My female iguana, whom I've had and been working with for about 2 months now, handling almost daily... just fell asleep in my hand for the first time and she is still asleep in my hand as I'm writing this. I've decided to name her Athena, because when I first got her she was ugly but she has become beautiful with a couple of months of shedding and proper care. When I got Miss Athena I was told that due to her being improperly housed with other iguanas, her tail was actually ripped off, and with her being so young she was able to regrow it however it's going to remain this ugly dark color. I was also told that she would be difficult to trust people and did not like men. after weeks of her running when I would just open the cage to feed or clean it out, tonight she finally crawled into my hand and fell asleep and this is just such a proud accomplishment that I have felt the need to share. She is my first iguana, let alone my first lizard I've ever had. I've already decided that once she gets bigger that she is getting an outdoor enclosure and remaining indoors at night, her outdoor enclosure is going to be 15 x 10 ft and have a koi pond in it as well. Does this sound like a good idea? I live in Florida where it remains about 80 - 95 degrees almost year round. while she would have an outdoor enclosure in the summer. I'm also planning to build her a large indoor enclosure for when it does get cold which will also have a small pond in it is well. Seeing as how I'm still new to all of this, do you guys have any possible other suggestions? Thank you in advance
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