Aired (May 19, 2024): Ang isa nating Ka-AHA!, may 100 iguana na inaalagaan?! Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 From one pair,
00:02 to two,
00:04 three,
00:06 and more.
00:08 Now, almost 100 are being cared by the iguana
00:12 by the breeder Dan.
00:14 But this is the heaviest of all.
00:18 Literally heavy and heavy.
00:20 How much is this?
00:22 It's a lot.
00:24 [Music]
00:32 In this house,
00:34 there are more animals living than humans.
00:36 Dan!
00:38 [Music]
00:46 How come?
00:48 Dan is fond of caring for iguanas.
00:50 I'm happy because
00:52 he's a different animal.
00:54 I'm always here with him.
00:56 I take care of all his pets.
00:58 Dan first cared for iguanas
01:00 when he was in high school.
01:02 But because he was still young and didn't know enough about it,
01:04 Dan temporarily stopped
01:06 caring for them.
01:08 In the year
01:10 2021, I thought about
01:12 caring for them again.
01:14 So I got one pair of
01:16 iguanas.
01:18 And then,
01:20 I got another pair.
01:22 Gradually,
01:24 he learned the right way
01:26 to care for iguanas.
01:28 For me, when you're going to care for an iguana,
01:30 you should start with them being babies.
01:32 As they grow up,
01:34 you should teach them different ways
01:36 to care for them.
01:38 Some of them,
01:40 you should just hold them,
01:42 and scratch their tail.
01:44 For cuckoos, you should not avoid it
01:46 because if it hurts your skin,
01:48 especially if you don't cut it,
01:50 it will hurt you.
01:52 If you scratch them, you'll get hurt.
01:54 Did you know that iguanas
02:00 are cold and hot?
02:02 It's like
02:04 the summer heat in the Philippines for iguanas.
02:06 But even
02:08 if they're hot,
02:10 they can smell.
02:12 They're also herbivores,
02:14 or plants that eat.
02:16 Iguanas have a lifespan of
02:18 15 to 20 years.
02:20 They also change their skin and tail.
02:22 An iguana is the smartest
02:24 reptile.
02:26 They can remember and look like their owners.
02:28 The reason why
02:30 iguanas have different colors
02:32 is because they're slowly
02:34 multiplying their eggs.
02:36 I thought about having more iguanas
02:38 because I'm happy
02:40 to see breeders
02:42 that can produce
02:44 different colors of bloodlines or morphs.
02:46 Green, Red,
02:48 Red Hypo.
02:50 These are the colors
02:52 of the iguanas that Dan raised.
02:54 Iguanas multiply fast.
02:56 But it depends on
02:58 the breed,
03:00 how many hatchlings they can
03:02 produce and release.
03:04 I didn't know that
03:06 a breed of iguana
03:08 can hatch from 60 to 90.
03:10 But for me, it's only 50+.
03:12 We can't say
03:14 that all of them are successful.
03:16 Only 40% of them
03:18 hatched.
03:20 Dan's advice to newbies
03:26 in raising iguanas and other exotic animals?
03:28 Before you start
03:30 raising exotic animals,
03:32 make sure that
03:34 the iguana you're buying
03:36 has legal and sufficient documents.
03:38 You also need to register in the DNR
03:40 so that you have a legal
03:42 right to raise iguanas.
03:44 If you also want to be
03:46 a licensed and registered breeder like Dan,
03:48 you need to get a different permit
03:50 from the DNR.
03:52 Dan usually sells
03:54 the so-called "normal green iguana"
03:56 that is of high quality.
03:58 It only costs P3,000
04:00 per piece, with papers.
04:02 Aside from the income,
04:04 the deeper reason
04:06 why Dan continues to raise
04:08 iguanas is because of his
04:10 love for them.
04:12 Raising iguanas
04:14 is a big help to my mental health.
04:16 It's a stress reliever.
04:18 It relieves my fatigue and problems.
04:20 That's why it's worth it.
04:22 Let's go back to one of his
04:24 most special pets.
04:26 His biggest iguana
04:36 weighs almost 5 kilos.
04:38 He raised
04:40 a 7-year-old baby.
04:42 Making things that
04:48 make us happy is priceless.
04:50 Just make sure that your method
04:56 is legal and safe.
04:58 So that in the end, you won't be blamed.
05:00 Aha!
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