Iguanas in South Florida seem to like the view from the roof.
Elliot Sokoloff from Wellington said, “When their claws hit the tiles, you’ll hear them clacking.” “It wakes you up.”
He talked about what is happening to his house.
“They’re making things worse. They’re trying to dig into your tile roof, and because they’re so heavy, they’re breaking tiles,” he said, referring to the barrel-shaped tiles that are common on South Florida houses.
Sokoloff said that the same kind of iguanas, but different ones, are out in the sun and looking for a place to live almost every day of the week.
“They love barrel tile roofs,” said Blake Wilkins of Redline Iguana, a company that traps and removes iguanas. “They can get in through the valleys even if your roof is brand new.”
Wilkins stated that iguanas typically ascend trees adjacent to homes in order to reach the roof, so it is best to prune trees and bushes away from the home.
Iguanas dig when they are not moving.
During a house call in western Boca Raton, Wilkins caught a female iguana and found 26 eggs hidden in the backyard.
Sokoloff is trying to figure out what to do before the lizard family near him grows.
He said, “I just want them gone, however we can do it, and figured out so they don’t do any more damage.”
