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[sweetjlynn]

;D Hi Everyone ;D
How i have missed everyone and all the iggys!!

I havent been good lately we have moved and are moving again in August and then the baby will be here at the end of August

Hunter doesnt care we have moved jumpy little butthead!! He is growing he is 2 feet now snout to tail and is bright green but still stripes when held or bathed.

Baby on the other hand I dont know. We were moving left baby for last with the cage well daddy went and got her out and we were going to cage her until move daddy had her on his chest baby was fine never showed any signs what so ever in stress and all the sudden BAM Daddy got his lower lip, chin and top lip bit was a LOVE bite or warning im thinking because i know he could of took a whole hell of alot more just stood there we didnt know what to do didnt even see the bite comming did it so relaxed walked up like he was going to lick like usual and then lundged and back back down and stuck that dulap way out, but dad he puts him back on his chest. Now the only thing that worries me is one: baby licked the blood off his snout and bottom lip or whatever on the iggy but u get it i hope and larry had some on his shirt wouldnt put baby down refused to let him think he got him i guess he licked it??? What is with that?
Now we r staying with his mom and baby is in the dinning room when we were at the other house he was in the playroom with my pc room too. I dont think its louder maybe alittle more traffic. But u have to think too i was on the pc u had to walk threw there to get to the bathroom and the kids with playing and the tv?? So im not sure?


He is also....... is this strange were his things are by his private i cant think of what they r called anyways they r sticking way out and it is those pore things?? How they get sexed like if they r noticable they r a boy and if not a girl Well 2 r missing ? There is just a redish hole?? And looks like 3 more r comming out? His head is a black color sometimes goes too light blue but stays black lately.??
He had resorted to biting even when we r trying to get him opens mouth shows teeth.
We take him outside and he fusses to come in i mean open mouth, hissing, twisting around on the leash, trying to run on back legs now i have read about other iggys outside and im thinking this is normal because face it he wants to b outside, and i dont too hot, he loves it, so i pull myself to get him out and yet he feels the same with going in ........understandable. ;D
Worried parts should i leave him alone??? When fed he doesnt lundge just stares and watches closely. I talk to him outside his cage and he looks sometimes just closes his eyes at me. We keep trying to pick him up because face it he has come so far but is this the end for him is he a goner with us has he given up on us??
Another thing is him and hunter get a mixture of green beans, squash and mango all mixed together every 2 days. Plus their water dish and their collards, curly mustard and turnip greens. Sometimes they get a treat like spinach u know those things that say every now n then. But that is once a month.

Im just wondering what to do is their a way to stop him from niting should i leave him alone?? Im kinda scared only because i was bit when he was little and now i see his teeth and he had made me well aware that he will bite me in a heart beat i feel. It hasnt stopped me from picking him up but the scare is there. Kinda just careful and alittle nervous.
Second of all the is a new animal in the house one i would NEVER own but doesnt bother with him or really even go near him or the cage and that is a cat. So let me know u guys feed back and i m going to read over and see what else if not i hope someone writes back!!

BYe bye and Thanks swetjjlynn, goldenrod, hunter and baby

[Tesa]

Hi Jen,
Sounds as if Baby is "in season".
In my opinion you should still handle him as usual, but use EXTREME caution. The things sticking out of the femoral pores are a waxy substance that mark the ig's territory as he walks around.

[dominick]

Hi Jlynn-

I agree with Tesa he could have gone into seasonal heat. All the signs are sure there. as Tesa suggested don't back off now. He will assert himself over and over again to try and intimidate you. you MUST remain in control of every interaction. Good on you guys for not putting him down after he bit, taught him a very important lesson there.

If you are scared of him, use leather gloves and thick long sleeve shirts. The important part is to keep handling him daily. When the heat is over, you'll be glad you did!

Also, read the threads on love socks and aggressive behavior. Some very good advise in them.

You've been through a lot Jenny, don't give up now!

Good luck. We are always here to help.

[sweetjlynn]

Hello guys!!

Im so GLAD that u guys wrote back
I just got us this moring and ran to the pc!! And like i expected u wrote back
I THANK GOD that he is okay and just in heat i thought maybe he was turning on me again And of course i will NOT give up on him i have seen that loving licking BIG guy that he has turn into. He isnt getting much fatter but longer his weight im guessing becuase of the season thing has gone down alittle not as big as a belly

But it is "Normal" that those femoral pores things r comming out? Good because one fell out in my hand yesterday after we came back in from outside.
So is it okay to still go outside even though he has a fit which i see is normal while in heat?

And what about the fruits and veggies still okay to give it to him every 2 days with a treat once a month for a week??? He still is a water drinker.

We also bought a front harness and it goes under his legs and around his neck is that okay its all they had!! And that is like a fabric but they had another one which was a hard metal like plastic and i thought it would b way too much on his skin and his spikes.

So i dont know we dont have one for Hunter because he is too small and the one that baby has is way too big and it was the only size.

Hunter is so tame he licks us all the time loves to jump its the baby in him we dont hold him much just when we clean cages because he is a REAL high far jumper sometimes maybe once in awhile we hold him for like 10 minutes because he is hyper LOL!!!
Should we hold him more often now or is there like a certain age that he will kinda like to b held? Also with hunter i have noticed maybe he eats like 2-4 bites of treats and thats it is that enough for him should i worry? But give him greens man like 3-4 times a day or if im going out i give him like 7 full leaves of all 3 and GONE when i get home he is a good eater but when it comes to fruits and veggies not so interested water either half the time its a toliet for him LOLLOOLOLOL
But anyways so baby is in heat i thought i really screwed him up with the move and we r moving again but we leave him for last and kinda cover the cage when we did move the house out every now and then because i didnt want him to get all frustrated maybe stupid but i didnt know but when we move this time everything is in storage so he will just b moved into a house same sisuation like b4 he will have all the same things in the room so im hoping it goes well because i have read some stories and goodness!! So hubby wants to know how long does the in heat last and LOL why so moody is it like a "Hard-On" all the time and is there something we can do. I have a thing or two to suggest but this is iggy zone....... LOL....... tesa stop laughing she knows how we r LOLOOLOL!!!

Thank Everyone Love Sweetjlynn, Goldenrod, Hunter and Baby

[sweetjlynn]

Dominick i cant find those topics HELP PLEASE!!

[dominick]

Hi Jlynn-

Try this:
www.anapsid.org/iguana/breedingaggression.html

And also read the Igs for Dummies book on Male aggression.

Good Luck!