I am over run with Iguanas

[tavernier]

I won't kill them, but they devastate all my plants and their feces carry disease.

Any advice is welcome.

PS - don't say red hot peppers of any variety... They have no problem with spicy foods.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Do they have a natural predator that eats them?

I'm wondering if your answer might be there.

[tavernier]

3. As far as I know, only people and crows

Lol!

The crows eat the babies, and our Mexican maintenance men tell me they are a delicacy.

I guess we need a Iguana Burgers stand down here. 😄

[Lochloosa]

2. Try moth balls.

[tavernier]

5. I'm afraid those would drive me out

before the critters. Can't stand the smell!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I wish we had iguanas.

I don't think I'd want to be overrun with them but it would be cool to have a few around. It's too cold here for lizards, unfortunately.

[tavernier]

6. Never had them in the Keys until

they were brought in as pets and let loose. Now they are everywhere. They eat almost every plant that flowers and bears fruit, poop huge piles, carry salmonella, and can bite if caught or threatened (although they prefer to run).

If you really want "a few around", make sure they are all the same sex. 😄

Oh, and one more thing... During January when we get a cold spell or two, the drop in temp makes them fall asleep and they fall out of the trees. I kid you not, big falling lizards are a danger here in the winter. And if they hit pavement from a high tree, they die, and then you have stinking iguana carcasses lying around.

[Callmecrazy]

18. I've witnessed that up here in Broward County...

They fall out of the trees and when it warms up during the day they reanimate.
My dad tossed one in the trash and scared the hell out of him when it woke up and he lifted the lid on the garbage can. You'd have thought it was a gator the way he screamed like a woman and jumped back through the hedges. I don't think I ever laughed so hard.

[3catwoman3]

21. I am LMAO picturing that...

...and I don't even know what your dad looks like.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. That could get interesting if there were iguanas in my neck of the woods.

At the first cold snap, usually in mid-October, there would be iguanas falling out of trees all over the place. They'd just have to learn to hibernate.

[hobbit709]

7. Here you go.

http://www.food.com/recipe/iguana-451478

[tavernier]

9. Yeah

No.

[hobbit709]

17. I tell people that chicken tastes like lizard.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. My hovercraft is full of eels.

I would like to return this record, it is scratched.

[tavernier]

12. Ah.

You have beautiful thighs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait till lunchtime.

[A HERETIC I AM]

24. Naah...naah....I beg your pardon.....

"I weeel not buy this record, it is scratched"

"Drop your panties Sir William, I can not wait till lunchtime"

[Avalux]

10. An outside cat would keep them away.

Not necessarily kill them, but they'd be hesitant about coming around with a kitty on the prowl.

[tavernier]

13. I feed wild parrots and other birds.

A cat would spook them away as well.

[Avalux]

15. Well that won't work!

I don't know....they like to hide....maybe if you have nooks and crannies where they can hide, get rid of those?

[In_The_Wind]

25. My Macaw hated having Iguanas in our apartment in Lighthouse Point.

Once many years ago I turned Tokay Gecko loose in my apartment. The cats were afraid of it.

[MrScorpio]

11. Maybe you can make it an event, like Pamplona

[tavernier]

14. There's a thought.

[NightWatcher]

16. would you say you have a plethora of them?

[fizzgig]

19. ...

[HipChick]

23. Iguana steaks..

Just came back from a place that was offering them BBQ'd