Isnt there any vet you can call and ask?

Poor lizard My sister used to have an iguana, and I recall that it turned dark/brown whenever it was sick or unhealthy (and it was nearly black when it finally died). I would take it to a vet in the morning as soon as the clinics are open.

In the meantime, here is an iguana site that suggest what to do if they have a flesh wound: http://www.greenigsociety.org/injuries.htm. At this point, the most important thing is to make sure he doesn't get an infection- but handle him very gently to ensure he is not over-stressed. Let us know how it goes!

lizards are cool i used to have one but i had to sell it as we moved

hope your lizard is okayy..!

I'm so sorry to hear about that!

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of cage did you have for the iguana? My sister has had two (first was a 3-legged iguana, the second was a chinese water dragon). The iguana lived in a regular 15-25 (forgot) gallon aquarium-terrarium, with a nice heating rock, lamp, branches to climb, and water dish. We would put a heavy book or rock on top of the screen top to prevent him from escaping. The second lizard was spoiled and had a HUGE cage. My mom took an old bookcase/armoire, built a mesh front cover, with a smaller section being a mesh swinging door. It looked kind of like this, but with more space and a nice light inside, with paintings my artistic little sister made covering the walls: http://www.sophielynette.com/cage/armoire.jpg There was absolutely no escape path, and that little lizard had 6' of climbing space! If you or your husband are crafty, maybe this could be a home project for when you decide to get a new pet

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Alluex wrote:

Just stop getting pets. Seriously, you're a bad owner and I've told you this before. I get that you must be grieving, but just stop getting pets if you can't take care of them. For THEIR sake at least.

NOT my pet.  The iguana was his pet.  I was just feeding it.  FYI, he didn't even consult me when he got it.  Just showed up with it after work.  I'm not stupid enough to get a pet I know nothing about such as a reptile of any kind.  HE on the other hand used to breed bearded dragons and quit when we moved.  HE missed having a reptile and got the damned thing.  FYI number two, you don't know me and I only post about the pets I have a problem with {3 out of 7 pets, 6 now that the iguana's gone. and one of those problems was the iguana so it's just 2 that I want gone now.  both of which are dogs and both of which were HIS choices to take in.}  would you suggest I put both my kids up for adoption if I made a rough thread them and call me a bad parent?  I assume No so what's the difference by your definition?
FYI on that, I'm getting my tubes seared in early april BECAUSE I can't handle any more. 
If "Just stop" is the best advise you can give, keep it.  I'll just return it in the end.  So not worth your effort to give it.

Tevunoth88:  Andy built it out of an old dresser.  The top two drawers were the cage itself and the top was done up like a trap door with a fixture built into it for the lamp.  The screens ran up both the front and the back, that's how he got out.  He jumped from the back screen to the curtain and then to the floor where the cat got him.  It looks like a really nice just got a few flaws like that one and the bare screens.  He wanted to put in a second fixture for a red lamp thingy, "night light" he called it, but it was too small and we couldn't find the right bulb in a smaller size.  He didn't want to put a heat rock in there because "iguana's don't have heat sensers in their underbellys and often burn themselves on the rock" so he let the saucer we put the food on be the rock since it gets hot under the lamp anyway and does the same thing for digestion as a heat rock.  We might put the cage up on Ebay since the bottom two drawers are still funtional.  IDK.

I have to agree with Alleux here. You need to tell your husband that under no circumstances are any more animals to enter your home. If you can't handle any more kids, you sure as hell can't handle more animals. Six animals sounds like enough for you.

The iguana got out on 3 separates occasions and was attacked by cats at least twice. You should learn what you can about the pets you have (the second your husband brought that iguana home and you agreed he could keep it, you should have looked up everything you could about having them as pets on the internet). AND you should have known the name, number, and location of your nearest reptile vet BEFORE something like this happened.

Don't blame the cats and say it's justice if they get a tail lashing from your next iguana (you don't need a next iguana, btw). It's you and your husband's fault the iguana was able to get out and the cats had access to him.

You have 6 pets, why isn't that enough?!!

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