Iguana Guards delivers custom home and business solutions for the deterrence, removal, and control of IGUANA on your property. Out team follows all local ordinances and laws for the State of Florida. Discretion and safety are priorities for our team when working on your property.
NO. In our South Florida backyard iguanas rome the landscape just like birds, squirrels, and cats. No one can guarantee an iguana will not walk on to your property. Our company provides products and services that will deter the iguana and prevent the iguana from nesting and staying on your property.
Yes, professional removal services like Iguana Guards have properly trained technicians. In Florida there are animal cruelty laws. That said, there are legal options to remove Iguanas. Our team provides solutions that deter and prevent iguanas from making your home theirs.
Iguanas are wild animals and can grow to over 5 feet in length. When cornered iguanas can be dangerous and aggressive to humans. Iguana and other reptiles, through their droppings, can pass on salmonella to a handler. Symptoms can include diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and nausea.
No Iguana are not Native to Florida. There members of the iguana family are now established in Florida: the green iguana, Mexican spinytail iguanas, and black spinytail Iguana. These animals are native to Central and South America.
It is illegal to relocate or release nonnative species in Florida. So, no you can not move the iguana from your yard and take it somewhere and release it.
Please never feed iguanas. By feeding the iguanas directly or inadvertently you are encouraging the iguanas to eat and live on your property.
In the wild, green iguanas can live up to 20 years. They are a social species; groups of iguanas may be found basking in the sun or searching for food.
YES. Iguanas lay eggs even when they are not fertile. Female iguana will lay from 20 to 70 eggs per year once they reach sexual maturity. When 65 days have passed after mating, the female iguana will deposit cream-colored eggs into burrows that she constructs. Within 90 to 120 days, the eggs hatch and young iguanas will emerge.
Iguanas are wild animals and when cornered can be dangerous or aggressive to humans. Iguanas possess dozens of sharp serrated teeth. Although bites are relatively uncommon, they can produce serious injuries to faces, fingers, wrists, and ankles. Some of the warning signs of an impending strike by an iguana include standing on all fours, drawing in a deep breath to make the body appear larger, the lowering of the animal’s dewlap (the skin flap under its chin). Some iguanas have been known to strike without warning.
Iguanas are large lizards and can grow to 4 or 5 feet in length from their nose to the tip of the tail. Iguana are very strong animals. They can run fast or climb swiftly when frightened. When confronted iguanas will look to climb a tree, dive into water, retreat into burrows, or into thick foliage to escape.
Iguanas feed primarily on flowers, leaves, and fruits. Certain Iguanas such as Spinytail iguanas eat primarily vegetation but have been documented in the wild eating smaller animals or another animals eggs.
Iguanas like to bask in the sun. Open areas such as patios, decks, and sidewalks are typical places to see them during the day. Heading into an underground nest or nesting in trees is when they go at night.
Roses, Orchids, and Hibiscus are examples of vegetation that iguanas eat.