Iguanas Forum

Click Here To Register and Become A Member Of The RepticZone Family  

Back to Iguanas Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area  

Makenzie   JessiM   Really   Makenzie   Makenzie   JessiM

Member	Message
#2266628 Makenzie View Profile	My mother’s idiot cat scared my baby almost to death! I had Oscar my baby iggy out visiting with my family in the kitchen when my mother’s huge tom cat came in and jumped up on the counter causing my iggy to jumpy from my mom’s hand directly to my chest then leaping directly onto our hard wood floors. Thankfully my brother was able to stop him from getting somewhere were we wouldn’t be able to reach him and I got him to put him back in his cage and when I put him on his top basking shelf he literally fell off and straight to the bottom and is now hiding in the corner under a branch. I don’t want to stress him out more by trying to get him out but do y’all think he’s ok. The cage is 6ft tall so it was a pretty big fall for such a little iguana...should I be worried?
05/16/12  09:06pm
#2266655 JessiM View Profile	Message To: Makenzie   In reference to Message Id: 2266628  My mother’s idiot cat scared my baby almost to death! iggies are very hardy and strong creatures... ive had a few do that to me. just keep an eye on him if you notice anything wrong call the vet. cats can be such tormentors to an iguana, and a fatal predator. i would leave him be in his cage for a while and let him calm down. a scare like that probably has him out of his little skin. just watch him and talk to him in a soft calm gentle voice.. but keep your hands out of the cage for a while until he is settled. handling him more might cause more stress on him.
05/16/12  11:19pm
#2266697 Really View Profile	Message To: JessiM   In reference to Message Id: 2266655  My mother’s idiot cat scared my baby almost to death! As long as he is healthy, he should be fine. He’ll definitely need time to calm down like JessiM said. The only time I’ve heard of iggies breaking bones in a fall like that is if they already have MBD.
05/17/12  03:31pm
#2266704 Makenzie View Profile	Message To: Makenzie   In reference to Message Id: 2266628  My mother’s idiot cat scared my baby almost to death! He keeps jumping/leaping off his top shelf...what in the world is going on with him?!?!
05/17/12  06:08pm
#2266715 Makenzie View Profile	Message To: Makenzie   In reference to Message Id: 2266628  Cat scared my baby Iguana---tail whipping my mother! Now he won’t stop tail whipping my mom and taking snaps at her. i’m assuming because she was the one who was holding him when he got scared last night. It makes me feel good that he doesn’t take a go at me when I reach for him and hold him, but he really is scared of my mom now which makes her really sad.
05/17/12  09:02pm
#2266759 JessiM View Profile	Message To: Makenzie   In reference to Message Id: 2266715  Cat scared my baby Iguana---tail whipping my mother! like i said leave him be for a while no handling. let him calm down.. baby iguanas get very very stressed over things like that. it might take a while
05/18/12  01:13pm

Back to Iguanas Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area