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Option one.
Feed the locals.
Feed the locals.
What to do with your extra tortoise food. (chapter one)
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Man, I would love to have those guys in my yard or at least some place close.
Bambam1989
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Wow. I wish I had a hoard of iguanas running wild in my backyard
StacieJ
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We saw some after we left your house. We don’t have them near our house.
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It gets too cool up by where you live.
They are absolutely everywhere. But especially common near canal banks.
They swim like a fish and use canals to get away from predators.....The few that they have.
These guys are eating some bad apples. But they eat almost anything. Just like a Redfoot tortoise.
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The dominant males turn orange.
You can tell how bad things have been here during the past winters due to how small this dominant male is.
He's very small.
They grow to six feet long.
You can tell how bad things have been here during the past winters due to how small this dominant male is.
He's very small.
They grow to six feet long.
"Extra" tortoise food? What are you talking about man? I've never heard of that...
Haaa, that was my thought too!
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In this case, they were "cooking" apples someone gave me. I fed a few and then the fruit flies arrived.....
I try not to waste food. Even animal food.
I get a lot of fruits and vegetables that are close to being dumpster fodder.
Zeropilot, you must not live on a canal. I have spent countless hours putting up flashing and making screened enclosures to keep the multitudes of iguanas from eating everything I try to grow for my torts. Not to mention the poop in the grass that my torts find to be the best thing in the world to eat. I never envisioned myself trying to pull iguana poop out of my torts mouth, but I have. I'm hoping for a cold spell to knock the population down by about 90%.
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My entire neighborhood is a maze of interconnecting canals.
This area was the Everglades untill the late 1960s.
The photo is from where my wife works. About a quarter mile away from our house.
And yes.
They can be a nuisance and are affraid of almost nothing.
I could have used those cooking apples.
Can't get them here and I want to make an apple crumble.
Can't get them here and I want to make an apple crumble.
YIPES!!!!
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How about an iguana tail?
They are said to be delicious.
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Some of our Caribbean community catch and eat iguanas. I'd try it. But I wouldn't go far out of my way for the opportunity.
If I could find someone who wanted to eat them, I could provide a steady supply. I'm good at catching them but don't have anyone who wants them.
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Yes.
They are everywhere again.
They are everywhere again.
