Iguana acting weird, possibly mating season? i need advice.?

Question

Her (im pretty sure its a girl) legs have gone to a rusty orange color. She's started being more easily irritated, and shes also become a bit more irritating. She won't stay in one place, usually she sits on the couch with me, but recently shes just constantly jumped off. My apartment isn't 'iguana proof', so she can't just run around. She'll keep jumping down til i put her in her enclosure, then she'll rub against the cage walls for about 20 minutes or until i take her out again. She's never bitten me before, and today she bit me. I didn't bleed, and i know she can easily make me bleed. It wasnt even hard, i think it was a warning bite. Shes just twice as adventurous, and she just doesnt seem to care about her previous restrictions.

Shes around 2.5 years old, (give or take .5 cuz i rescued her, they werent sure of her exact age)

Also:

what age can iguanas mate at?

And:

how many eggs would there be per litter?

One more thing:

What is the risk of death while giving birth?

Answer 1

there are several possibilities.

>YOUR IGUANA MIGHT HAVE MITES. if she is rubbing against the enclosure and stu mitesff and she might be irritated because she will be itchy. try see a vet and clean the enclosure to make sure.

>MAY BE SHEDDING SKIN.(OR TRYING TO)

>THE ORANGE COLOUR MAY BE DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE NOT BEING RIGHT.

Answer 2

Female iguanas can exhibit color changes as you described during mating season, and the restlessness and attitude change is also a symptom.  Iguanas can reach sexual maturity between 2 and 5 years of age, in the wild usually between 2-3 years.

Female iguanas who are gravid will become obsessed with finding a spot to lay eggs.  They will search the house for hours and dig at anything and everything.  In the wild, female iguanas dig chambers into the dirt where they eventually lay eggs.  In captivity, female iguanas need to be given a suitable place to dig and eventually lay.  In the absence of a proper place to lay, the female may retain her eggs which is fatal.  It is very important for owners of female iguanas to keep a very close eye when their lizards turn gravid.  Complications during egg laying will easily kill a female iguana.  

If all goes gone well, female iguanas will lay their eggs continuously one after the other all at one time until they are done. If you see one or a few eggs scattered around throughout a period of hours or days, your female may be egg-bound, which means that her eggs are not able to properly exit her body. Other signs that a female is egg-bound include lethargy and straining. If you suspect that your female is egg-bound, get her to the vet immediately. This condition is fatal if not treated. The treatment for egg-binding is to spay the female, which involves the removal of both the ovaries and any eggs present. Some owners of female iguanas chose to have their healthy females spayed to avoid later complications. Although this procedure is easier and more common than neutering males, it should only be done by a vet that is skilled and experienced in this procedure. Spaying a female will eliminate the yearly gravid period, although some spayed females exhibit behavioral signs of "false pregnancies" during breeding season.

Good luck!