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Liz, Squirt
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Eight, Three years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Green Iguanas
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| Home: |
Warminster, Pennsylvania, USA
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That's
Liz on the left and Squirt on the right. Liz and Squirt are very
special because they are very gentle, and good natured. They know their
way around our house inside and out and they put themselves back in
their cages when they are tired. They also sleep with my husband and
myself. Iguanas make wonderful pets but you have to learn the proper way
to care for them. Most books and pet stores have lots of misinformation.
I learned the right way to house and feed my igs by using the internet.
Liz is an eight year old female iguana who loves to snuggle. She rests her
head right on your neck. She is the dominant iguana here. What she says,
goes. In other words, anytime another iguana visits, she bobs her dewlap
at it to let it know that this is her territory. When she is out in back
of my house, if she gets scared by a dog, she will run to the front door
and scratch.
Squirt is a three year old female iguana. She is more laid
back. She has never bitten or threatened to bite which I cannot say the
same for Liz. Squirt is a very curious, active iguana who spent four days
this summer exploring the world looking for a place to nest. We found
her four blocks from home. Iguanas do not do tricks or respond to
commands but they certainly know their owners and are more affectionate
to them. Their favorite game is to hide from me. I have spent many hours
looking for lost iguanas in the house. I keep thinking they are getting
bigger and easier to find but they keep finding better hiding places.
I do lectures for children about iguanas. Usually Liz gets passed from
child to child and Squirt is my model as I explain iguana anatomy. I
have a video that I show where they are swimming at the Jersey shore,
taking a bath, bobbing at the iguana in the mirror and finding their way
back to their own rooms. I also show pictures of them dressed up for
Halloween. I take them to the local elementary school and they
participate in the parade. That is one day the children do not handle
the iguanas because they usually are eating at Halloween parties. On
Halloween night, the iguanas sit on a chair in my living room with the
candy. They tend to stay still until a child reaches in for a piece of
candy and then they jump on the kids because they get scared. It makes
for a fun holiday and all the local people know my house is safe to go
into. This year they were French Poodles!
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