I'm trying to document the oldest "lived' or living captive born green Iguana. I have one born Dec.1990. (his w.c. Father lived 25 yrs) Vic Morgan
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oldest living CB Iguana
emysbreeder
May 12, 2012 06:20 AM
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Paradon
May 12, 2012 05:53 PM
30 year old when it died, I think.
Paradon
May 12, 2012 05:56 PM
They can live quite a long time...
emysbreeder
May 13, 2012 08:24 PM
You think? Question was "oldest CAPTIVE BORN Green Iguana" Oldest WC documented many years back was 27 yrs. I cant use an "I think" Dated pictures verafyed ect. VM
Paradon
May 14, 2012 01:22 AM
I read from "Green Iguana The Ultimate Owner's Manual" by James W. Hatfield III. Apparently, this owner had had it for 29 years...so it was probably well over 30 years old. It is well documented with a lot of green iguanas who have lived for a number of years, but then there are the ones that died from horrible malnutrition, too. Their diet are quite complicated and not a lot of people knows that when they buy a green iguana. 
emysbreeder
May 14, 2012 07:31 AM
That is a creditable source for sure but was it CAPTIVE BORN (excluding Farm Raised in situ). I do not have his book on hand. I'm also looking for people who have raised CB Iguanas themselfs that have pics ect. Mine was published in the League of Florida Herp.Societes in 1990. Dated photo's (35mm slides)and Video Film. Vic Morgan
Paradon
May 14, 2012 12:27 PM
He said the iguana was raised during the dark period when their wasn't much information on how to feed and care for it properly. I'm not sure if iguana back was mostly farm raised or not.
emysbreeder
May 15, 2012 10:35 PM
They were taken from the wild for the most part until the 90's. One story was they were "Pesk" to farmers because the females would lay eggs in the freshly tilled and planted farm land. When the babies hatched they would eat the new budding crops. An America Reptile Exporter was collecting Reptiles in Suriname and noticed that children were payed to walk up and down the planted crops and kill the babies with sticks. The Exporter made a deal with the farmers and Government to instead collect up the Aagu-pesk Iguanas and the Exporter would pay them so much a head for the Iguanas. The Iguanas were not killed, the Gov. had a quota and tax that was reached this way instead of collecting in the Forest. The American Pet trade got the Greenest baby Green Iguanas that ever came in just in time for Christmass. They were very bright green but the smallest baby Igs I ever saw, but beauty's. Oddly they lost that color as adults and most turned out to be a very dull color with little to no banding/patterns. And that was one story about the so called DARK Times. Vic Morgan
