LOL thanks Anne! I don't have a problem catching them, they are used to me. How many do you want?? LOL C&J, my best guess is a neighborhood full of them right now. Gary, I'm south of you, in the Keys. We also have a neighborhood croc that lives in a neighbor's back yard. You want her? It's always something, isn't it? It's usually the racoons that mess with the ponds. This year the racoons finally got bored with it, and now it's the iguanas. Corrie

a few years back I asked the same question and got nothing. I can only go by experience which is mostly with seaside plants. Euphorbias and plumarias they do not eat. Scaevola, vitex rotundiflolia, sea grape, almond, button mangrove, palms, crotons, ixoras, Russelia, Carrisa, Leucophyllum, Croton, Graptophyllum are safe. Bougainvillea they love as they do Acalyphas, and Pseuderanthemum. Allamandas I think they do not eat because of the milky sap, Cryptostegia is safe, Tamarix, Hynmenocalis and Crinum too. Heliconia, Alpinia, are safe too. good luck gardening with iguanas, chris

I've found that iguanas don't eat Monsteria, Helliconia, Porter weed or Mexican petunia. I have a Yellow Eldar tree that sheds it beautiful leaves daily. The iguanas are like a vacuum cleaner. The eat the spent flowers on the ground, and I don't even have to rake. Plus the grass grows nice and thick under that tree now. Which plants dod you find that they do eat??? I just bought Torenia flowers, and I'm planting them in containers and adding a 2 foot base in case the iguanas are attracted. I hope you are writing a book or blog on your findings! I've often thought of doing that myself, but I cant stay indoors long enough to write! Lol! I do find that keeping a cat has helped tremendously. I am not a cat person at all, but we have had a good working relationship. Once when a giant five footer would not shoo when I said shoo, he took a look beyond me and turned tail running all the way across the street into a neigboring parking lot and hid under a car. When I turned around to look, Hunter the cat was in prowl pose creeping up behind me!

Marilyn - sorry - just wanted to clarify that my previous post wasn't aimed at you in the very least. Again, you are doing the responsible thing by not releasing that animal. If you would like some more options as to care and whatnot - you've prooobably got a nearby or local herpetological society that might know of someone responsible who would take it off your hands. Now, while they can get quite aggressive, they are nonetheless interesting, impressive animals (rather personable and curious) and make good display animals at zoos. A local nature centers might also be interested if they have setups showing "Exotic Species". Then again, sometimes these unwanted rescues end up having silver linings to them - I've got a few animals that I took in as rescues and couldn't get rid of initially that I've become quite fond of (even if they are still a pain in the butt at times...haha). As for enclosures, you could possibly make a relatively cheap, large, outdoor enclosure for the animal which would solve many many problems and keep costs and maintenance down to a minimum. Since Ctenosaura are excellent diggers, I would recommend making what is basically a wood-framed (1"x1" pine wood beams work well) box that is enclosed on ALL sides with a lockable, hinged lid. I'd also probably use 0.5" x 0.5" heavy duty wire that is stapled to the wire frame. Dig a hole, sink the enclosure in there a bit and fill in with dirt - this way the animal can behave naturally and dig, but not escape. You could also landscape it with some boulders and plants...make yourself a neat little outdoor enclosure that I'm sure you'd end up enjoying. Here's an example of an enclosure that I made for my turtles if that helps you visualize what I'm talking about at all - I would just recommend making a wood frame and keeping the rest wire though. This cost about $100 to make and measures around 9x4 feet and 24" tall. It cost a little more than what you'd make because I used cedar (the moisture levels here would have rotted pine in a couple years). Here is another enclosure I used (for turtles) that is more suitable for a lizard. What you can't see is that the enclosure is totally enclosed - that enclosure is essentially a wire box that is sunken into the ground. Hope that helps and gives some encouragement. ~Mike