Important warning, graphic blood bite wounds below .... Thinking About Getting An Iguana? Better Think Twice and Know This About Iguanas As Pets



You might consider a different lizard as a pet, instead of an iguana, lizards such as "bearded dragons" or various types of skinks may be better pets for those so compelled. Iguanas can reach a size and weight (10 to 20 pounds) that becomes difficult to handle and house for some people. That is not the most serious obstacle however. The real serious gamble is 1) when the iguana you are raising turns out to be a male, 2) a high percentage of male iguanas will fall under the spell of extremely vicious aggression moods, anytime during their mature years. The aggression/attack mood can last a few hours, weeks, months or longer, comes and goes, just something potential pet owners must be told about. There is no way to prevent or train away these aggression moods. An adult size iguana has a big powerful set of jaws with razor sharp teeth. The male iguanas in the worst degree of this kind of aggression mood will charge, leap or even fly off of upper positions to inflict real deep flesh tearing wounds on humans, no matter how friendly, well behaved and mellow they may have been before this mood takes over them. There is a body language that reveals mood changes and male iguanas have potential to be the best of pets but everyone that decides to raise an iguana should be prepared for all of this. Many of the iguana owners think they have a female iguana when it's really a male, only because someone at the pet shop told them it was a female or the vet told them, this mistake occurs all the time.



.... NOTICE IGUANA ATTACK WOUND BELOW



Most iguana books, websites and most pet shops rarely, if ever, alert iguana owners to the seriousness of potential attack mood of adult male iguanas. Innocent animal loving people take on iguanas as pets, having no idea of this common attack mood in male iguanas. Little children are at risk of sustaining massive wounds and disfigurement, mainly due to the fact that they have no advance warning about this and the body language that alerts pet owners to the danger. This is a most screwed up situation putting male iguanas and the pet owners in real danger.

Photo of male iguana bite wound, provided by Shari. Imagine several of these bites in one encounter, it can happen if someone attempts to continue holding (ala Melissa Kaplan) onto the iguana [ENTER WEBSITE HERE]