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i know what its like to have to find good owners -our dog (when i was like 13 had puppies and we had to fin d good owners for all 6 of them! and all of them are alive and healthy except one-she got hit by a car-yes very sad-the owners were crushed-alot of these igs i am gonna give out only to good owners (90% of them being my friends) - and i am not gonna breed my igs until they are like 8 or 9. so don't worry about it-i am not another one o fthose asses just trying to makje profit-i just LOVE igs-best pets there are!!!!!! If you agree post a reply as AGREE

Nick

What part of "don't breed them" do you not understand?

Do you think all these people are full of crap & know nothing of what they've shared with you? YOU asked. YOU posted.

If you love the igs so much, and want to share the wonderful world of igs with your friends, encourage them to adopt. Question...where do you find so many friends willing to spend thousands of dollars during the course of an igs life & many, MANY hours of time that needs to be spent with them?

If you have so many such friends, have them contact your local rescues...these people would be the answer to a lot of igs dreams.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of igs who are sick, in pain, depressed & not well cared for. If you want to share your world....SUGGEST ADOPTION.

For every baby ig you breed & find a home for, if you can, that's one more ig who may well die cause no place was available for them.

Why would you do that? Help the ones who are here already & need help. Don't add to the problem.

Terri

the problem with your little speech is that the nearest shelter with igs is like 100 miles away-there are no discarded iguanas in elizabethtown ,ky if you can find a shelter i would be glad to refer them to it-but you know what buddy there isn't on ewithin 100 miles that why i had to rescue both of mine from pet shop otherwise they would prolly be dead and i would have no iggis have anything to say now? i don't think you do and that pretty gay that you don't agree that igs are the coolest pet there is-i think so

My god... Your responses to peoples well thought out replies makes me believe you are not mature enough to handle what you have! Your igs are too young to even tell if they are male or female. Why don't you wait until your igs are adults. By then, you may decide (especially if they are both male) that you have got enough to deal with, let alone a whole bunch of babies...

You sound (and type) like my 10 year old son. Two words for you....spell....check. You are also acting exactly like he does when he hears something he doesn't want to hear.

If your friends are so hot to get an iguana, ADOPT! The fact that you have missed the point completely tells me you don't have it all together.

If your friends really want an ig...ADOPT...that was the point. Tell them to try surfing the web. It's how I found Forest & yes a long drive (over 100 miles) brought him to us. Consider it a test as to how bad you really want an ig.

Why would you add to the HUGE problem of homeless & unwanted iguanas? THAT was the point.

As far as you posting a question & then not liking the answers..ie...we assume too much & "are annoying as hell"...if you were looking for a pat on the back & an "it's OK to treat people like that"...I ain't that person.

So get over it or don't post questions that you obviously don't want to hear opinions or answers to.

Time for my PMS medicine! Hehe

you are just teh same as you were a few months ago when you werent listening to any one... you ask for advice and we give it and you just dont listen..
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I breed dogs, top of the line dogs, in a breed that is sharp, strong and difficult to find good homes for. Even with all that, I have far less trouble finding good homes for a puppy than I would for an iguana, and I have many, many less puppies than an iguana would have iglets. My dogs hold multiple high level titles before I even consider using them, and must show, without question, outstanding conformation, temperment and work ethic. THAT is what breeding animals is about - improving the breed of animal you love, so that a market that wants them and can handle them can have a good healthy pet.

You want to breed iguanas? Why on earth would you even think of starting with ones that have had massive health problems, and continue to by your own posts? Let alone the fact that they are not a pet that people keep... hundreds are dumped, if not thousands, every year. My dogs sell for upwards of $1000 US, and believe me I do not even come close to breaking even on the bills - I do it out of love for my breed and because I greatly enjoy competing with my dogs in multiple disciplines.

If you want to be taken seriously, if you want people to believe you know what you're doing, than talk like you do. Bad grammer, bad spelling, hissy fits and temper tantrums don't help you. People are trying to give you good, solid advice that you don't want to take, don't be upset because you asked for opinions and they didn't agree with what you wanted to hear.

I can't add much to what's already been said except this:

Even if you do have a male and a female, if you got them from the same store, they are probably related. It doesn't matter whether you bought them at the same time or not. Inbreeding is cruel and creates weak offspring who will have a variety of genetic-linked health problems their entire lives.

How would you feel if your mother and father were brother and sister?

And finding homes for iguanas - a high maintenance, exotic animal - is different from finding homes for dogs. Dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years. People know what they're getting into when they get a dog. And it's irresponsible to sell a pet to a minor without 100% parent involvement and commitment along with education. Now you're going to tell us you have 30 friends who are 1. interested in iguanas 2. are either over 18 years old or have 100% emotional and financial support from their parents and 3. already learning all they can about these animals? If you answered "yes" to all these questions, I'd say you're full of BS.

There is no good reason for breeding and animal that is already so unwanted.. If you want to breed something that is fun and easy, get some sea monkeys.

Alika