Iguana in view of male panther

[aidenb]

Will a make panther be overly stressed if he can see a subadult iguana across the room from him? It's about 20 feet away. The panther can see large turtles and occasionally a snake and tarantula where he is but I want to know if the iguana would bother him? He has a well planted enclosure and doesn't seem bothered by the other reptiles.

 

[Carlton]

Will a make panther be overly stressed if he can see a subadult iguana across the room from him? It's about 20 feet away. The panther can see large turtles and occasionally a snake and tarantula where he is but I want to know if the iguana would bother him? He has a well planted enclosure and doesn't seem bothered by the other reptiles.

It might consider a larger lizard a threat or a rival. Kind of hard to predict. Because of their different activity levels, I can see that turtles, a tarantula, and a snake might not worry a cham much. They are either not as active or nocturnal. The ig would be day active, a climber, and similar in appearance (a lizard) enough to trigger defense, display, or fear.

 

[aidenb]

I'll keep an eye. The iguana mostly basks unless he's hungry. It's no a direct view so I'll see how he does. If I have to I'll put something between them that completely blocks their view of each other.

 

[reptileguy112]

If he gets really stressed just put a poster on the side of one of the vivs

 

[aidenb]

So far it hasn't seemed to bother him (no stress colours or behavior and he's going about his business and feeding as usual) but I'll definitely do that if he seems bothered.