Every year in October we celebrate our adult Cyclura Birthday. And this year wasn’t any different. I prepared a huge bowl of freshly chopped fruit salad from papaya, persimmons, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Each adult rock iguana gets a hefty…
Observation on rock iguana baby psychology. There was a disturbance in the baby cage for the past week. 7 one-month old babies live in the 4ft cage. Two babies were constantly nagging each other, where one (Gamma) would passionately hiss…
Did you know that human heads can also be used as “baby iguana magnets”? Oh yes! They love getting up there on the top of your head and supervise the world around them from above. Our Rock Iguana babies are…
I have been keeping weight data on all our cyclura for over 8 years now. And 2013 baby rock iguana clutch is also being monitored. Our adults get measured every month and it gives us pretty good idea on how…
Baby Alpha has shown a very impressive progress in his first month of his life. He hatched at 24 grams and today he is 46 grams. He practically doubled his size in one month! It is incredible how well he…
Our little cyclura babies are one month old now and growing well so far. The other day I have noticed that some of the babies started to show first signs of their very first shedding. How cute! Most of them have…
We are happy that all eggs finally hatched and now we have all the remaining babies. Their names are: Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta and Theta. Delta (hatched 9-8-2013) Delta hatched as a strong, healthy baby with very calm demeanor. He is…
Interesting observation from the Rhino Rock Iguana owners. Even most tame males seem to exhibit strong territorial behavior when it comes to specifically their habitat. Our male Cyclura Lewisi hybrid Casanova (who is Blue Rock Iguana and not Rhino) doesn’t…
Over the years of observing Cyclura it’s hard not to notice this very distinctive pose. Some people call it “Sexy Leg” pose, some will refer to it a “Yoga Pose” and some will say it’s a “Kung Fu Kick” pose.…