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Johelian
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:56 am    Post subject: Fiji Iguanas Reply with quote

Not mine, but they will be one day! icon_cry.gif These are at a fantastic reptile store about 1 1/2 hours drive from me in the south of England. They have 3 stunning adult trios in, and if it werent for the price (around £7000 a trio) nothing would have stopped me grabbing them all!











They also had these;




and my personal favourite of the rock iggies;




They also have two tegus, a subadult red and a black/white argentine, who at last visit was desperately trying to get some action from the poor wee red.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aw man, those are some beautiful iggies! Too bad you couldn't get em...maybe you will some day. Lol those poor Tegus...
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

those iguanas are gorgeous.. especially the blue cayman rocks. (if that's what they are.. they look aweful close). I've always wanted one of those. They're such an attractive looking lizard.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah man Fiji iguanas thats what i want to get, but i think its dang near impossible to get them in the US, too much paper work and no one here sells them. They remain still the things of dreams, course if i didnt have a tegu i think i could settle for a rino ig, lol.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fijis are so amazing. They seem suprisingly easy to locate here over here (this one place has 3 trios, and another shop I went to had a pair); theyre just so bloody expensive! Apparently though I have heard that some of the babies suffer from genetic illness, such as fusion of the vertebrae, so I suspect there is a lot of in-breeding going on. I guess on one hand its mildly understandable as I dont think they can be exported, but on the other hand its so unethical.

RP, thats a cuban rock iguana - they do look quite similar to the Grand Caymans, only not so pretty icon_smile.gif To be honest, I do prefer the Grand Cayman Blues, but I believe they are massively endangered and extinct in herpetology - Im pretty sure the ones in private collections are all hybrids, so Im fairly certain I will never own one :'(
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Even though the Grand Cayman Blues are endangered, I personally am still a huge fan of the hybrids. They have gorgeous colouring.. magnificent proportions.. they've managed to keep a lot of the Grand Cayman features in them. I'd take one any day.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

all the cyclura are great...my two are wonderful little captives!
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