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I have a leo geck now and a green anole but I want more
Im very interested in a DI or Collard. What is the min size aquarium needed for a DI. I have access to a 55 gal.. Also its appears there a very few breeders and Aug may be soonest any avail. With that in mind that must mean there is a price to go with it. What do they run from juv to adult to even wild caught?
All these questions so far are for a DI by the way.

If a DI is to expensive or to rare I have a good resource for Collard Lizards just wondered if one would be happy in a 20 long?

Thanks

I own a female desert iguana, named Holly. SHe is about 13 inches but I hear they can get to be up to 18 inches long. I have her in a 75 gallon cage, which is quite generous, but a 55 gallon would be definately big enough for a desert iguana. I bought her for $49.99 at Petland discounts. ALso DI's are so sweet and they are active during the day. My Holly has such a cute personality...she loves to dig, and loves to grab her vitamins every morning off of a stick(the nutri cal gel. She comes running across the cage every morning to get her vitamins and a nice fresh bowl of collards, dandelion greens and Bok Choy. At night when the lights go out (they are on a timer) she goes in her cave and closes up the door of her cave with sand. She won't come out until morning. (You can see a picture of her doing this below). She also does this thing when she finishes eating she wiggles her belly into the sand. It is so funny to see. They are gentle and nearly ever bite or open their mouths. The only thing is that you have to make sure the temperature and UV lights are provided. The temperature must be from 90-100 degrees during the day, with a basking spot up to 110 degrees. It can go down to 80-90 degrees at night. I have had collareds as well and do not highly recommend them. Their nice, but can be a little nasty and hard to handle. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Was yours CB? They just seem so rare. I will check internet more.
Thanks for info

They seem very cool, Im very excited to find one. Do you have rocks and tunnels in your set up?

you can see the rocks, cave, large branch on the right for basking, and bromalaid plants (which are dyiing because I don't tend to them enough). You can see her sitting up top right basking under the ceramic heat lamp(although the top of the cage is open right there). What does CB mean? Sorry im new with the lingo. She makes her own mountains and hills with the sand, rearranging it as she sees fit.

this is why...she had a problem with getting up in the middle of the night and sleeping most of the day, so she didn't get the uv rays and heat she neeeded, so now I take her cave out during the day, and as soon as I put it in at night she goes right in and goes to sleep. But she does have a smaller more open cave toward the right side that she keeps in there all day.

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I read on the internet and asked my vet and found out that haibernation or not has not proved either way in captivity to be a plus or minus.

A lot of lizards will not give you the option...if you have a desert ig that is persistent about hibernating, you will only watch it wither away to nothing if you don't allow it...that, or stress it out. John Styner found that even under optimal conditions, his lizards would hibernate about 9 months (correct me if I'm wrong John) out of the year last season...

Pretty amazing. In general terms, I would agree with you vet. I think (just opinion) longevity would be increased in those specimens that are hiberated.

John

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be in a cave or tunnel most of the day? I have a gecko that spends approx 21 out of 24 hours in hide. hehe

I know DI's are supposed to bask but the hibernation thing scares me.

Do collards go into hibernation like that?

She looks like she is quite happy!