Ant hints on mountain horned dragons?

Question

well i got my MHD yesterday... and he's in a cage with 2 iguanas the same size wich i did my reserch it says its okay ther eencloser is 4x 3x 5 and they are all a little bigger than a foot.. and evey time i try to get the iguanas the MHD comes after me.. i just wanted to know can i not handle him and he looks like he has some pretty sharp teeth how much damge could it do if i was bit..

Answer 1

Every comment made in the previous answer is true. While it is possible to keep different species together, they should be compatible, quarantined initially and, of course, require the same habitat. In addition, assuming your iguanas are Green iguanas they are going to very rapidly outgrow your MHD - within a few months at most they will be capable of at least severely injuring it, if not killing it. So much for compatibility! So far as habitat is concerned, iguanas require fairly high temperatures, whereas MHDs being montane deep forest dwellers rather than forest fringes need much lower temperatures. For example, 80 degrees is about the maximum an MHD can cope with while it is about the minimum to allow an iguana to survive (note - not thrive - merely survive).  

Answer 2

clearly u havent done your research since u should never ever keep different species together

common problems include

Eating each other (its surprising what will at least try to eat what)

Attacking/ killing each other (2 animals that dont normally live together will sometimes fight.

stress (makes for ill reptiles just being near even a species from the same geological range can be stressful to these animals)(this is very noticeable in snakes but affects all other types of reptile and amphibian)

Incompatible toxins bacteria and illnesses (especially with phibs but is common with others 2 just cause one species can handle one type of bacteria/doesn't mean they all can these animals evolved in totally different ways meaning there resistant to different things, as for toxins many phibs and invert have these as defense mechanisms and can easily kill or make the others ill)

as for handling most are pretty chilled out and non aggressive so u can handle it but i would keep your wits about u while doing it as they can have quite a nasty bite. just dont startle it and your should be fine