Drag those cold Iguanas that might look dead into the sun. Chances are they are not dead, they are just too darn cold.
Save them.
Save them.
They seem to congregate near water and canal systems.I saw a cane/Bufo toad crawling in slow motion trying to get warm in broad day light. We usually see several dead ones with nighttime temps in the 30s. There are lots of iguanas in my town but I don’t usually see many where I live.
Give us an update when you get back on Monday. Hopefully they all will have recovered. Be careful when you open that door.They get stunned by the cold. Not initially killed.
But if they don't get warm, by the third day, they are indeed dead.
I rounded up about 10 at work with a blue tailed green Cuban anole.
I placed them in our electrical "switch" room at work.
The transformers keep the room warm.
When I left at 2:30, four of the iguanas were slowly moving around. The rest I'm pretty sure we're dead.
I left a tray of water in there.
I'm half expecting to see all of them go flying out of there when I open the room back up on Monday.
I hope that eventually the colder weather survives will have offspring that can also survive a little colder temps and eventually get a Florida strain that can live through these times.
As it is, at least 90% die from these rare cold waves.
The largest seem to die first. It's been many years since I've seen an honest 6 footer.
This is a little guy that was found in my shop a few months back
Kelly and I went a little south (Hollywood) today along a road that is always filled with iguanas along the shoulder.Give us an update when you get back on Monday. Hopefully they all will have recovered. Be careful when you open that door.