my big iguana is mean and my little one is nice
2007-02-16 12:46:53 · 9 answers · asked by kenyatta m 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Well your older iguana is more mature and there for has established a territory which would be the cage that it lives in. I have had the same problem before and the only thing that you can do is wait. If the older Iguana is starting to attack the younger on you need to get the younger one out and into another cage. thats the only thing that i can suggest. I had two that i put into a cage and they seemed to get along just fine for about 5-6 months, then after one got more mature than the other it started to get more fierce and would chace and sometimes nip at the slightly younger iguana. so my advice would be to just watch them closely and if worse comes to worse you will have to seperate them. Good Luck.
2007-02-16 13:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by xrose_of_shyronx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best advice is to remove the smallest one before the larger one kills it. You can determine the sex of both by looking inside the hind legs. If you see little dots going along the inside of both legs, the iguanas are males and they need to be separated immediately. Males also bob the head up and down. Even though the younger one is nice now, doesn't mean that it will be the same as an adult. The temperament of an iguana is not predictable.
2007-02-17 02:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iguanas do not normally get along and can be very aggressive to other iguanas. So it is better for both of them to keep them seperate. Go to this website it has great info, even info on housing more then one iguana together. Look up housing and diet.
www.anapsid.org
2007-02-16 22:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These personalities are typical for their ages. Babys are usually nice, if a bit wild if they haven't been handled very often. As an iguana matures, they will get more territorial. If they are both males, you will never be able to keep them together.
See this link for info on iguana behavior: http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/index.html
2007-02-16 22:31:41 · answer #4 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
great answers on all I have 2 one 4 1/2 feet and the other 2 1/2 feet long the younger one actually tries to be the aggressor so he gets the cage the older one is much more docile and he gets the top and free range of the house he rarely uses his freedom he has everything he needs there and he potty trained himself he chose a towel i had on the floor it gets changed daily and no matter where it gets moved he finds it and uses it. but they do not hang together in the wild except to mate normally. if you cannot afford a cage right now you can make one depending on the size of your lizard out of wood and other stuff around the house even a piece of cardboard used as a separator can be used for a short period of time in your existing cage if space allows. its better than the alternative of wounds and injuries to one or both of the lizards.
2007-02-17 11:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by lizardman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not suggest tryin git unless you want your little one to get hurt. They are territorial and should be housed alone.
2007-02-20 16:18:35 · answer #6 · answered by Dale d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their probably both males seperate them or they will hurt each other.
2007-02-17 19:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by lizardlover42000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've got two males in the same cage, it's not gonna happen.
2007-02-16 23:33:52 · answer #8 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The answer to that is blinkers for both of them!
2007-02-17 01:38:17 · answer #9 · answered by Sligo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋