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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: Fiji Iguanas
Not mine, but they will be one day! 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. _________________ www.freewebs.com/johelian www.freewebs.com/joslittleworld
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Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 342 Location: Southern California
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:
aw man, those are some beautiful iggies! Too bad you couldn't get em...maybe you will some day. Lol those poor Tegus... _________________ Animals: Too many.
Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 270 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:
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. _________________ Visit www.reptileontario.com
- Scott
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Joined: Dec 04, 2006 Posts: 237 Location: California
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:40 am Post subject:
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.
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 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 :'( _________________ www.freewebs.com/johelian www.freewebs.com/joslittleworld
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3.4.0 Monkey Tailed Skink C.zebrata
1.0.0 Crawl Cay Boa B.c.imperator
0.1.0 Royal Python P.regius
Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 270 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:
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. _________________ Visit www.reptileontario.com
- Scott
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1.0.0 Pixie Frog (Chubudha)
0.1.0 Cuban Knight Anole
0.1.0 Chilean Rose Tarantula (Szandora)
1.1.0 Cats (Jimi & Rivers)
And a
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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!
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 :'(
