Iguana Website

[LadyGecko]

Iguana/Lizard Website

I was just watching PBS and their Nature Series ran a special on lizards which actually got me off of the computer and in front of the TV for a change
I thought that it was a very good General Info special on lizards-lots of nice footage of Chams and Marine Iggy's and Komodo Dragons and Gila monsters
Then they showed a man named Henry LizardLover-no kidding
He actually changed his name to that
He has around 40 lizards-from what i gathered quite a few of them are Iggy's
So after the program was over i went and did a search and came up with his website
What really got me interested was that he was talking about singly kept male Iggy's and the problems that can arise during mating season when they are so hormonally pumped up that they will confuse a human for a male Iggy because they really have never been around another male Iggy in their entire lives
I have a 7 yr old male iggy and this was a possibility in their behavior that I was not aware of at all
Obviously I have not had to deal with an overly amorous Spike or an overly enraged Spike to this date but regardless of the fact that I was ignorant of this behavior-I always watch Spikes body language when I am interacting with him because I respect his size and strength
He does free roam and hopefully he won't ever mistake one of the cats for another male Iggy
It was pointed put that NOT All male Iggy's get as severe in their aggression as some do and there are ways using a simple relocation to another room in the house that he is not familiar with and that would make him less self confident until this hormonal period passes
Anyway- I thought the website was full of some very interesting stuff
He has taken some very cool pics in human like settings of his Iggy's
I haven't browsed the entire website yet-I'm kinda tired-its around 3:30 am and i need to go to sleep
But I did want to post this because I think that it deserves a look by anyone keeping or interested in keeping Iggy's
G'night or G'Morning
Which ever way you want to look at it

Sandy

http://www.todaysplanet.com/pg/beta/lizardlover/index.htm

 

[ludothegreat]

I just finished watching this too. I started surfing the guys website and found it somewhat interesting until I realised he is not the type of person I wanted to be learning from. While explaining his methods and information he has gathered over the years he keeps putting down other people that have worked just as hard learning and sharing there information with us. Specifically Melissa Kaplan, who has done more research and published more information about green iguanas than any other person that i know of. Some of what she writes and teaches might not be the best way of doing things, but name calling and directly insulting her because he belive in something else is just not write.

The actual program was very good though. Me, my GF, and my dad all sat here and watched it. One of my fav parts was the sea lion chasing the marine iguanas and snatching there tails. Not in a hurting way, but just playing with them. Good show.

 

[brandy101010]

Darn I missed it! Sandy, Yes breeding season for Iguanas can be a pain! Sometimes you get lucky and they don't really change much but some can be down right nasty! I have not had this problem with my draco since I started keeping him in a cage. But when He was free roaming He thought he was top dog. I had to cage him untill it was over.

 

[GeckoStud]

I saw that show and found it to be quite well done. I enjoyed it very much. I especially liked how the show went over so many different lizards. The best part was that it was on PBS and there were no commercials!

On the off chance did anyone watch the one tonight about turtles?

 

[LadyGecko]

Unfortunately the lizard show was the only one that i manged to catch
I hope that they will repeat them so i can see the whole series

Sandy