where to get a iguana

yeah, i was bitten pretty badly by a male i had a while ago, i dont believe i cleaned it, didnt get sick

i do know a few people that didnt was their hands well after accidentally touching iguana poo and got sick, diharrea(sp?), vomiting...

Lots of herps carry solmonella. Avoiding infection is a simple matter of hygene. Illness is spread via the fecal to oral route. Basically if you're handling a herp wash you hands before eating, don't suck your thumb, don't kiss your iggy, don't let your lizard crawl on surfaces where food is prepared etc. A bite could get infected but the infection would be from bacteria on your skin or in the lizard's mouth, it would not be solmonella. For the most part, solmonella needs to get into your digestive tract to make you sick (vomitting, diarhea etc).

-Alice

Iguanas are such mean animals, just look at mine attacking me (she was over 40" in all of the below pics)......

We both fell asleep and my g/f took pics:








Sleeping on my back:


Her cage (I will probably build her something a little larger in the near future):

no one said all iggies were mean, i only had 4 that where psycho, and i've had over 20 lifetime

I think the question here was WHERE can he find one . I hope he did all the research needed before he decides to get one . But as far as salimanila it is in most all reptiles to one degree or another . you can get salamila from raw meats and other things as well ..... All a matter of hygen and washing your hands when you are done handling your reptiles iguana , turtle , snake etc .....

If I were you I would look around into adopting one tho . I adopted on from a lady in TX . She will ship over night to you . here is a link to her site : http://reptile-rescue.com/products.htm she usually has a few iguana's and other kinds of reptiles along with the furry friends too . Good luck in finding one .