dazla Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Just thought I'd introduce Iggy He's about 4 foot head to tail and getting a right handful:D http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m144/dazla_61/?action=view¤t=iggi003.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safely Insured Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 that name must have taken a while to come up with Nice pet... i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 He's cool as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 that name must have taken a while to come up with Nice pet... i think Its the name he had when i rescued him:D Here's a better pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 i had one of them for about two days, it was a baby about a foot ish long, fine in the pet shop but when i got him home it hated me so it went back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chumpalot Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 i had one of them for about two days, it was a baby about a foot ish long, fine in the pet shop but when i got him home it hated me so it went back I admire your dedication I really do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I admire your dedication I really do. thanks mate i also had a gekco that hated me, went back too. i have two royal pythons at the mo and have had them about a year,they like but know what will happen if they piss me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I thought you meant tea, as in a cup of tea DOH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 thanks mate i also had a gekco that hated me, went back too. i have two royal pythons at the mo and have had them about a year,they like but know what will happen if they piss me off Lol! Maybe you just get bored of them quickly, that's what I do, I bought some Chinchilla's but they used to kick sand everywhere so I sold them and I bought a cute baby rat but then it got big and ugly and mean so I sold him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I thought you meant tea, as in a cup of tea DOH!! Haha that's what I imagined too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Not as good a name as Pancake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hmm I thought he was really cool but those weird bobble bits that look like extra weird eyeballs are turning my stomach - what the hell are they!?!?!? They SHINE in the video? So what can you do with them? Can you pick them up and stuff, do they have distinct personalities and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Fat shiny bits:d They enable the iguana to store fats, in case food is scarce. He escaped 2 years ago and manged to get in to the wall cavities, he was there for a whole week and when i got him out he had no fat shiny things left. It was a horrible experience:( He was very nasty when i got him. He came with a 6 foot fish tank Which he hated, but i just couldn't afford to buy a huge vivarium to house him. I have small scares all over my arms through scraches and bites:blink: But i love him. He's calmed down now a hell of a lot since the incident with the house wall. I think its because i built him a new home from a huge corner and single wardrobe, he loves it now. He loves his walks on the lead as well. up and down the street, but only in summer:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcol Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Not as good a name as Pancake. I agree totally mine still whips and bites (bless him) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I thought you meant tea, as in a cup of tea DOH!! Me too, must be an SA thing I reckon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 must be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Fat shiny bits:d They enable the iguana to store fats, in case food is scarce. He escaped 2 years ago and manged to get in to the wall cavities, he was there for a whole week and when i got him out he had no fat shiny things left. It was a horrible experience:( He was very nasty when i got him. He came with a 6 foot fish tank Which he hated, but i just couldn't afford to buy a huge vivarium to house him. I have small scares all over my arms through scraches and bites:blink: But i love him. He's calmed down now a hell of a lot since the incident with the house wall. I think its because i built him a new home from a huge corner and single wardrobe, he loves it now. He loves his walks on the lead as well. up and down the street, but only in summer:D Hmmm so you can't have them removed or anything? Sick. I like the idea of them and apart from the fat-sacks he looks really cool. Not sure I could cope with the anger!! I best stick to my bed hogging dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Video needs "nom nom nom" subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cable Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 he's a big lad isn't he? Makes my beardie seem so much smaller now, a lot less effort aswell lol. Looks cool tho.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultra_supra Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 WOW - thats one cool pet!! i wanna get sumthin along those lines like a lizard or sumthin very:cool: anyway fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Be warned though people, They need exercise daily and they tend to wreck your house with the claws:rolleyes: Tbh i dont agree with keeping these sort of pets as i think its abit cruel. But i'm a sucker for animals and this one needed rescuing off some idiot who nearly let him die. glad i've got him now though, he's part of the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 How do you exercise them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Let him roam the house but i stay with him now at all times. He also has a harness so i can take him for a walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazla Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Speaking of hard work here's a little story of what happened 2 years ago. Its abit long but stick with me. I got him out for his exercise and left him in the front room on the sofa while i made the tea. 5 minutes later he's gone:rolleyes: i checked the house top to bottom for 6 hours and found nothing, i went to bed not knowing what to think or do. the next day it hit me:blink: We was having a new bathroom and the bath panel had been left off (OH SHIT) he had only made his way into the house wall cavities:blink: I went and bought infrared cameras to search down the hole but found nothing. 3 days later I was abit of a wreck and upset, coudnt sleep just knowing he must be stuck in the wall then all of a sudden i could hear him scraping him self down the landing wall, now i am not embarrassed to see that i wept like a little girl, I just felt so helpless. 5 days later I could still hear him but this time he was level with the attic. I rushed up and began to knock bricks out of the wall not even thinking about the house but with all the racket he just kept rising higher and higher until he got to the apex off the roof then i just coudnt hear nothing. Bearing in mind iggi was 3 feet long with a body the size of huge forearm. he was scraping through mortar in the cavities with a gap off 3inch wide, It just broke my heart:( Day 7 enough's enough, i called my mate who's a builder and he came round, we had to knock 78 bricks out of the attic wall and there he was nearly dieing gasping for air. I had to chisel around his body as he was wedge in behind all the mortar spillage on the brick. Then he just fell into my arms. That moment was unreal he clung to me and just wouldnt let go as he was gasping for air and his little eye's wouldn't open because they were full of dust. I coudnt hold back my happy tears, my mate even shed a tear:) vets said i was very lucky, one more day and he probably would of died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 So the moral of the story is don't leave your bath panel side off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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