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I'll make a long story short. My boyfriend and I had a male Iguana for about 2 years (Sal, about 3 1/2 feet).
I work at a pet shop and someone came in with 2 females that were in dire need of care. Sophie, has bad MBD and is a littel smaller than sal. And Gala who is about 4 1/2 feet (width wise, she's a big girl!). We have a huge 9x9x10 cage where They lived happily for about a month.
All of a sudden, Gala is starting trouble with sal. Sal will be basking and gala will come over, start bobbing her head and push him away and try to "bite" him (not drawing blood just kinda mouthing) He'll get mad, bob his head and fight back. We'll break it up and they're fine and basking together. A few days(sometimes weeks)later, She'll be on the window and sal will come up to her and they'll start fighting again, then they're fine.
I understand i have a dominant female on my hands, but are these little spats normal? should I seperate them before the problem gets worse? why are they fighting all of a sudden? Is her size a factor?
Thanks for any/all advice you can give me ~M~

P.s. there are plenty of basking spots and each IG has their own food dish. The 2 new igs are DEFINETLY female.

I would separate them before someone gets hurt badly. This
is not uncommon. I would never house mine together and they
are male and female.

Linda

Igs are solitary creatures that do not do well sharing cages. You are very likely to come home to a seriously injured or dead ig. You need to separate them immediately. Very occasionally people can raise igs together in the same enclosure but this is the exception, not the rule. Even then, there are stories of people who have had igs cohabitating for years peacefully, and then suddenly their is a change in behavior and one will hurt or kill the other. There is alot of good information you can look at on www.greenigsociety.org.
Best of luck with your igs.