If I get to missing Luca too much, King always pulls through. The other day he came home from work asking me "Didn't Luca want a solider crab for a pet?" (hermit crab to us state-siders)What he really meant was, "I found a baby iguana at work today and brought it home and it's in the bucket by the door. Can we keep it?!? Please, please please!!!!" I know King is 40, but I don't think he knows it. I told him to call Luca and work it out because I am NOT going to take care of it.
Day one....I fed it, I held it, I gave it water. The good thing about this pet is that we can let it go into the wild. I am totally going to put it outside when the the first of these two things happen. 1. It gets big. 2. It is not being taken care of. I would put money on #2 happening first. Although, I will admit that he is cute and I like him :-)
Iguana facts.... They can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh up to 18lbs. They can live for 20 years. They are herbivores and should only eat plants, NO bugs! Iguanas are excellent swimmers. They can fall 40 feet (from a tree) and still be ok. Iguanas kept in captivity as a pet either die, or let loose, or given away within the first year. In Central America, iguana meat is called "bamboo chicken" or "chicken of the trees".
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