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Pet Iguana Plays Fetch

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My iguana was very friendly with people and dogs (minus just a few he didn’t like). In fact, he looked a lot like the iguana in this video.

Here’s the secret. Iguanas come into this world as social animals. The eggs hatch and the babies look out for one another. Before long, they outgrow that and go their separate ways.

But if you adopt one when it’s still just this little green thing who likes to ride on your shoulder, he will remain a social animal for all his life. Humans, dogs, cats–these lizards are quick to make friends.

And they’ll even play Fetch with you.

Huggable Iguana

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See this little tiny tot hug and cuddle a rather large iguana. It sure looks like my iguana, which I had for 17 years. They’re social animals, and mine thought he he was a mammal. So he acted like one. Raise them as babies to grow up to be good pets, and that’s what they’ll be.

Lap Lizard

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I hope you’re not put off by lizards. Here’s an iguana who jumps onto her daddy’s lap when he coaxes her. Iguana are social animals. My iguana thought he was a mammal and acted accordingly. Oh., he was okay with other lizards. But he really preferred the company of humans, dogs, and cats.

I found something very rewarding in that!

The Affectionate Iguana

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A lot of people won’t believe you if you tell them an iguana can make a very nice and affectionate pet; but I’m here–along with this video–to tell you that they’re wrong. Indeed, this iguana looks very much like mine, although mine was older and a little bigger. I had him for 17 years.

If you get your iguana as a baby and take the trouble to raise him not as a curiosity but as a real pet, you’ll get a real pet. My iguana had dog and cat friends that he liked to cuddle up with if it was a cold day. His cage was always left open; he always went back in when he had to do his business. Even my mother loved him.

Sometimes you don’t have to be warm-blooded to have a warm heart.

‘My Iguana’ (2013)

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The iguana in this picture looks exactly like mine.

This pet of mine died in 1978, and I still miss him. Well, I had him 17 years: that’s a long time.

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True, you couldn’t get him to play fetch or hide-and-seek; but in all other respects, he was all that could be desired in a pet. He and our cat Buster would have gotten along like a house on fire.

It’s amazing what love and kindness can do.

Iguana Has Breakfast… with Cat?

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Sorry, I couldn’t resist posting this. The iguana in this video looks so much like my iguana did when he was young. You can tell this is a young iguana by his build, by the still barely visible baby-stripes on his dewlap, and by the fact that none of the soft spines on his back have been worn off yet.

You can also tell that this is a good iguana who’s been raised right. He has learned not to be afraid of the cat; in fact, they’re probably friends. The cat has been taught good manners, too. You can see he’s just dying to play with that long, green tail–but he restrains himself.

My mother, my wife, and my neighbor all got into preparing very nice salads for my iguana. It’s very gratifying to feed someone who’s always glad to get it. Nor will I ever forget my mother going around the multiflorabunda rose hedge with a jar to catch bugs for my small lizards. Ma, those were good days!