One of my students (I teach 5th/6th grade science) asked me yesterday if I would take his lizard. He's had it for a while but his mom wants it out of the house. Of course, he didn't know what kind of lizard it was---just small and green---and he would bring the cage in too.

He brings it in today in a TINY plastic container (the ones that you can use as a travel case for a hamster) and I look at it---it's a small iguana! This thing should be in a HUGE cage, growing. It doesn't even have a water dish, much less proper light/humidity/heat.

How do pet stores not inform their buyers? Or sell proper caging? I teach in the South Bronx, and although the kids have some responsibility, the pet stores outrage me. This is like when reptile places sell baby burmeses without informing people that they get wayyyyyyyyyyyy bigger than a BP does!!!!

Sigh. I thought I was done with iguanas years ago when my girl died. They're sooo much work. Guess I have a new pet

My husband's going to kill me.