How I TAMED My VERY SKITTISH GREEN IGUANA (Full Story)!!!!

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[@user-nr7pd7cf7m]

It's refreshing to experience someone being honest online! I am the same way. Its how we learn.

[@AmberWise-chc33]

My iguana was in a cage for 11 years … he LOVES attention. He went from being in a cage to sleeping and showering w me! Just talk to him … treat him like a dog and he will learn to trust and want to be with you! He is actually extremely social!

[@simeon8673]

My iguana is the exact same way lol i really enjoyed this thanks

[@maurasoleil7660]

Hes cool af... And you give him a lot of respect. Salute.

[@DIYReptiles]

He is very cool.

[@user-nr7pd7cf7m]

I'm working with my 1st personal iguana. I'm utilizing a harness for the 1st time with him.

[@ianbeavers3357]

I still want to come over when COVID is done.

[@DIYReptiles]

Ian Beavers to clarify for anyone reading these comments, Ian is a friend from school. Yes Ian you can definitely visit my zoo once the global pandemic is over with.

[@azariahkeith5189]

I know it is quite off topic but does anybody know a good site to stream new series online?

[@linneah8211]

Found your channel yesterday while looking for info on Fiji iguana enclosures and found the video setting up Charlie’s enclosure and binged for like two hours straight, all though i kinda slept through some because cars are amazing to sleep in xD but great videos! Really nice to watch and listen to while deep cleaning the non bioactive enclosures we got!

[@DIYReptiles]

Linnea H That is amazing! Thank you for watching the content! You are definitely going to want to stay tuned on my channel. Either this week or next week, I while be posting a video on a huge bioactive iguana cage I recently built. It is around five times bigger than the last enclosure!

[@linneah8211]

@@DIYReptiles no problem, it's fun watching someone who's not been doing this for like 30 years taking you along with the bad and the good, you know really honest videos! Oooh that's existing! Probably gonna look really cool👌🏻 gonna be fun to see how it turns out

[@ratmannlibertyhound6755]

Your video are great . full of great honest education. I like how you don't just hide your "bad" decisions like a lot of UT people do. thanks for keeping it real and please keep the video coming.

[@DIYReptiles]

RatMan N LibertyHound Thank you! I will definitely keep the videos coming. I am glad you enjoy!

[@yeahitzjay1174]

I need help!! I got one around my birthday and it’s scared of me. If I go in it’s enclosure to change the water it runs or tries to jump. I want it to trust me so I can pick it up. It doesn’t even let me pick it up.

[@DIYReptiles]

I am not the right person to ask. I have had my iguana for three years and it currently tolerates me. If I were in your position, I would just handle it quite often anyway because I handle lizards all the time now and them being nervous does not make me nervous. For you, I recommend just being in the same room as it and getting it to eat from your hand. Get it to associate you with food, and allow it to get used to you being around it.

[@user-hc9ig4le2s]

Nice work , got mine from a friend and he's a 2 1/2ft blue iguana and never been handled. I'd like to work with him more.

[@DIYReptiles]

Good luck! I hope you can get him used to you. Thank you for the comment, and have a great day!

[@user-hc9ig4le2s]

@@DIYReptiles thanks bud, good luck on your endeavors and thank you so much for the vid 😎👍

[@user-rt8ut2gs5l]

Hi I don’t see any greens they are tropical??

[@natashapennington2127]

Hello do you still have your iguana

[@morganstettler]

I've had my blue iguana Sully since she was a hatching...2 years later still wants nothing to do with me. She allows me to touch her through her cage without freaking out but when I open it she tries to whip me when I go to pet her and puffs all up lol she's eaten from my hand once and came out and got on me, on accident, when I was cleaning her cage lol she didn't even try to get off me at all. I recently had to move her into a new enclosure and she scratched and whipped the hell out of me!

[@user-gw3pe2po2o]

😂

[@joshdavis8146]

My pet store is raw i got 3 of them 2 green and they have alot blue on there face and last got blue one

[@DIYReptiles]

Keep in mind that these lizards get massive, and they will need massive enclosures. Especially if you end up with a male. If you end up with multiple males, you will need many huge enclosures.

[@joshdavis8146]

Right there babys right now last cage i had i build it

[@joshdavis8146]

Like green guys they eat alot

[@mr.shwift5052]

so how long did it take before he started being calm with you.

[@umwtfnana]

I got an iguana yesterday very scared and runs all the time

[@DIYReptiles]

I have had my iguana for three years and it currently tolerates me. If I were in your position, I would just handle it quite often anyway because I handle lizards all the time now and them being nervous does not make me nervous. For you, I recommend just being in the same room as it and getting it to eat from your hand. Get it to associate you with food, and allow it to get used to you being around it.

[@beluga8798]

my iguana is cool with me he just is skittish sometimes is this normal?

[@maurasoleil7660]

The substrate is definitely enhancing for them

[@DIYReptiles]

I know.

[@jomama5186]

I bet he wouldn't like it if you pooped in his bed! Oooo, he was definitely being Charles when he did that. They are super clever. I love watching their eyes and wondering what they are thinking:) I wish you the best with him. My hubs says our Animals all think of me as a food bag, lol. I wish you all the best. He will get better, I hope he learns to trust you and you two can hang out and be bros.

[@DIYReptiles]

I wish you the best! She has gotten better, and she definitely seems to trust me much more.

[@maurasoleil7660]

Why did you take the substrate out? He or she looks really big, eggs?

[@DIYReptiles]

I am assuming I filmed this while I was in the process of building the larger enclosure. I do not remember, but that would be why the dirt was removed. She is getting a bigger enclosure with more dirt.

[@jomama5186]

I like how you call him Charles when he is misbehaving. He was watching you talk about him!: I love how he is so relaxed and stretches out to bask. I hope you can have a close relationship with him. Do you talk to him and pet him alot?

[@DIYReptiles]

Since filming this, I have found that Charlie is actually female. She is a lot better now. She very much associates me with food, and she lets me pet her quite often. She really likes when I help her shed.

[@SylvesterBoines]

How exactly did he catch Mites

[@DIYReptiles]

I am not entirely sure. I just have no I to be honest.

[@maurasoleil7660]

Wow she got big

[@DIYReptiles]

Yes, she has gotten pretty big, but she is still small for an iguana.

[@jomama5186]

I think if you pet him a little everything you feed him, things will get better. Good luck!

[@DIYReptiles]

Thank you! She is much more tame now, and she lets me pet her all the time.

[@petkeeper3234]

Aww little cutie

[@DIYReptiles]

PetKeeper 323 well he is for now, but I am guessing that will not last long. Thank you for the comment.

[@petkeeper3234]

DIY Reptiles lol😂😂😂 charles is funny

[@goosto9131]

So cute

[@DIYReptiles]

She definitely is! Thank you!

[@joshdavis8146]

My green one eats alot

[@DIYReptiles]

They tend to. That is good.

[@kali5556]

Charles is Beautiful!!! 🐸🌻💚👑✔

[@DIYReptiles]

I agree!

[@kali5556]

@@DIYReptiles ❤ your channel!! Keep up the good work!

[@DIYReptiles]

@@kali5556 Thank you! Will do!

[@pegiegault5931]

You titled this video how you "tamed" your iguana. You've had him for years and he's not tame, to you. You didn't even touch or hold him once in your very long video. Disappointing.

[@DIYReptiles]

Yeah, I guess I agree. He is a lot more used to me than he once was. He does not freak out when he sees me or when I open his enclosure. If I had to, I would be able to pick him up, but it seems to stress him out. I am pretty content with the point I have gotten him to, but I hope to work with him more in the future. I can see how this video would be disappointing. I guess the video was more about Charlie’s story up to this point. If someone is struggling with a green iguana that is too scared to even bask while they are in the room, this may be a bit of reassurance. I know that before I got Charlie, I had watched a couple of KZbinrs holding their iguanas and showing how tame they are, but they did not really talk about the work and time it took to get them there.

[@pegiegault5931]

@@DIYReptiles I'm sorry if I came off pissy. I just think from how calm your Charlie is while you are there? He likes you. I think you could totally get him more accustomed to being handled. That he takes food from you, crawls up your arm? Seem like good signs to me. I am no pro though! I have a baby rhino iguana. He is flighty in his cage, and is a doll when I have him out and away from the cage. I was just looking for videos or a video that addresses taming. And I think you are right! I can not find more than a handful that even discuss it, let alone tell you how to do it. Good luck with Charlie. I think you two could really be pals!

[@GunSlingerKe]

i know this vid is older but you seem wayy tooo scared to own an iguana honestly.you being so scared makes things worse

[@marlonjoseph2718]

This video was horrible I learned nothing just a waste of 20 minutes

[@DIYReptiles]

If you did not like it, I am not sure why you watched it. I just make the content. The choice to watch the video was yours. If you do not like the videos I produce, just do not watch them. It is truely that simple, and the comment you left helps no one.