'Iguanna Size?'

Iguanna Size?

MissyG (64.136.27.228) -

I like iguanas, but they can get simply HUGE. Do people keep their giant 5 foot iguanas in tanks still? Or does anyone let them run around the house?

Comment #1 Vicki (152.163.38.85) -

Yes, they do get huge. We bought one for my daughter when it was a baby. Remember how cute they are when their little dewlaps are the size of a dime? Mine is about 6 feet long now, with a dewlap as big as my open palm and he SLEEPS in a big glass case with his lights and heat, but I let him out to roam about during the day. I can't imagine never letting them out to move around. I take him outside to walk in the grass and bask in the sun too. He always comes back in.

The problem is that he has gotten so aggressive that I am afraid he will seriously hurt one of the dogs if he so chooses. Sometimes he is bad and sometimes not...very unpredictable. I have pretty much limited him to roam in my bedroom and he likes to sit on the back of the sofa and look out the window.

The other problem is the lovely poop piles they leave as they roam about. Mine used to be very very good about using the newspaper. Not so any more. He is indiscriminate and my bedroom carpet is the victim usually.

I have given serious thought to trying to find somewhere for him to go so he could live in a more natural habitat, but I am just not sure where to start. I do not want to see him mistreated or in a worse position than he already is. Since I live in Pennsylvania, he is a long way from his natural equatorial climate for living outside all year long.

Good Luck!!

Comment #2 Jeanette from AZ -

Are you serious? Six feet long? Oh my gosh that's huge!! I don't think I could handle an iguana in my house that would be that long. My daughter wants to get one (there's one in her classroom) and now I don't know if I want to get one if it's going to be six feet long LOL.

Comment #3 Courtney (1) from The South -

I think I would just stick with a lizard. Iguanas are too hard. What do they eat? If you have a 6 foot long iguana does it cost a fortune to feed it? I suppose they just roam the house because they couldn't fit in an aquarium. Or do you keep them in the backyard?

Comment #4 snakelover from ask me -

Mine is about 3feet right now. She mostly eats greens, romaine, some fruits and when I am lazy some commericial iguana food. They are not the cheapest pets in the world. Most people don't realize that a reptile's habitat, dietary needs, and maintenance will cost more than the animal.

Comment #5 JESSICA (24.181.34.45) -

IDON'T LIKE IGUANAS I AM JUST DOING A REPORT ON THEM!

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