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March 27, 2003 Hi, my name is "Tude". It was "Iggy" until two
weeks ago when I came to my new home. I was in a 20 gallon tank without a
UVB light and no heat. I was being fed lettuce and these nasty dry pellets
they called "food". My previous Mom and Dad did love me, they just didn't
know how to care for me. My previous Mom's stepson left me with her when he
moved back to LA, because his Mom wouldn't let him keep me. This Mom didn't
have time for me and felt bad because I was being neglected and not cared
for properly - that's when my new Mommy came into the picture. My new Mommy
got me to the vet for a check up immediately. Turns out I have a broken jaw,
a broken back, a broken leg and a couple of malformed ribs. Oh - I also have
parasites in my poop! I was told that I am suffering from severe Metabolic
Bone Disease
http://www.anapsid.org/mbd.html.
They think I'm around 1.5 years, but no one knows for sure. I'm really tiny!
The Good news is that my blood work came back very good! It even surprised
the Iguana Doctor! The vet said I was most likely starving to death because
I wasn't getting heat to process those yucky pellets. I've already put on
weight in the two weeks I've been with my new Mom and I'm even kicking back
my legs now!!! I even have a new "brother", Max (he's on Mopar's site too!).
Max isn't too thrilled I'm here though. He keeps trying to pick fights with
me -- and I'm just a little guy! Mom keeps us apart and tries to reassure
Max that he's the head honcho... that's okay... I'm just happy to be in a
home that gives me a HUGE living space, LOTs of leafy greens, WARMTH and
those wonderful UVB lights. Life couldn't get any better... |
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August 26, 2003
Hi again! Tude here. Okay! I lied! I didn't think it
possible... but life just got better - again!!
As you read above, I was adopted by a really nice lady
named Dana. She has spent allot of time with me over the past few months
reversing some of the medical conditions I had when she took me in. I knew
when I was adopted there might be a chance that I would someday find another
home if I recovered enough to not be a burden to my keepers. Well, it
happened! Recently I was adopted by two very special people named Hallie and
Ted. I now live in Ventura, CA (a 5 1/2 hour drive from San Jose). I have a
really great habitat and have settled in very quickly. ******Below are
pictures of me in my new home.*****
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"This is my new home. Pretty awesome don't you think?"
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"That drive made me hungry! I cleaned my plate." |
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"All tucked in for my first night at my new home..." |
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"This is like a jungle or something!" |
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"Let me introduce myself, 'm your new roommate, Tude the Dude. Okay, I'll share my pad with you but just stay on your side of the room!"
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"I can't see the TV from here. I need to get a little closer."
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"I really get into my eating!" |
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"This stuff is awesome!!!" |
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