Are You Ready for an Iguana Pet?
People think that iguanas make cool pets. They may be right. Some may have the misconception that iguanas are low-maintenance pets; they would be wrong. As with all pets, iguanas have their requirements. However, the main issue in taking care of a pet iguana is not just your ability to provide for the iguana’s needs. It also involves your qualifications.
So what does it take to have a pet iguana?
1) Love – of course, you need to love your iguana to take proper care of it. When you love your pet iguana, it naturally follows that you will do everything to take good care of it. This is the basic requirement for an iguana pet owner. This is because love lays down the foundation for all the other things that you need to do or have to take proper care of your iguana.
2) Patience – iguanas need a very long time to be tamed. You cannot expect an iguana to begin behaving properly immediately. Be patient to spend the amount of time required to train an iguana. Persevere, to truly take care of your pet iguana. Remember that patience is not just about riding out your pet iguana’s bad habits; it is about making the effort to train it properly.
3) Commitment – we are not talking about marriage. However, be committed to taking care of your pet iguana. Some people just buy an iguana on impulse. During the first days, they might take proper care of the iguana. However, as time goes by, they soon lag in their responsibilities, and the iguana is neglected. This, of course, leads to some serious consequences.
Before buying a pet iguana, you should realize that iguanas can live up to 20 years. Are you prepared to commit for that length of time? If you think that you can just sell an iguana when you’re bored with it, you would be wrong. You see, a sudden change of owners can affect the iguana very deeply. It would adversely affect the iguana’s health.
4) Finances – taking care of an iguana can be very expensive. You need to provide food, a spacious habitat, and other supplies that are necessary to a pet iguana’s well-being. You will also have to spend cash for regular trips to the veterinarian. Can you do that? Remember that buying the pet iguana is only the first step. You need to spend money to take care of it too.
5) Willingness to learn – some people jump at the prospect of buying a pet iguana without first thinking about the things they need to do to take proper care of an iguana. If you are planning to own a pet iguana, you should have the willingness to learn how to take care of them. This means that you have to make the effort to read up on iguanas and how to take proper care of them.
6) Time – you need to have available time to take proper care of a pet iguana. This does not mean that you need to have time to feed it and clean it. Spend some time playing with your pet iguana. This will help the health and well-being of your pet iguana.
