Never thought I'd be using "surprise" and "iguana" in the same sentence, certainly wasn't prepared for it either. It's almost comical that just earlier yesterday I was fretting about where we'd put feeder rats

My boyfriend went ahead and got an iguana from petco. My first thought was chinese water dragon when I saw the bright green thing, but he was happy to correct me on that... The only reason I'm not panicking or telling him to take it back is that he had a male green iguana for 11 years, so he's very aware of the size, dietary, and behavioral issues. I did a fair amount of research a couple years ago thinking I might get one, but I decided it wouldn't be a good idea. Only thing that's changed now is that my significant other has hands on experience, and he'll be sharing the financial burden. I'm so thankful that we have a reptile friendly landlord as well

I understand that this is going to be a TON of hard work, money, and time. But I'm determined to do this right, and seeing as we have the poor thing in a temporary large kritter keeper I'm just scrambling to get all the information together, and figure out what we need to do now.

Help me! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little excited, but I am so overwhelmed by anxiety about the fact we aren't prepared at all. I know if we re-arrange the house and get rid of some of our furniture we'll be able to have the space. Just need some recommendations on books, resources online, people to talk to, anything you guys can suggest. I'll take anything I can get at this point, doing the basic google rundown as I'm writing this