post by simbalovesnala on Jul 8, 2007 18:51:16 GMT -8
i dont know why i didnt think of that!! thats entirely possible, thank you SO much for replying! i was so afraid she was turning against me, i just had her so long i didnt want her to not like me anymore! now she has calmed down i will not wear this shirt around her anymore lol its gray and black haha
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Post by pighunter on Aug 20, 2007 20:34:47 GMT -8
hey there
i was reading about your ig being in an agressive state. and i had a question because my ig is going on a year and 5 months. she had been recently sick and had taken her to the vet. well she has gotten better and she still isnt eating on her own so i have to force feed her. shes better but for some reason shes more agressive now then what she has been before she had gotten sick. she whips and bites and i dont know what to do. i handle her bout 3 to 4 times a day but getting her out of the cage without her doing all the whipping and biting its hard. but when i do get her out and calm her down shes fine. what do i do. any suggestions?
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Post by Merlin on Aug 21, 2007 3:42:43 GMT -8
What was the illness and what about it requires you to continue to forcefeed? That is a ver stressful thing to have to dotoan animal.
I suspect that part of your agression problem is the iguana seeing you as a threat due to the manhandling required to forcefeed.
We probably ouight to spin this off into a new thread.
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Post by prism_wolf on Aug 21, 2007 3:44:34 GMT -8
Welcome to the IZ pighunter...:-)
Let's find out what you have for care first. It could be something there that can contribute to the attitude.
I'm going to start this in a new thread of it's own though - so look for the questions there...:-D
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