I’m thinking about getting an Iguana. I’ve read up on them, and can easily set up my room (which is quite spacious) for one to be happy. I think I would really enjoy having one (a somewhat lazy, low maintenance pet) but I thought I’d better ask people who’ve actually had an iguana. Do they really make good pets?
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I’ve had two in the past and yes they are great pets. Depending on what stage of life you get Him/Her at. If it is possible get her/him when they are young. But remember you can not constantly hold and love on him/her, but do give it enough attention to he/she will bond with you. As he/she gets older and bigger they should respond to you picking them up, holding them, feeding them quite well. Though Iguanas seems like a low maintenance animal, they are quite hard to get them use to you without them swatting their tails or biting towards you. Hope I helped & Good Luck.
This is just from my experience and I’m not sure about others but while I was growing up we had 4 iguanas (not housed together!). Two of them were great and the other two were vicious as hell. Mind you, the two that were vicious, we bought as juvi’s/adults. They would whip and bite. We had to wear long leather gloves to protect ourselves from them. We eventually ended up taking the to a reptile rescue.
i wouldnt go for them. they get HUGE and when they get that big they get nasty too. try a leaopard gecko. those are great pets and really fun
Iguanas are not low maintained pets … They require attention from you as there slave daily, and you still only have a 50/50 chance that they will accept you as there slave/owner.
If you are willing to accept that you need to require UVB, heat, chopping up greens on a daily basis (couple times a day), giving bath, possibly being bite and needed stitches, higher electricity bill, possible ER runs for stitches, building a 6-7ft tall x 8-10ft long x 4ft enclosure, possibly spending a thousand of dollars on vet bills (if that is ever needed), and are willing to accept that your iguana may become aggressive, then yes iguanas make a great pet.
My girl will est to be 3yrs of age in June, I adore her, but she is still a wild animal, she is not a dog/cat, and I know one day, even though she is sweet and adorable now, she may become aggressive.
Every iguana is different, so can’t say you will have a wonderful experience if you get an iguana, you may, you may not.
If you have a herp/reptile rescue center around you, I would ask and find out if they have an iguana there, if they do, would see if they would allow you to come check him/her out.
Please do think about adoption over buying an iguana at a pet store.
Sites for you to read:
http://www.greenigsociety.org/ – http://www.iguanaden.org/ – http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/index.html
A great book to read and have on hand:
Iguanas for Dummies by Melissa Kaplan
I like my iggy- but I dont recommend it. They get big expensive and mean
i’ve had two iguanas at the same time and they were good pets.. they were caged when they were small….but after 2 years they didn’t live in cages, they had the whole run of the house but they usually just sat around the window or light source….but this year we had a power failure in the winter and they passed :/