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There’s been a cold front moving across South Florida (lows
in the high 30’s/low 40’s) and unlike the iguanas, Leo has been loving every
second of it. He is so much more energetic and will tolerate longer walks. If
Leo had his way, the weather would be chilly all year round. We are hoping to
take him up north so he could see snow because I know he would have just as
much fun (if not more) playing in it as he does in the sand.
Because of the cold, Leo has also been able to get a closer
look at the iguanas around our complex. As some of you may have seen on the
news, iguanas were falling out of trees due to the drop in temperature, and on
our evening walk we saw a few of them.
Normally, when I see an iguana they usually run away when we get within
20 feet of it and if it doesn’t move when we get closer, I turn around and walk
the other way. They have large claws and are known to be quite vicious so I
don’t let Leo get near them. poor Leo just wants to be pals so he doesn’t
understand why we can’t say hi. However, the other day, we came across a few
that were lying belly up near a tree and Leo was finally able to see one closer
than normal. I still didn’t let him get any closer than 10 feet, but I think he
was happy to catch a whiff of them.
Thankfully we didn’t come across any iguanas that were starting to wake
up from the cold-stun.
Hopefully we get a few more “cold” days down here before the
summer heat and humidity strike.