Hello,



I live in a backwater arkansas town that happens to have an "exotic" petsore that is closing down. this store has three iguanas that are in.... to put it bluntly deploarble condition.



sadly the local animal control and rescue groups can't or won't do anything for them and it breaks my heart to see them in their state they are in.



they are roughly 1.5 ft long min stuffed in a 29 gallon aquarium at htis store. no uvb, or proper diet. odds are they are a mix of the sexes, i didn't look anycloser than that.



So to cut to the chace i have some questions...



1. if there is a mix of several males to a female would nuetering all of the sexes limit the agression between them if done before they hit maturity?



2. if i made a habitat outside what would be the best way to keep them over the winter here? I know it gets too cold to keep them outside year round but I don't have the space indoors to maintain them. would it be acceptable to make a heated house? and how would be the best way to heat it?



3. for external parasite control (they will be living outside in a large pen) what works best for iguanas? we have ticks, chiggers, and god knows what else for externals. if they were mammals i know what is safe to use, but is there anything that would be safe to use on them? I have never maintained reptiles outside before



I know they are involved. most herbivorious reptiles are and that special needs are going to be doublely so. But i want to do what i can for them





thanks for your time



Ashley
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