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i finally got "green iguana, the ultimate owners manual" i am only about 200 pages into it (its over 600 pages long) but its really good.i would reccomend that and iguanas for dummies to anyone thats even thinking about getting an ig. read them. read them both, and from cover to cover. how many people have read this? and what do you guys think about it.
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"it takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal, and an even smaller person to eat it."

"it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
1.0.0 bearded dragon
1.1.0 green iguana
0.0.1 columbian tegu
1.1.0 knight anole
0.1.0 green anole
0.1.0 asian longtail grass lizard
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake
0.1.0 siberian husky
1.1.0 ratties
0.1.0 hedgie

I loved that book. There is plenty of ingo there.

Cindy

I have read (and own) both "Iguanas for Dummies" and "Green Iguana; The Ultimate Owners manual". Kaplan's book is very good for basics of lighting, heat, and diet. I disagree with the idea of having to "dominate" your iguana to be sure it knows you are the Alpha ig. My wife and I took the approach of "Let's raise our iguana like she was one of our children. Give her lots of love, and you'll get love back. The fact that she has never bit us, or tail whipped us, in 5 years seems to indicate that our way has been a sucess. Hatfeild's book is good too, but he underestimate's iguanas' intelligence. For instance, there is a section of the book where he goes on about how important it is not to let your iguana sit on your head when they are young. Hatfeild believes that the iguana will try to sit on your head as an adult, and fall off, scratching your face. In fact, what happens is the iguana soon realizes that it has become too large to comfortably sit on your head, and will stand on your back, with their hands on your head, looking over your head. This is what out iguana, Iggi does. She is 5 years old, and much too large to sit on my wife's head. She still enjoys riding around on her back, with her back legs on each of my wife's shoulders, and her hands lightly resting on my wife's head. Iggi will peek over the top of her head, and watch where my wife is going.

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Lamar, Debbie, Nathaniel and Iggi :>~

You can also go to Melissa Kaplin site and get the information from there. There are even more topics she covers, that are not in the book. It's very informative. She taught me how to care for other reptiles a great deal, not just Iguanas. I just recently bought a young green ig., and he/she is thriving on the diet she recommended.

Here is her site:
http://www.anapsid.org

yea i have her book and his, along with many many other books and a stack of herp mags that weighs like 100 pounds lol. i think out of all the books i have read i like iguanas for dummies and green iguana the ultimate owners manual the best. i am thinking about building the ultimate iguana habitat for my female ig but i am not sure yet. has anyone here built one? it is in appendix D of the book.
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"it takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal, and an even smaller person to eat it."

"it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
1.0.0 bearded dragon
1.1.0 green iguana
0.0.1 columbian tegu
1.1.0 knight anole
0.1.0 green anole
0.1.0 asian longtail grass lizard
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake
0.1.0 siberian husky
1.1.0 ratties
0.1.0 hedgie

I also have this book since I purchased my iguana 3 yrs ago and I still use it today!!! EXCELLENT BOOK! I recommend everyone own this book!