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Posted by Brian
on 7/19/2012, 3:34 am, in reply to "outdoor iguana enclosure"
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Captbob is right. First off, despite this being an iguana bored and I help people with their problems... I personally dont recommend people getting them.. Especially kids. But when people come here and already have them, of course give advice.
The $50 is the cheap part of the deal. Then you got to buy food, lighting, heating (which may or may not be much in the tropics).. Caging can cost a good but.. And then vet costs. Take that iguana, then think of what a large mastiff (one of the largest breeds of dogs).. And line 4 or 5 of them side by side and thats about the expense of 1 iguana.
Beyond expenses.. They are wild animals brought into captivity store bought or not. You can only tame them not really train them if you get my drift, and even taming them you'll likely get bloody a few times assuming the ig doesnt become raging terror. Not trying to scare you, but they are much better as a display pet most of them are not dog tame as is often viewed with owners online.. Some are and they get right along beautifully.. Most are not.
on top of this getting an iguana is a long term investment. When you get out of school (assuming you go to school I have no idea what your age is).. Well going to college with a reptile is pretty much an imposibility for most people. Both financially and finding a place to keep it. Most of the time they are put out for adoption or the parents have to look after them.
There are a number of smaller reptiles many of which are very tame and nice to keep. Dont get me wrong for people like us that are nuts with keeping big lizards that want to give us too many "love bites".. We enjoy the hobby despite these factors.. But I would not dive into the green biting machine until you are older, out of college and self supportive.
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