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Hi, I am new to this forum and Cyclura. I kept mostly dwarf monitors and tortoises. But couple months ago, I purchased 4 months old Rhino from KS classflied.
He is the most wonderful and responsive lizard I ever kept.
He never tried to bite or whip his tail. He was a bit frightly at first. Now he is pretty calm inside his cage. He let me touch and pick him up without any problem. The only thing is he sometimes rise up all his leg when I tried to pet him. I just wonder whether this is a defensive behavior or he enjoys my petting?
I feed him mostly collards, tulip greens, dandelion green,
watercress, pea tips, dinosaur kale and mustard green. I add about 10 to 20% bit size carrot, squash, dandelion flowers
and occasionally grape as a treat. I hand feed him every few days with his favourite leaves or squash.
Anyway, just want to say hi to everyone and share some pictures.

nice lookin rhino. lots of rhino experience on this forum but not the chattiest group.
If you have a question just post it. He is calm now but let him settle in. we will be hearing from you just remember, patience. They are great fun!

Welcome to the forum, looks like you have a nice healthy tame rhino iguana at a young age -- good going ! The posture that you describe -- standing up on all 4, arching the tail and back while closing the eyes is what I consider a submissive posture. It does seem that the iguanas are enjoying being petted while in this posture. I have some that assume this posture every time I get near them. The one below will assume this posture for my kids, but runs when I come near. A defensive posture can look similar, except that the eyes stay open and the body is contorted tall and narrow -- making the lizard look bigger on a side view.