A ban on petstores selling iguanas and other large reptiles may not be a bad thing. If irresponsible people can't get these pets from petstores, who tend to have no clue or the wrong information about the proper care and adult size of these animals, then maybe they won't buy them at all, as driving to another city or state to get them would be too much effort.

Most of the abandoned repties tend to be ones that grow too big for the owners to deal with. Or they don't realize how to properly socialize them when young or they are just not 'fun' anymore, they dump them, as they get big. There is nothing mentioned in that article that indicates qualified breeders can't sell them or bring them in from elsewhere to sell them to the public. If all breeders become more responsible in telling the right info (and most due) to prospective buyers, the ones who can't handle a big animal may not buy the cute little green iguana that can reach lengths of over 5' or burmese pythons with their heafy 20' size, may go for the easier to manage and just as 'cool' looking bearded dragons and ball pythons.

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