Drako's Mom
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Post by Drako's Mom on Jun 14, 2004 12:56:52 GMT -8
Hi, my name is Carmen, I got Drako from my neighbor's yard sale on 4/25/04. I was told that he was 7 to 9 months old at that time. The same old story, he was in a tank way too small.....no lights or heat of any kind...and..."Just feed him lettuce and crickets" He measured 6" SVL & 18" STL. Now, as of 6/1/04 he is 6.5" SVL & 23" STL. We live in the Central San Joaquine Valley of California, so he can enjoy a lot of outside time. I wanted to add some pictures, but am not quite sure how Can someone tell me how to do this?
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Post by Tesa on Jun 14, 2004 13:43:22 GMT -8
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Post by URSULA on Jun 15, 2004 0:21:52 GMT -8
Hi Carmen
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Post by Kerrydaktyl on Jun 15, 2004 0:32:01 GMT -8
Hi Carmen, you got him from a yard sale! sounds like he is lucky to have been found by you! Kerry.
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Post by Diane on Jun 15, 2004 3:52:59 GMT -8
Welcome Carmen! You'll find there are a lot of wonderful iggie people here to share with and ask questions. Drako is a cutie. . .it's hard to remember they are soo small to start out when they are full grown.
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Post by Lyn on Jun 15, 2004 8:27:42 GMT -8
Welcome to the zone Carmen...glad to have you here....Lyn
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Drako's Mom
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Post by Drako's Mom on Jun 16, 2004 10:54:59 GMT -8
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. Drako is my first Ig, 'tho I've been in love with Ig's for a very long time About two days before we knew about Drako, my husband, Rick, and I were talking and I mentioned that I still wanted an Ig someday. When the opportunity popped up so soon, it was like fate or something.....I HAD to get him. I went online and just started gathering as much info as possible. Then my son bought me "Iguanas for Dummies" for Mother's Day ;D I am going to try posting some pics.... My pretty baby.... Drako's new outside enclosure Drako supervising the prep of his (or her) salad I moved my pics over to photobucket....my web hosting service was being a pain
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Post by Tesa on Jun 17, 2004 4:57:54 GMT -8
WOW! What a bright green!! A person almost needs sunglasses to look at him! ;D I still can't get over someone putting an ig in a yard sale. How RUDE !!
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Post by CCP1083 on Jun 17, 2004 11:40:08 GMT -8
A yard sale is where my Stanley came from. A friend got it from there, he really didn't know how to take care of them, so thats when I took him in, but only to pass a couple days later! Just wish the original owner would have put him up for adoption a long time ago!!!! I am still looking for a healthy ig to replace Stanley-but am in no hurry as I want to find the right one! I am glad that Drako is in your care now-he is much happier I am sure!
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Drako's Mom
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Post by Drako's Mom on Jun 17, 2004 15:19:04 GMT -8
I think the neighbor "saw us coming" so to speak - he knows I [glow=red,2,300]LOVE[/glow] critters, and asked my husband (while I was at the store) if we wanted to buy him. So.....hubby had the opportunity to not even mention it to me But when he told me, I just flipped ;D So back I went to get more cash - paid $45.00 for him and the 20 gal. tank he was in. I don't regret one penny of it!
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Post by Kling on Jun 17, 2004 16:57:07 GMT -8
i'm glad you took him in
I love his green so bright.
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Post by SurvivorSteph on Jun 24, 2004 22:22:54 GMT -8
Hey Carmen... you're in my neighborhood! I live just outside of Turlock (about 30 miles south of Modesto). I'd love to meet you and Drako some time soon.
My baby's name is Gil. He's about 2 and FULL of attitude!
I'm SO glad that someone's on here that's close by!
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Drako's Mom
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Post by Drako's Mom on Jun 25, 2004 10:11:24 GMT -8
I live just outside of Turlock. I'd love to meet you and Drako some time soon. I'm SO glad that someone's on here that's close by! Hi Steph, I would like to meet you too ;D I'm just outside of Fresno, in Clovis. Do you get down this way very often? Email me privately, and I'll give you my phone #. c1angel@pacbell.net Gil's pic is beautiful, I'd like to meet him too! My husband wants to know how big he is. I just measured Drako this morning, and he has grown 7.5" STL since I got him on 4/25/04 - WOW! Have you signed up for the meetup? I can't make the one in July - Kids & grandbabies are coming from Portland that week. It would be fun to have a meeting like that.
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Post by SurvivorSteph on Jun 25, 2004 17:33:20 GMT -8
I emailed you my number... looking forward to hearing from you!
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Drako's Mom
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Post by Drako's Mom on Jun 26, 2004 13:45:19 GMT -8
Hi Steph, I didn't get your email - could you send it again?
c1angel@pacbell.net
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