kingrattus......You can't really say that females are better then males. A friend of mine had a female for years, very tame, till one day she went to give her a kiss, as she always did. Her Iquana bit half her noes off.

Females don't get as aggressive as males true but they have their time too. Femals iguana will develop eggs in her ovaries during breeding season and then you have the whole nesting thing to deal with. Digging walls, carpet, floors plants to make a neat.

Plus with Iguans, if you get them young, your not going to know for sure if you have a male or female. You can't really sex them till the iguana has reached sexual maturity.