MASSIVE Lost opportunity! :(

Lets say you found 1.1 albino iguanas, feed, house and breed them, you will be in a hole at least $400-$1000. Who's going to be buying a $3000 iguana:confused:, Esp since males are known to become aggressive after they hit sexual maturity. So to me a $3000 dollar eating machine that hates me is not worth it, esp. since i can buy a few bps and a Ackie trio or a argus monitor that will be more interesting to watch. Maybe its just mean but i don't know anyone who would spend $3000 on a iguana, albino or not:confused:.
Tom

The green iguanas are definatly an invasive species on the island and one of the main reasons blue iguanas may go extinct (you should knwo the island I mean by now). And the 3000 price tag was a quick internet search, I imagine iguana people like them despite the temperment.

BTW I am not doign this or plannign on doing this. I think it would have possibly been agood idea, but the opportunity has passed. It would have been nice just to see them, I mean what are the odds you would find 2 in the same place? She also says they were massive!

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Originally Posted by TimmyG

The green iguanas are definatly an invasive species on the island and one of the main reasons blue iguanas may go extinct (you should knwo the island I mean by now).

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Ah didn't see the Blue Iguana comment earlier in the post. Went to 'Stingray Bay' when I was there, quite the experience.

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Originally Posted by 1nstinct

Lets say you found 1.1 albino iguanas, feed, house and breed them, you will be in a hole at least $400-$1000. Who's going to be buying a $3000 iguana:confused:, Esp since males are known to become aggressive after they hit sexual maturity. So to me a $3000 dollar eating machine that hates me is not worth it, esp. since i can buy a few bps and a Ackie trio or a argus monitor that will be more interesting to watch. Maybe its just mean but i don't know anyone who would spend $3000 on a iguana, albino or not:confused:.
Tom

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I've seen my fair share of adult male iguanas that aren't the least bit aggressive...and if anything, meaner ones I have seen are temperamental far more than aggressive.

I'd also be willing to bet that true iguana enthusiasts wouldn't mind spending $3,000 on a well bred, well cared for iguana of whatever special characteristic. And they are probably snickering and giggling about the ball python keepers that would spend $5,000-$10,000 and up on a single snake, especially since our ball pythons aren't exactly know to be a bundle of excitement.

Are we sure she didn't just see a couple of ugly pale tourists laying on the beach?

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Originally Posted by sho220

No...but I was afraid to ask...

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lol.. me too :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by TimmyG

The green iguanas are definatly an invasive species on the island and one of the main reasons blue iguanas may go extinct (you should knwo the island I mean by now). And the 3000 price tag was a quick internet search, I imagine iguana people like them despite the temperment.

BTW I am not doign this or plannign on doing this. I think it would have possibly been agood idea, but the opportunity has passed. It would have been nice just to see them, I mean what are the odds you would find 2 in the same place? She also says they were massive!

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My sister has been living in GC for a couple years now and does her fair share of exploring/photography yet has never seen an albino green iguana. I'm not saying they aren't there but pictures would really be nice. I've made a few trips down in the last couple years and saw nothing out of the normal as far as the greens iguanas go. They can range in color from shades of red, to blue, to yellow, to (obviously) green. I'd almost bet your girlfriend saw some normal yellow adults though pictures would definitely help in solidifying the claim. As for the GC blue iguanas, head over to the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park if you want to see how far the breeding efforts have gone in the last few years - they're everywhere on that side of the island where the breeding program is located and the greens are vigorously removed.

Here's a picture from the park, we must have spotted at least 20 in a couple hours of casual exploring. They had their breeding enclosures fenced off so all of the iguanas we spotted were wild(most formerly released offspring from the program).
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...n/100E1245.jpg

Here's an adult green iguana from the other side of the island with a bit of yellow. I've seen normal green iguanas where the entire body is the color of this ones forelegs.
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...n/100_1264.jpg

There are two albino green iguanas at the pet store down the street from me. They're pretty sweet looking.

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They lay around 50 eggs... I could be wrong but I think if she caught them and started breeding we could have been millionaires in ten years. Any thoughts?

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:rofl: Really

Even if everything was lining up right, you friend indeed saw 2 albino iguanas, they are male and female etc I cannot think of many people that WANT an iguana but I guess you would need to have one or have done rescue work to know that.

Paint job won't be a factor either iguanas are SERIOUS commitment and no what some might try to make you believe they not all puppy tame waking around on a leash. :cool:

They are 6 feet long lizard with RAZOR sharp teeth and CLAWS, and so much fun during mating season :rolleyes:

Good luck with your millionaire plan let me know how it work for you in 10 years.

Did you know that most rescues no longer take iguanas.

The cute little $15 green iguana or $3000 albino green iguana is not all that cute to most of their owner after they grow.

Iguanas can be really nasty. When I was little I had one and one day it decided to get very aggressive and start whipping me wildly with its tail (I'm like 10 years old). Then it peaced out into a hole in the wall.

R.I.P Lancelot.

I lived in the Caribbean for 6 months in a tent. There's not a spit's chance in hell I'd ever tangle with a wild iguana without a whole lot of gear and preparation. Absolute beasts.