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There are many different type of iguana, but there are two main ones that are known to the general public. There are "water iguanas" with live on the galapagos islands(i sorta hope u dont own one of these because A.- It would be considered poaching unless u were a a zoo or animal rescue hospital and B.- You spent alot of money getting to the galapagos islands and back, the water iguanas would require like a , a , a very big cage). But off that subject. :-). The other type of iguana, the one most of you out there should have, is the Green Iguana. These guys sorta live up to thier reputaion.They are completely green except for the funny and awsome details all over their bodies. These guys are great pets, amazing friends, you couldnt go wrong with a green iguana. I'll get into a more complex depth about this species somwhere else on this page. A Kit of Things All Starting Iguana Owners Should Own.
Begginer Kit
In this paragraph you will find things that all of you beggining iguana owners should find useful(i know they were useful for me!)I will make a sorta list of things, then i will explain their worth right underneath, well here i go!A FAIRLY LARGE TERRANIUM-
For those of you who dont know what that is, its a fairly large sort of fish tank, but its made for critters like little lizards and young iguanas.
I REALLY only reccomend using this for young iguanas, cuz when i bought my first terranium my iguana fit in it very comfortably, but **WORD OF CAUTION** dont spend to much money on this tank, i have found that in the early stages of development iguanas grow like no one's buisness, i only had mine for a matter of months.
HEAT LAMP-
Alright, heat lamps. It is absolutely ESSENTIAL that you own one of these. An iguana can simply not live without one! The Green Iguana's natural habbitat ranges from the desert to a rainforst type climate.It's what they are naturally accustomed to. I will try to make it ahppen as soon as i can, but i will try to upload a photo gallery of what everything in this description looks like . Along with the heat lamps you will need heat bulbs. They are special bulbs that conduct an unusually large amount of heat.**WORD OF CAUTION**- this one is from my personal experience. I left the heat lamp on top my Ultra-Violet Light(more on that next), not all of it but the side of the heat lamp was on it. When i came back from the store that little space of heat lamp on the Ultra-Violet Light was completely melted.Not cool. Massive fire hazard. But luckely no people or iguanas were harmed in this process.
ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT-
You could actually find this somewhere where they sell fish supplies.Because, it is more commonly used on top of a fish tank. The Ultra-Violet sort of evens out every thing in inside the cage i have today, heat , atmosphere, that sort of thing
FELT-
You could just buy this stuff at any craft store or get some if you have it lying around @ home.You will need enough felt to cover the base of your whole terranium or places where your iguana will be walking.This does several things. 1.it allows your iguana to roam the cage without fear of ice-skating on the glass, for their claws get long. 2.When they go to the bathroom it does not get all over the glass bottom + it is easy to clean, i mean really. You take all his toys out and take out the felt,hose it off, air dry it and BAM!It is clean. Replace in cage and your iguana is no longer tipping from side to side because he is nausiated by his own fumes.Wonderful Ending.On to the next item.
A SUN BATHING PLATFORM-
This may seem innopropriate and useless to the situation, but it means to world to your iguana. Get a sunbathing platform. Beleive it or not but they sell them at PETCO & PETSMART.BUT when you are asking the guy for help dont say "i want a sunbathing platform for my iguana". He wouyld give you that blank stare and make everyone uncomfortable. Just ask him to point you in the direction of the reptile section. When you arrive at the reptile section look for stuff you think your iguana might enjoy sitting on. Personally i use a what looks like a circular log cut in half, then hollowed out,basically an upside down U.Other things work too , like i also have a reptile hammok.My iguana loves sitting in that. Find somthing long enought for him/her , somthing comfortable, he will sun bathe there often.I will squeez somthing else into this section while we are in the "REPTILE" department of your local pet store.TOYS/FOOD BOWLS. My iguana could not live without these itmes. The only toy my iguana really uses is her 'Big Branch'.It is a very large sling shot shaped plastic(looks like wood) that he slings himself on. P.S. - he somtimes also uses a vine that goes from the top level of the cage to the bottom, just sayin'. Depends on the size of your iguana in this situation.You need to ask yourself"How much does he eat?" , "How much does he drink and bathe?". All of these are questions you need to ask yourself. I got a two and a half foot long iguana, and he eats ALOT.So i got him a big food bowl.He also drinks and stores his water like a camel. So i got him a big water bowl. See where i'm goin here? Appropriate sizing is the key. We are almost through here, but i have 1 more item.This will seem blandly obvious but it makes sense.
YOU NEED AN IGUANA-
All this information would be just about as useless as a pile of dirt if you didnt get an iguna. Now determining whether it is a boy or a girl is a COMPLETELY differnt article , i'll write one about it sooner or later. Remember, give your iguana a loving, caring home. they deserve nothing more. Best wishes on your iguana adventure!
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Great site. One of your most important points was about the initial terrarium. Iguanas grow VERY quickly and will soon outgrow their first enclosure. Thanks for the lens on caring for iguanas
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List of Good Sites For Iguana Products
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- The Cheap Pet Store
- I am in love with this place. It has good prices, good products, whats not to love. Dont be deceived by their name , The Cheap Pet Store. The only thing cheap about them is their incredibly low prices!I really reccomend checking these guys out.
- Petsmart
- This place is cool. You've seen them . They are local, they have just about evrything "Pets". I guarantee that there is one in your area. check it out this is actually where i got my iguana. I am a very loyal customer to this store.
- PetCo
- This place is pretty much just like Petsmart, its local , has everything. You know what i'm talkin about.like to get my speciality items here.
- Napoleon The Iguana's Home Page
- Another great site is Napoleon The Iguana's Home Page. This site, by Tricia Power, has good information on taming and socializing your iguana, as well as basic care and diet information. There is a section on free roaming, and also the tale of how Tricia rehabilitated Napoleon from a bad case of MBD when she adopted him.
- Melissa Kaplan's Herp & Iguana Care Information Collection
- One of the most comprehensive iguana care web sites out there is Melissa Kaplan's Giant Green Iguana Information Collection. This excellent on-line book is a must-read for all iguana owners! In it you will find information on just about every topic related to iguanas that you can think of.
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TheIguanaMan, at 3pm on September 23, 2008 predicts:
Iguana's will one day rule the world and everybody will be forced to eat veggies and live in cages, unless you were a nice iguana owner :-).
TheIguanaMan, at 3pm on September 23, 2008 predicts:
Iguana's are really in communication with each other and they are planning to bust out of their cages, then they will take over wall street, and make all the stokes go up in their favor!!
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This is somthing that drove me crazy until i found it out. But unfortunatly i found out to late. I discovered that my iguana was a girl , and i had named it MR. Bikelzwurth. Ouch. I am a boy, and would sure hate it if somone named me Ms.Tuffles.That would just really stink, but anyway, the information you have all been waiting for. To tell if your iguana is male or female early on is really difficult task. The very distinct markings that brand them as boy or girl are not very visible until they get to be around a year old. I will tell you what these markings are: they are spots that will run up/down your iguanas underleg. So if you just lift up one of the legs a little you will be able to see spots directly opposite from the top of the leg. If these spots are visible, then it means that your iguana is indeed a GIRL. I no spots are visible and the iguana is about a year old then you have a boy iguana. If you cannot see spots and the iguana is still young , just give it a little while , the will appear, or they wont. But until you are sure do not name your iguana with a Boy/Girl label. Have fun discovering your iguanas GENDER!!!!
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Check out these movies, They are somthing nice for you and your Iguana to snuggle down with and watch!!!! They may not all be about iguanas but hey, its somthin right??
- 001- Crash

A 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles is the theme of this unflinching drama that challenges viewers to confront their prejudices. Lives combust when a Brentwood housewife and her D.A. husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple all converge. Director Paul Haggis's Best Picture Oscar winner stars Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon and Jennifer Esposito. The Blu-Ray version of this film is Unrated.- 002- The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise in Martin Scorsese's multiple Oscar-winning crime thriller, including Best Director and Best Picture. While an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) curries favor with the mob kingpin (Jack Nicholson), a career criminal (Matt Damon) rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.- 003- The Bucket List

When corporate mogul Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) wind up in the same hospital room, the two terminally ill men bust out of the cancer ward with a plan to experience life to the fullest before they kick the bucket. In a race against the reaper, the new friends hit the tables in Monte Carlo, down obscene amounts of caviar and tear up the road in supercharged cars. Rob Reiner directs this comic caper.- 004- The Pursuit of Happyness

Will Smith (in an Oscar-nominated role) and his real-life son Jaden star in this tearjerker about a struggling single parent determined to build a better life for himself and his child. Chris Gardner is smart and talented, but his dead-end salesman job barely pays the bills. When he and his 5-year-old son are evicted from their apartment, they face trying times as Chris takes on an unpaid internship at a stock brokerage firm with hopes of getting rich someday.- 005- No Country for Old Men

A hunter (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a dead body, $2 million and a stash of heroin in a Texas desert. He absconds with the cash, but brutal thief Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) comes looking for it, with a local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) on his trail. The roles of hunter and prey blur as the violent pursuits of money and justice collide. Joel and Ethan Coen direct this dark morality tale, which won four Oscars in 2008, including Best Picture.- 006- Casino Royale

Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs this film adaptation (the 21st of the Bond franchise) of Ian Fleming's first novel. Daniel Craig debuts as the new Bond who takes on a corrupt financier (Mads Mikkelsen) in a showdown of Texas Hold 'Em. You'll learn Bond's back story as the action-packed film takes you to the Bahamas, Madagascar and other exotic locales. Eva Green stars as Vesper Lynd, and the sublime Judi Dench reprises her role as M.- 007- Little Miss Sunshine

Convinced little Olive (Abigail Breslin) is beauty queen material, parents Richard (Greg Kinnear) and Sheryl (Toni Collette) and the rest of the family embark on a life-altering road trip to a pageant in this madcap comedy. Struggling motivational speaker Richard pushes Olive to win, while her silent brother (Paul Dano), depressed uncle (Steve Carell) and nursing-home reject grandpa (Alan Arkin, in an Oscar-winning role) add their own quirks to the mix.- 008- Blood Diamond

Set during Sierra Leone's bloody civil war in 1999, this thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer, a smuggler who sells "blood" diamonds used to finance terrorists. When Archer meets a local fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) whose son has been forced into a child army, the two men's lives become intertwined, and they set off on an adventure that leads them through the world's major diamond centers. DiCaprio and Hounsou earned Oscar nods for their performances.- 009- The Notebook

Based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, this drama chronicles an enduring love that withstands both war and disease. It begins in a nursing home, where a man (James Garner) arrives every day armed with a notebook from which he reads stories about a couple, Noah and Allie (played by Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams), to an unresponsive woman (Gena Rowlands). Who are the characters in the book, and why does the stranger insist on reading about them aloud?- 010- The Devil Wears Prada

After taking a job in the Big Apple as assistant to powerful fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep, in an Oscar-nominated role), small-town girl Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is thrilled -- at first. But the magic soon wears off, leaving Andrea feeling battered and used -- and wondering whether working for the boss from hell will pay off. Helmed by David Frankel, this adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's best-seller also stars Stanley Tucci.- 011- Walk the Line

Among the pantheon of great country singers, Johnny Cash (played here by Joaquin Phoenix) may just be the most enigmatic. James Mangold's film distills Cash's transformation from man to icon -- from his hardscrabble days on an Arkansas farm to Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn., where Cash finally found a way for his talent to come into its own. Reese Witherspoon plays his beloved June, alongside co-stars Robert Patrick and Shelby Lynne.- 012- Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Marriage has gotten stale for John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie), a husband and wife who don't yet know that they share the same undercover line of work: They're both guns for hire. Hiding their occupations has never been a hardship for either of them … until they discover that their next assignment involves them targeting each other! Can they go through with their respective missions, or will love prevail?- 013- Babel

When an American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) vacationing in Morocco fall victim to a random act of violence, a series of events unfolds across four countries that demonstrates both the necessity and impossibility of human communication. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu artfully weaves together three seemingly disparate stories of strangers in strange lands in this Oscar nominee for Best Picture and Golden Globe winner for Best Drama.- 014- Hotel Rwanda

Amid the holocaust of internecine tribal fighting in Rwanda that sees the savage butchering of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children, one ordinary man (Oscar nominee Don Cheadle) musters the courage to save more than 1,000 helpless refugees by sheltering them in the hotel he manages. Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte and Joaquin Phoenix co-star in this powerful film (sort of an African version of Schindler's List) directed by Terry George.- 015- The Holiday

Stuck in a vicious cycle of dead-end relationships with two-timing men, Los Angeles resident Amanda (Cameron Diaz) and Londoner Iris (Kate Winslet) decide to swap homes -- paving the way for romances they never imagined possible. This charming comedy from writer-director Nancy Meyers features an all-star cast, including Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns and Rufus Sewell.- Try Netflix free for 14 days








































