The Pros and Cons of Captive Breeding

The Pros and Cons of Captive Breeding


The Pros of Breeding Green Iguanas - Breeding iguanas is a wonderful thing to experience. The mother goes through such an expenditure of resources just to lay the eggs, that I feel they should be hatched.

The mother and father recognize the babies. I’ve seen a look of wonder, especially from the mother, which is amazing. You meet a number of people who want captive bred babies. The ones that they adopt are healthy, and most survive.

The Cons of Breeding Green Iguanas - Here in the United States, iguanas are looked at as disposable pets. As a result, there are a lot of iguanas that need homes, and by breeding them you are adding to the problem.

In addition, they have little monetary value, so you typically lose money when you decide to breed them.

Why I Breed Iguanas - Putting healthy iguanas of opposite sexes together is all that is needed. Since my guys are free roamers, nature takes its course. After the eggs are laid, you decide to incubate or not. Ultimately what decided it for me was that by the time the egg is laid it is two months old and it takes slightly longer than that to hatch.

I feel that not incubating them is wrong. Captive breeding gives iguanas with good personalities a chance to reproduce. Those who have serious health problems are still able to produce healthy offspring. While the parents may not live full lives, their babies are able to do just that.