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Theres a baby iguana at a pet store 12 in long and he's real skiny and been geting worse,well Im sure I will be going and getting him. I would like to know from you guys what should I be looking for. He'll be going to my reptile vet, And I have other reptiles and know the normale stuff to look for but I do belive that there are little things that are different from one type of lizard to another, thay have diferent ways of telling you things. so please let me know any little things that you think could help.I understand how much room and time iguanas need I have been doing a lot of reading the past few days. thank you kate
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personally i would talk to the owners of the pet store. give them a care sheet and refer them to kingsnake.com. if they still dont seem like they want to care for the ig call the humane society or another organization. if this would be your first ig i really dont suggest getting it. you want a healthy,alert, fat little baby thats not going to give you too much trouble. aside from that, giving them your money for a sick animal is just going to perpetuate their cruelty. they will take your money and go buy another sickly little iguana and think they can sell that too.
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Hey, I know you want to do right by the little guy/gal, but you're only encouraging the pet store to continue selling igs. I agree with herp girl. Report them to humane society asap. J

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He would not be my first iguana,an ig was the first reptlie I had but that was a long time ago,I know if I bring the little guy home it does not stop the pet store, but the little guy dieing does not stop them, they do and get more. I'll see what I can do and I'll talk to the owner of the store. thank you
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1.1 100% albino het boas
1.0 columbian boa
1.1 100% albino het ball pythons(rean/specker)
1.1 bearded dragons
1.0.2 argentine b/w tegu(tegus/qaz/keegan)
1.0 akita/shepherd(cajiun)
0.1 coonhound/pitbull(tasha)
0.1 crazy cat(koonos)
1.1 paint horse apha(ripley/comet)
1.6 AQHA horses
? hermanns tortoise