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Yesterday: Sweet, docile, pretty-colored love-muffin iguana.

Today: Thrashing, whipping, mouth-gaping, neon-colored woman-hating iguana.

Even though I still brave the bath-time handling, as soon as I put him down in the tub, he puffs up sideways, opens his mouth wide, and whips his tail like an outboard motor.

Evil, I tell you!! And yet he only headbobs at my boyfriend.

It's amazing how he goes into this literally overnight (the iguana, not the boyfriend.)

Anybody else's green guy into "the most wonderful time of the year" yet?

LOL,
I noticed the same thing out of mine just in the last day and a half or 2. BUT i am a male. Mine is ALWAYS fiesty and part of that is my fault. I am a very busy person and don't devote nearly as much time as should towards him, so he is not "tame".

But just this morning I was TRYING to feed him by simply putting his food in his cage and he went NUTS. He came charging at me.....which is new, sometimes so tail whipping and snears...but charged at me right out of the cage...LOL.

I rounded him up and put him back in, but I was laughing the whole time because he was being such a BAD @%#. I am laughing just typing this.

So I am thinking that this is the same thing with me....the mating season.
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Mike
0.0.1 Green Iguana
0.0.1 Pac Man Frog
1.1.0 Albino African Clawed Frog
1.0.0 Corn Snake
1.0.0 BIG Golden Retriever 105 lbs

Hasn't hit us yet, but I noticed the other day that his spikes are starting to turn orange, so I'm bracing myself. He didn't go too crazy last year, so I'm hopeful it won't be too bad...
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0.1.0 Ball Python - Shaman
1.0.0 Green Iguana - Ike
1.0.0 Tokay Gecko - Fang
2.2.0 Cats - Pumpkin, Furball, Pixie, Stitch
1.0.0 Cockatiel - Ozzy
0.1.0 Budgie - Tweetie
1.0.0 Dwarf Rabbit - Floyd, R.I.P. Rascal
0.0.1 Rat who was too friendly to be eaten - Scabbers

Wow! You're a brave person!
Thank goodness Gahzirra doesn't seem to be experiencing this...yet. I have a feeling that once he starts regaining his health, and he hits his first breeding season, he's going to be a handful! He's already become quite feisty in the 2 1/2 weeks he's been with me, so I can only imagine what his hormone induced psychosis will be like! LOL! I hope that by handling him often every day will help settle him before that happens! I can't say I'm really looking foreward to his becoming a lashing, biting, attitude machine...LOL!
How long does breeding season usually last? Are there certain months (like during the spring/summer time) that they do this? Does the length of the days determine when it's breeding season?
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Meredith
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"What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak; What will people do when they find out it's true?
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak; Cause there ain't no disguising the truth!"
(DC Talk: Jesus Freak; 1995 Virgin Records)

A lot of people have iguanas who were adopted when they weren't very healthy, and I think that really messes up their breeding pattern.

Last breeding season started in October and went through January. The one before that started in December and went through to about March. So, it seems to be pretty random for Bud, but there's a definate start and end to it.

And he's still beautiful to see during breeding season, even if he tries to bite me.

>A lot of people have iguanas who were adopted when they weren't very healthy, and I think that really messes up their breeding pattern.<

Yeah, I'd have to agree with ya here...it's that way with most things I think.

>Last breeding season started in October and went through January. The one before that started in December and went through to about March. So, it seems to be pretty random for Bud, but there's a definate start and end to it.<

So we're looking at possibly several months of hormone-driven behavior, or just a few weeks of brutish behavior within those months? I know I'm such a newbie! I just have so much to learn still!

>And he's still beautiful to see during breeding season, even if he tries to bite me.<

Agreed!

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Meredith
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"What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak; What will people do when they find out it's true?
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak; Cause there ain't no disguising the truth!"
(DC Talk: Jesus Freak; 1995 Virgin Records)

This may soung very gross, and a little strange, but what works for my iguana during breeding season is just to let him get it out of his system. We give him a stuffed animal to get affectionate with, and he calms down. Haven't had any problems with him since we started doing that.
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~*Chibi*~
Sir Iggy ( 1.0.0 El Salvador Blue Iguana), Ryo-ohki, Orion, Bud, & Finnegan (3.1.0 crazy kitties), Rosebud (0.1.0 cockerspaniel), Trixie and Kayko (0.1.1 leopard gecko)