Oh that is terrible! Iggy's are hard. I have a rescue that is about 20 inches now ...severely abused and he is hard core. I worry about not being able to tame him prior to him getting really big. I am sure he would attack anything that I would be holding if he was out of the cage as when he is in the cage he looks pretty disturbed when someone else is getting attention for me....even though he himself acts as though he hates it.