iggies are no joke I had 3 at once , one I owned and 2 that somehow endup up in my care that were so far gone they died with in a month (one had no use of the rear 1/3 of the body) the other was so neglated that it was only skin and bones ( no a drop of muscle on it and died in the first week ) My personal iggy lived 10 years and only passed on when she had what we though was a seizure and fell off her cage ( heard a bunch of threshing around and a thud ( as I cam down the hall) with a sicking cracking sound. The iguana was so spoiled that a plate had to be fixed for her at dinner or she be going and trying to get some from everyones else plate. ( her plate had mostly veggies a couple noodles and very little meat ( mostly was some gravy from the beef or chicken on the veggies ) They do take a lot of research and time to care for them.