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Pepsifreek View Profile |
This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
"Honey?, Ev?, Are you home?, huh? What is this? Well... Um, it’s an Iguana, and it needed rescuing and it just looked so sad and i just couldn’t leave it in that... place. Can I keep it? Please?" "Karmann" soon turned into a loved member of our family and after a crash course in Iguana lore we started to figure out what we had gotten ourselves into. As you can see from the pictures, Karmann has her own "lizard lounge" that she likes to hide out in but she also loves to free roam the house and totally intimidate the cats... Cat 1: "hey man, have you seen that new cat?" Cat 2: "You mean that weird looking green one?" Cat 1: "Hell yeah, what do you think happened her fur?" Cat3: "Beat’s the hell out of me but stay clear of her tail!" All too soon we found out the meaning of "Gravid" and "total psycho". After some intense study we decided that we would have Karmann neutered (spayed). After a month or so she recovered and her mood has been great, well... as good as can be expected for an Iguana anyway. Karmann has since turned intop quite the traveler moving with us from Oklahoma to Texas and finally to Maryland. We have also lake a few other long trips and she travels well. (it’s always good for a laugh when the hotel maid comes in to clean and gets a look at our "alligator" 
 Here’s the sad part. After a 20 year run in the US Army, Ev and I have decided to retire and move on to another career. I’ve been offered a position with a firm that works out of various foreign countries mostly in the middle east. I initially put the offer on hold because I knew I just wouldn’t be able to properly care for Karmann over seas. After a lot of deep thought, we decided we couldn’t turn the job down and that we would have to find a new home for her.
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| 06/07/08 12:36pm |
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Tone102 View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1754237 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
I truly pray that you find her a loving home. My very best to you all Toni~ |
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| 06/07/08 01:08pm |
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ReptiGal94 View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1754237 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
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| 06/07/08 01:10pm |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1754237 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Linda  |
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| 06/07/08 06:50pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1754524 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: My 14 year old Emma is dying of cancer ... I’m so sorry to hear that sad news.
When most folks see an Iguana all they see is a "big honkin lizard" or something "so scary" they would never get too close to it. It doesn’t take very long though to see that IGs are smart and inquiaitive animals that truly become a part of our lives just as a dog or cat would. You have my deepest sympathies. Tracy |
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| 06/08/08 09:05am |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1754972 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Linda |
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| 06/08/08 01:39pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1755152 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: I don’t know if my husband would approve of a ’road trip’ to Maryland, but would you happen to know how many hours away from Columbus Ohio you are?
Linda I just checked MS streets and trips, it’s 431 miles, about a six and a half hour drive. Long drive... |
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| 06/08/08 06:59pm |
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Hhllpp View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1755390
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| 06/08/08 10:11pm |
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Ty16 View Profile |
Message To: Hhllpp In reference to Message Id: 1755552 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
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| 06/08/08 10:57pm |
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Rand0mh3r0 View Profile |
Message To: Ty16 In reference to Message Id: 1755598 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
TY read what she said in the post if you read what i posted above it is straight out of her post |
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| 06/09/08 12:44am |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Rand0mh3r0 In reference to Message Id: 1755671 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Linda |
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| 06/09/08 01:27am |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1754237 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Linda |
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| 06/09/08 01:50am |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Ty16 In reference to Message Id: 1755598 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Tracy |
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| 06/09/08 05:12am |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1755701 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: Do you think that the lizard lounge could be adapated to a smaller size, say about 7 feet across? And do you have a UHaul center close by. I am seriously considering takeing that road trip. She is so pretty. I am 57 and have had Emma for about 10 years, so I know IGs, at least my little girl. I’m afraid that I am going to have to put her down, due to the fact that she has developed more tumors in her mouth and her eye is starting to bleed from the cancer in her sinuses. She stills eats good, but it is getting more difficult every day. My computer room has a 7 foot wall and that is where I would want her. Close to my daily activities - eBay, TV watching, reading, etc. Does she like to roam or just hang out?
well, anything is possible, but it would be a MAJOR undertaking and in all probability the lounge would be destroyed during the adaptation. Rather I would suggets placing it somewhere else in the house and taking her out daily to hang with you in your computer room.
Linda She does like to free roam the house sometimes but generally we’ll put her in a sunbeam and she’s "locked" to the spot. She also loves our waterbed because it’s warm I guess and there is a large mirror next to it. She’ll lay on the bed, head bob and puff up to impress the "other" Iguana in the mirror for hours... =^) Quote: I forgot to ask. Does she travel well? And does she travel in a cage or on a shoulder? :)
We’ve taken her on several long road trips, Oklahoma to Texas, texas to Washington state and back and texas to Maryland. (gotta love the Army, we’ve been all over!) She does travel well, usually she’ll sit on the top of the back seat and enjoy the sun and sights passing by.
Linda email me at: pepsifreek @ comcast . net (take out the spaces) and we can talk about it. Tracy |
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| 06/09/08 06:48am |
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Zechriel View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1755754
You should take her, the drive would not be so bad. We are in Maine and hubby was considering doing the trip. From here it is about 9 hours. And you would be such a good parent to her, Emma would want you to have another. I took in a Maine coon cat that no one wanted b/c he ws 14 yrs old. 3 weeks later my 11 yr old cat had to be put down for system failure. If I did not have Recess around, my heart would have taken even longer to recover. It was like "whoever up there" knew that I would need another to care for and keep me busy. Please think about it. Just one mommy to another darling. Love, Zechriel
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| 06/09/08 09:36pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Zechriel In reference to Message Id: 1756411 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Here’s a few pix of our current trio
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| 06/09/08 10:06pm |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1756449 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
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| 06/09/08 10:41pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1756489 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
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| 06/10/08 06:10am |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1756628 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Did you get my email yet? My daughter is urging me to go on the ’road trip’ and she would go with me. I’m having Emma put down tomorrow morning. There will be an empty space in ’her’ room and an empty spot in my heart. Linda |
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| 06/10/08 02:56pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1756996 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: Did you get my email yet? My daughter is urging me to go on the ’road trip’ and she would go with me. I’m having Emma put down tomorrow morning. There will be an empty space in ’her’ room and an empty spot in my heart.
Linda Stay strong, Emma is probably in a lot of pain, I agree that this is the best option for her. I just sent you an email with more details and my cell phone# Tracy |
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| 06/10/08 07:42pm |
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Yoshi55 View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1757269 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Lauren~   |
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| 06/12/08 12:46am |
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Angelkitty View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1757269 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Angel |
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| 06/12/08 10:32am |
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Jeepy View Profile |
Message To: Angelkitty In reference to Message Id: 1758723 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
SJ |
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| 06/14/08 04:47pm |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jeepy In reference to Message Id: 1760886 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: Beautiful setup and lizzy. I would love to take her for you. I have cared for my lizzies for quite sometime now. What do I have to do? Please email me some info thanks.
Thanks for your interest Jeepy, I’m not going to say how much is invested in the lounge, in fact, I have all of the receipts in a bag but I’ve never added them up... the bag scares me... 1st off, Jessebelljr has expressed an interest in adopting Karmann. Her Iguana Emma has just recently passed away after a tough fight with cancer. What ever she decides, she was 1st "in line" Karmann’s "cage" comes apart and will fit easily in a 5" x 8" trailer. The glass doors are 1/4" tempered glass and are VERY heavy so they would have to be packed very carefully. As I said in my Post above Karmann will have to be picked up because I won’t ship her. Have you ever owned an Iquana? Can you post pictures of the lizards you own now? I’d love to see your babies! Tell me a little about yourself, married, kids, house/apartment, where you live, etc etc. Sorry to ask so many questions but the more I think about putting Karmann up for adoption, the more I worry... Tracy |
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| 06/14/08 06:57pm |
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Jessebelljr View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1761009 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Linda Jessebelljr |
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| 06/15/08 02:30am |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Jessebelljr In reference to Message Id: 1761351 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: I don’t want to take Karmann away from you to early, since you won’t be moving until December. When would be a good time to get her?
Boy, am I torn in a bunch of different directions! I don’t want to give her up at all but I know I can’t keep her. I don’t wan’t to give her up too soon but I don’t want to postpone the inevitable. I want to keep her with us as long as possible but I want her to help you with your loss and sadness.... {sigh} August sounds good I guess, that will give us time to say our good-bys and you enough time to get everything together if you have to get the trailer. We can have the lounge ready to go when you get here or if you like we can leave it intact so you can watch me dissasemble it. (there are a lot of parts...) I know you realize this but I have to say it, Karmann is not Emma. She’s a great Iguana but she’s feisty and opinionated and on occasion she can be a downright BRAT! She pretty much treats us as if we were staff at a luxury hotel, that is to say as long as the service is good she’s happy but if her room service is a minute late, she can get grumpy.  She used to come and sit with us in the evenings while we watched TV but hasn’t done that in a while, she still watches TV though (Ev says it doesn’t matter what’s on but I think she likes "Spounge Bob" the best)  As I said in my earlier posts, she came from a bad home and I’m betting that the man of the house was abusive/mean/heavy-handed/ beat her/not a good dad at all (pick one) because she’s always been a bit wary of me. She gets along with Evelyn just fine but generally, if I don’t have food, she’d rather not let me get too close.
Holy cow, you’d think I was trying to talk you out of this... Call me if you have any questions, you did get my email right? Tracy |
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| 06/15/08 07:57am |
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Cphill58 View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1761415 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
I read and feel your’s and Eve’s sadness too ....but the greatest thing is that you are sharing and giving in more ways than one. You are extremely generous too. That viv is a beauty!! I am touched and hoping for the best outcome ....and J.bell can keep you posted on the life of Karrman via this site and private e-mail and pics.... And maybe someday there is the possibility of you having some re-union / visit .... You folks are the best and I just wanted you to know I for one am watching and reading this... I hope to continue reading all the way through a happy ending..... Best Regards CP |
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| 06/15/08 08:49pm |
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Jeepy View Profile |
Message To: Cphill58 In reference to Message Id: 1762114 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
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| 06/19/08 11:37am |
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Pepsifreek View Profile |
Message To: Cphill58 In reference to Message Id: 1762114 This is making me cry... Ig looking for a home...
Quote: I hope to continue reading all the way through a happy ending.....
Best Regards CP Thanks CP I appriciate your kind comments. Just to give everyone an update, Karmann is doing well, fat and sassy as usual! She’s really enjoying the June heat here in Maryland and spends most of her time partolling the bed to ensure no cat invaders usurp her territory... Here’s a picture of her being arborial...
Tracy |
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| 06/26/08 05:38am |
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Jarett View Profile |
Message To: Pepsifreek In reference to Message Id: 1774021
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