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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
He also responds well to "G--D--- IT! If you don't go potty i'm making iguana stew!" when I am in a rush to get out the door to work.
He isn't much for treats though.
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
LMAO! Rex responds to negative intonations too. He stops and looks at you, then goes on with what he wants to do.
I'm thinking of getting a fake hawk and hanging it over the TV. Maybe then he'll get the message. LOL!
I believe they certainly hear the difference in each person's voice. He responds differently to a voice that he doesn't know, even when they are saying the exact same things to him. This we tested when we needed to train a new iguana-sitter.
He responds to smell too. He can smell a pancake cooked in the house and will practically claw through the door to get to them! LOL
I think our biggest "problem" with Rex is that he is so comfortable in his own skin, that we can't find things that scare him, or get a rise out of him. After 10 years, we only have 1 thing he doesn't like: My wife with her head wrapped in a towel (lateral compressions and he tries to tail whip her). Nothing else really bothers him at all. PITA!
So, unless I can get a bust of my wife's head wrapped in a towel, I'm out of luck on creating a barrier for the TV.
"Where's Peter *****?" Man that made me laugh and remember that thread!!
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
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or if I tell him "No" and he still jumps should he be punished by being locked back up?
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I don't know much about training iguanas, but I know a little about training parrots, and you never want to use their cage to enforce a punishment. It gives them a negative experience to associate with being put in the cage. If they spend most of their time in there you don't want them to think of it as a bad place to be.
Plus, on the flipside, if they DON'T think of it as a bad place to be, then it's not much of a punishment now is it? So either way it's just not advisable.
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
LOL, Dom. I wondered if you'd remember that post. I was about ready to take a trip to the UK to meet that ig! 
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
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After 10 years, we only have 1 thing he doesn't like: My wife with her head wrapped in a towel (lateral compressions and he tries to tail whip her). Nothing else really bothers him at all. PITA!
So, unless I can get a bust of my wife's head wrapped in a towel, I'm out of luck on creating a barrier for the TV.
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lol, hey, I'm sure it won't cost too much to get a photo of your wife's head in a towel blown up to life-size You could even get it framed! Your wife will love it too, I'm sure 
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
Good point Matt, maybe i'll start shoving him into a stew pot and cut up some carrots and potato as punishment.
He seems indifferent about the cage, he'll get out and run around or he'll sit in there all day with the door open.
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I don't know much about training iguanas, but I know a little about training parrots, and you never want to use their cage to enforce a punishment. It gives them a negative experience to associate with being put in the cage. If they spend most of their time in there you don't want them to think of it as a bad place to be.
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Its the same way with dogs and crate training. You want that crate to be a happy "home" kinda place, not a place the determine is bad.
Hehe, maybe Lacey could put him in a big cardboard box... although I do like the stew idea.
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
Maybe i'll stuff him into the bearded dragon tank and left zola chew on him.  Ooh! How about an itty bitty shock collar?
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You guys are lucky! I can talk to Zok all day long and get about as much effect as if I was talking to the tree in the back yard!
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Re: Positive Vs. Negative Reinforcement
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Ooh! How about an itty bitty shock collar?
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Oo, not shock collars. I tried one on one time and I couldn't get it to go off. Then my friend barks at me and I get a shock. I feel bad for the dog that has a playmate
Not that you'd actually use one, but it reminded me of that story...
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