our igauna was pretty calm when we brought it home then after a month he cought agressive. do i jus need to get him out more. is there a way of bribbing him with food or something when i get him out
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Handle him lots. Start with just having your hand in the tank. If he's tolerating that, then start picking him up. And I so agree with the gloves...unless you don't mind taking a nasty bite...and an iguana bite can defiently be nasty. Another trick I used with a highly agressive make I had was about 20 minutes or so before I was going to handle him, I dropped the temperature in the tank a bit...not enough to harm him, but maybe about 5 or so degrees colder. It made him more receptive to being handled because my body heat helped to warm him.
Unfortunately, you may find that no matter what, you may NEVER be able to handle him. Some iguanas will take to it and actually appear to like it, some will just tolerate it and some will never allow it.
When you do try to handle him and he thrashes his tail, bites, etc, that is his way of telling you he doesn't want to be touched. But you'll need to try and work through that and hold him anyway...but for short periods of time. Don't stress him too bad or he can get sick. Just be patient...it takes time. Good luck!!
This is a good sign-agression usually mean they are healthy. I would just handle him regularly, and use gloves when you first pick him up, to prevent injuries from the tail, lol. You should also join this site online, as you can become friends with other iguana owners: www.repticzone.com
Get a good pair of gloves (to avoid personal injury) and handle the Iguana as much as possible. My Iguana loves fresh fruit. Here is a link that you might find helpful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/green_iguan...
I've read that iguanas get more aggressive as they age.
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