Caught Him On The Roof

[cabinetman]

Caught a glimpse this morning of this baby iguana on one of my shed roofs. He's about a foot long. Could be a movie called: Iguana On A Hot Tin Roof.
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[TB Roye]

Are Iquanas native to Florida or is he the offspring on an escapee or one that was released?

Tom

[cabinetman]

Are Iquanas native to Florida or is he the offspring on an escapee or one that was released?

Tom

For as many as I see, I would guess they are native to Florida. The largest one I've found in the yard was about 4' long. A buddy of mine lives further west from me in a wooded area like mine, and has a resident iguana about 5' - 6' long.
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[MikeMcCoy]

They aren't native but seem to be spreading. When I lived in Pensacola and had a couple of mild winters, they were really flourishing. Then we had two unusually cold winters and they disappeared. Here's an article about the Boca Raton area:

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/26/St...ana_infe.shtml

[Uncle Cracker]

Actually C-Man, green iguanas are not native to Florida, instead having been introduced there from other areas of the Caribbean (since so much freight and travel changes hands there). The climate in southernmost Florida is mild enough to allow them to survive the winters and reproduce, hence the proliferation you have seen, but still they are just transplants (much like people from Ohio and so forth ). Seen a few of the critters here in Central FL over the years, but each cold winter kills them off for a while.

[scmhogg]

Cab,

That fellow looks a bit more than a foot long even if you measure him N/V.

He is probably on your metal roof to help him digest his food. Iguanas need to lay on a warm surface to heat their gut. In captivity you have to provide them with a "hot rock" or a heating pad.

My son's iguana Roxie died recently. He was her second owner, and we had her for over 10 years. She was a really nice animal. She would sit on my son's shoulder wherever he went.

Steve

[Daryl]

what are you guana do with him?

[Bruce Cohen]

They're really good grilled with Pineapple salsa.

Bruce

[Crash2510]

catching some rays before he turns to eat your trees

[gsmittle]

Caught a glimpse this morning of this baby iguana on one of my shed roofs. He's about a foot long. Could be a movie called: Iguana On A Hot Tin Roof.
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Or Day of the Iguana, just to stick to Tennessee Williams...

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[steve-norrell]

That guy is at least as interesting as this one . . . .

. . . . and probably eats less of your prized yard plants.

Oh, almost forgot, that white stuff all over the ground is snow -- surely you folks from the southern part of America know about snow! Its melting here, but still has a ways to go.

Regards, Steve

[Uncle Cracker]

Oh, almost forgot, that white stuff all over the ground is snow -- surely you folks from the southern part of America know about snow!

Yes, I do. Looks great on Christmas cards... That's why I live in the southern part of America, by the way... I like to actually have sensation in my kibbles 12 months out of the year...

[steve-norrell]

Speaking of snow, we have to get the studded tires off the cars and trucks by May 1; we can put them back on in mid-September. Just think - - studded tires are legal for almost eight months of the year. Time to start thinking about changing the tires.

Regards, Steve

[430752]

I'm so glad I live in NJ, or in any major northern metro area for that matter. Iguanas, snakes, gators, scorpions, coyotes, etc., etc. We've long disposed of wildlife, and trees and grass and the like. If it can't be molded, poured, extruded or cast, we don't want it. Sometimes we get deer, what the heck is that about? Not enough hunters, **** lazy hunters. And sometimes out west, we get bear. Bear! and the mambies don't want them killed. What the freak do bear have doing south of canada or east of minnesota? I tell you, this country is going to bunk when wildlife is reclaiming the earth. More pollution, more congestion, more development is what we need. And settlers with the right mindset, you know, the kind that shoots first and asks questions later. But nooo...we get people who move to save a buck on a house and don't want to hurt the poor fauna. Move to freakin Colorado I say!

You think I'm joking?

[Bruce Cohen]

So why does Calif. have all the Lawers and NJ have all the Toxic waste dumps.?


Jersey got to pick first.

I love the smell of distillates, it remiinds me of the NJ turnpike

Bruce