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| Name: |
Cripple
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Age: |
Unknown
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| Gender: |
Unknown
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Kind: |
Iguana
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| Home: |
Staten Island, New York, USA
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Cripple
came to the Iguana Den just over one year ago. He/she will
never leave us. His owner was a girl that worked for a local pet shop
selling Iguanas. You know, the people that often give out the
information on how to care for these pets???
This poor Iguana shows many of the signs of severe Metabolic Bone
Disease. The shortened and widened lower jaw is just the beginning.
Each of this iguana's four legs are deformed in some way. The worst
one is his front right leg. The bones are twisted and bowed so much
that he walks on its elbows. The back feet have toes that turn
quickly forward instead of straight out. Cripple was in very bad
shape when he arrived. Very lethargic and nearly dead. I had
originally planned to put him to sleep and encase his tiny body in an
acrylic mold.
In the time that I did the research to find the products in which to
do this I battled emotionally about the act of playing God with his
life. I felt I did not have the right but I truly did not believe he
could live a proper life. However, just terminating his life without
giving this poor ig's existence some sort of meaning was not going to
happen. I felt that if nothing more he could become a good teaching
aide. Over this same period of time I effortlessly worked to keep
him alive and happy as best I could. Cripple responded well and soon
became healthy and happy. He runs to his food dish each night eagerly
wanting to eat all of his food. He never wastes a leaf. Cripple is a
Happy Ending Iguana. Since his health turned around so
well we decided to keep him alive and love him the way he was never
loved before.
For more photos visit
Cripple's website.
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