It happened again last night.

Actually, this has been a long time coming. I’ve wanted an iguana for quite a few years now, and actually came close to buying one when my ex left a few years ago. But, I was busy with a few things at the time, and decided that a pet wasn’t in my best interest.

So, we were at the pet store a few days ago and they had a sale on this cute baby iguana. Jess know that I’ve always wanted one, and she came over to take a look with me. After checking him out for a few minutes she told me that was a good price for one and that I should get it. I laughed and told her that we didn’t have room for one. She then reminded me that since all the fish died last week (another bad infection), and I was going to stip down the aquarium anyway, now would be a great time to get one and we can convert the 40 gallon aquarium into the iguana’s habitat. I told her I would think about it and that was that.

Yesterday at work I thought about it a few times, but in the end, I was still unsure. I ended up leaving work an hour early since I didn’t get an opportunity to take a lunch, and on the way home, stopped at the $1 Store and picked up a few buckets to start cleaning out the aquarium. It only took me about 45 minutes to drain all o fthe water, dismantle the filter, scoop all of the gravel out (50 lbs. worth!), unhook the heater and hood, scour out the stank and clean it with a combination of bleech and water, and then clean all of the filter parts for storage. Once everything was said and done, I sat here in the computer room starring at an empty glass aquarium. Then my mind started to shift to the iguana. So, I looked upa few sites about iguanas. I read about their care, their diet, and how to create a habitat.

So, after dinner, I talked to Jess about maybe going and getting the iguana, and she was excited about it. Apparently, she’s always wanted one as well, but didn’t want to influence my decision. So, after dinner we headed down to Trpoic Pet Center downtown, and bought ourselves an iguana. We named him Quincy after the iguana in Foxtrot, one of our all time favorite comic strips.

Actually, let me back that up a bit. Jess bought a book on iguanas last night, and according to the book, it looks like Quincy is a she. That’s not going to change her name, but I thought I would mention it anyway.

Anyway, here are a few pics of Quincy enjoying her new digs.

You can really see in the last picture how long her tail is. She’s only going to be able to last a few months in that aquarium before we’re going to have to make bigger quarters for her. They say that iguanas can grow up to 4ft long and up to 15lbs. If that is true, in a few years, she’ll be chasing the cats around!!