Life with Q as a Baby

Hmmm, How Can I Climb This Door? — I purchased Q in September 1994 as a baby while I attended college. I had visited my brother in Phoenix that summer and he had shown me an adult iguana at the Phoenix Zoo (where he volunteered). I had considered getting an iguana and for some reason just knew I wanted one after I held a five-foot iguana at the zoo. I saved up some money and with my $150 in tow I purchased Q at a pet store. One note, I was not permitted to have pets in my apartment but I am sure they knew he was there.

I Could Lay Here All Day! — About one month after I purchased Q I took him home for Christmas break. As a way to save money I took him home in his aquarium instead of a carrying case. When I got to my home I saw a cut off tail moving wildly in the aquarium. His basking log had fallen on it and as a defence mechanism he dropped the tail. I was freaking so badly I was attempting to use a Lancaster County phone book to call vets in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately I did not know I could just go on the net and ask a question (the net was just starting then).

Maybe If I Hide Nobody Will Find Me — My biggest problem when Q was a baby was finding food for him, his energy level and his tiny size. I could not find greens in the stores near my college so poor Q had to eat frozen greens, mixed vegetables and okra. I have no clue how he survived. But he did get direct sunlight in my room (through a screened window) and I had purchased a book on iguana care. I did not believe the passage about feeding baby iguana's animal protein though. I only got an iguana because I heard they were vegetarian. He also hid under the stove once and I could not find him for three days. Baby iguana's are so small they can hide anywhere and you will look for HOURS!