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#368913
Frogsgirl
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Club Tailed Iguana Info 
Hello. We are finding a lot of differing information on how big a club tailed iguana gets... some places say 18 inches, some say 4-6 feet. Does anyone own one & have this information? Also, are they better in groups? How is their temperament? Can they be put in a cage with bearded dragons? As a bearded dragon enthusiast, I know if someone asked me this I would say no, just for the safety of the lizard- but I hope someone will answer this honestly, since we had a bearded dragon & water dragon in the same cage for 6-8 months until they outgrew each other. Thanks
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06/11/05 11:16pm
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#369056
Sathane
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Message To: Frogsgirl In reference to Message Id: 368913
Club Tailed Iguana Info
A green ig will grow to be 4-6 feet. Clubtails will grow to around 18 inches. As for co-habitating, the honest answer is not to do it. Different specifies of reptiles have different requirements and unless the enviromental and diet requirements for the species identical(such as water draons and basilisks or beardies and frills) one or both animals will suffer and be stressed. Housing them together temporarily depends mostly on the animals temperment and tolerance of others and their health. Your beardie and water dragon may have cohabitated for some time but I guarantee you at least one of them was not completely provided for. Water dragons require a relatively high level of humidity to flourish while the same levels of humidty will cause respiratory infections in beardies... Keep all these factors in mind when deciding to keep different species together. If you are doing so just to save on housing costs, think of the cost your animals are paying due to the decision.
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06/12/05 02:31am
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#369337
Ferndalezoo
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Message To: Sathane In reference to Message Id: 369056
Club Tailed Iguana Info
I know nothing of clubtails, I’ll be honest, except that they do eat some animal protein, unlike the greenies.
BUT, What were you thinking housing a WD and BD together? They have completely different husbandry requirements! Regardless of one’s opinion of whether it is wise to mix species, it’s a given fact that unless they both have similar (or identical) husbandry needs, it is a very very bad idea.
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06/12/05 03:31pm
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#369646
Frogsgirl
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Message To: Ferndalezoo In reference to Message Id: 369337
Club Tailed Iguana Info
I just asked a question- that was very rude of you to answer like that... We have over 20 lizards, that are amazingly well cared for. We no longer keep different species together, but do not want to buy another clubtailed iguana but also do not want him to be lonely. Try answering questions like an adult from now on and actually answer the question- not give your worthless opinion on past events.
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06/12/05 09:55pm
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#369707
JoJolovesskinks
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Message To: Frogsgirl In reference to Message Id: 369646
Club Tailed Iguana Info
Clubtails are unique iguanas as you may know, they are smaller then greens, blue, and hybrid of blue and green, they are much smaller. they do grow 18 inches, but most of the time, they reach 22, to 24 inches, and putting the water dragon and a beardie together could have really harmed them, not because of there requirements, beardies are calm, but can be very vicious and territorial, so food competition takes place, fighting, and possible death, and we dont want that do we,
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06/12/05 11:03pm
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#369756
Ferndalezoo
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Message To: Frogsgirl In reference to Message Id: 369646
Club Tailed Iguana Info
Sometimes the unasked questions are as important as the ones which are asked. Additionally, sometimes answers here aren’t given as much for the person asking the question as they are for the beginner herper who is "lurking" and might just think "Hey, so-and-so keeps her Whatnot with her Whoozit, and they seem okay, I can put my anole in with my beardie!"...... you know? You say you are a beardie enthusiast, and that your animals are "amazingly well cared for" but how was that possible for either your WD or your BD when they were sharing an enclosure which, if it was appropriate for one, would by necessity be all wrong for the other? I can’t speak to whether clubtail iguanas are communal by nature and would therefore be "lonely" (but I do know that in general, BD’s are not). Like I said, I’m not terribly familiar with that species. I do know that they are native to Mexico and Guatemala, and that every caresheet I have found about them (precious few) indicate that they need cooler temps than BD’s do (basking area only 95ish), higher humidity, and a different substrate.
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06/12/05 11:43pm
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#370873
JoJolovesskinks
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Message To: Ferndalezoo In reference to Message Id: 369756
Club Tailed Iguana Info
hey hey, be nice now. she made one simple mistake, and if you read. it says theyve been seperated, which is the correct thing to do, maybe you should learn more yourself before critisizing others, not only is it abrupt and rude, it shows your lack of training. So before you put others down for a resolved problem, fix your attitude problem.
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06/14/05 01:16am
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#371381
Ferndalezoo
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Message To: JoJolovesskinks In reference to Message Id: 370873
Club Tailed Iguana Info
It says they’ve been separated, but not because she figured out that they shouldn’t co-habitate, only because they "outgrew" each other. If this thread shows someone’s lack of training, it isn’t mine......
That said, I thought I had apologized for my tone in my first post here, if I haven’t, let me do so now:
I’m sorry that I was rude.
I stand behind everything else I’ve said, but if my tone was perceived as being unfriendly, then I sincerely apologize for that.
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06/14/05 04:34pm
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#371492
Ferndalezoo
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Message To: Ferndalezoo In reference to Message Id: 371381
Club Tailed Iguana Info
Okay, I re-read that, and realized how snotty it sounds, and I’d like to ammend that. Darn the fact that we can’t edit these things. I did not intend to indicate that anyone had a lack of training. I don’t think that at all. I do think that claiming that because someone pointed out a glaring error in husbandry (and you’ll note I am one of 3 who did so) , that automatically indicates that one is an untrained buffoon is, well....... Hello, Kettle. My name is Pot. And you’re black.
Once again, I did not intend to come off like one of those people in the "Sand Debates", but I stand by the factual accuracy of what I said.
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06/14/05 06:24pm
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