Something else I noticed. When she gets too warm she goes into panic mode. This morning when I went to get her the heating pad was off. Maybe when I turned it down around 4 I accidentally turned it off. She was cold and calm. No scratching or wild panic. Maybe I should turn if off early, early. I do turn it on medium when she first goes to sleep but I don't want her to freeze. What to do?
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I guess she's NOT going to calm down. It's been 6 months now and she still flies around the cage in a wild panic.
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I had all good intentions when I bought her but sometimes you just got what you got.

Wiix,

I am sorry your iguana is not getting more calm. I'm sure you are feeling disappointed. Maybe she will settle a little more in time. Some of us are just kind of excitable I guess...

I know you are working with her a lot and giving her lots of love. I hope she comes around.


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I am sure he will come around sooner or later. With my experience, it takes time and patience. I have had some take around 18 months to two years to settle down, and others that were calm from day one. Just keep at you routine and she will eventually settle down.

I have noticed in the past few weeks that he will allow me to stroke his back before I pick him up. He sure is packing on the ounces. He is actually a handful now. Still too little to trim his needle-like nails. When he tries to get away from me, he really digs in and rips my skin. THAT'S an ouchie.
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He has actually drawn blood a few times. I keep switching back and forth from he to she and back to he but I really do think he's a male now. I can see two little bumps on either side of his vent.


Guess I'll have to take him out more. I used to spend a lot of time with my other ones. Not so much so far with this one.

I've had a few that reached this size. They were fun.
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I figured he's eventually charge at that mirror.
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I feel adventuress today. After I had him in the tub for a while I put him on the window sill in the sun. He's there now, and calm, so I'll allow him to sit there for a while.
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We'll have to see how this works out.
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I left him in the sun for a good 20 minutes. When I went in to check on him he started to get crazy so back in the tank he went. All in all not bad for his first time loose. He didn't try to hide. We'll try it again in the next few days.
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It's funny, in all the times I've held him and he's wiggled and squirmed and tried to get free he's never tried to get away. Hmmm
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