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> 歡迎共筆翻譯，有 ==此段未整理== 標記的，是直接用 google 翻來的，可能語句有些不通暢，可以自由的幫忙潤飾。
> 翻譯不正確或想要潤飾也請自由修改。

# Playing With Your Iguana 和你的鬣蜥玩

來源：http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/play.html
作者：©2000 Melissa Kaplan

## The Background Stuff 關於背景

Play is described by biologists as engaging in those behaviors that would under other circumstances be done to find and capture prey, evade a predator, establish and defend territory, court mates, and mate, in other words, behaviors that train and reinforce the animal's ability to meet its basic needs once it is on its own. In green iguanas, such behaviors would include running, jumping and leaping, tail lashing, and the types of posturing involved in establishing or maintaining territorial and social dominance and courtship.

>「玩」被生物學家定義為：從事那些「在其他情況下做，是為了發現和捕獲獵物、逃避掠食者、建立和捍衛領土、找對象、交配」的行為。換句話說，那些「當動物有天只能依靠牠自己」時，「能訓練、增強動物，滿足其基本需求能力」的行為。在綠鬣蜥中，此類行為包括奔跑、跳和躍、鞭尾，以及那些建立或維持領土、社會主導和求愛相關的姿態類型。

Practicing these behaviors in play or playful ways is typically seen in young animals who are dependent upon their parents or social unit to provide them with food, shelter and protection from predators, and to teach them the ropes, so to speak. We see this frequently in mammals and even in some birds. Behavioral enrichment programs which are increasingly employed in zoos are to expand the opportunities for the animals to engage in natural behaviors. One example is a hollowed log or holes drilled in stone that are packed with peanut butter and nuts and other tasty treats. The primate finds a suitable twig (from those also placed around the enclosure or ripped and formed from the natural plantings included in their enclosure) and begins to dig out the goodies out, similar to what they would do in the wild when coming across a colonial insect nest.

> 可以說，以嬉戲的方式練習這些行為，通常出現在幼小動物，他們依賴父母或社會單位提供食物、庇護所、免受掠食者侵害同時指導牠們生存技巧。
我們經常在哺乳動物甚至某些鳥類中看到這種情況。
動物園中越來越多地採用行為豐富計劃，以擴展動物參與自然行為的機會。
一個例子是空心的原木或在石頭上鑽孔的孔，裡面裝有花生醬和堅果以及其他美味佳餚。
靈長類動物會尋找合適的枝條（從那些也放置在圍欄周圍、或從圍欄上植物剝落而形成的）去挖掘出好東西，類似於牠們在野外遇到群集性昆蟲巢時會做的事情。

Behaviors have also been observed, however, which don't fall into any of these utilitarian categories - calves cavorting and eliciting play, for example, just as we frequently see in our dogs who want us or another dog to play with them - bounding up, nudging them, retreating and falling into a well-recognized rear-end up with tail waving, front end down on the forelegs, mouth slightly agape, tongue lolling out, the eyes sparkling posture. (Of course, it could also be said that this play was indeed utilitarian - that such play between two animals reinforces the social bond between them. Similar play can be found in humans - everything from board games to field sports teach and reinforce body movement and coordination, logical and/or creative thinking, and social bonding between peers or parents and offspring or other social units. And here you thought you were just having fun!)

> ==此段未整理== 但是，也觀察到了行為，但不屬於這些功利主義範疇中的任何一種-例如，犢牛喜歡嬉戲和引誘遊戲，就像我們經常在想要我們或另一隻狗玩耍的狗中看到的那樣-束縛，輕輕地撫摸它們，後退並落入一個公認的後端，尾巴揮舞著，前端向下放在前腿上，嘴巴略微裂開，舌頭散開，眼睛閃閃發光。（當然，也可以說這種遊戲確實是功利主義的-兩種動物之間的這種遊戲增強了它們之間的社會紐帶。在人類中也可以找到類似的遊戲-從棋盤遊戲到野外運動的一切都教導並增強了身體運動，協調，邏輯和/或創造性思維，以及同伴或父母與後代或其他社會單位之間的社會聯繫。在這裡，你以為你只是在開心！）

Reptiles are different from mammals and birds in many ways, one of which is that the young are precocious when born or hatched, that is, they aren't dependent upon a parent for food, shelter or, in most cases, protection (the young of a few species will stay in close proximity to their parent for a short time, but are still on their own when it comes to feeding and shelter). Green iguanas never encounter their parents when they emerge from their nest - they are on their own from the start, their only protection from predation being their clutchmates. When your iguana runs, jumps and leaps, tail lashes, or engages in the types of posturing involved in establishing or maintaining territorial and social dominance and courtship, you will need to figure out the context and why he is doing it.

> 爬行動物在許多方面與哺乳動物和鳥類不同，其中之一是，幼崽在出生或孵化時就早熟，也就是說，它們不依賴父母來提供食物、庇護所，或者在大多數情況下，不依靠父母（一些物種的幼崽會在一個很短的時間內與它們的父母保持緊密距離，但在覓食和庇護所方面仍會獨自生存）。綠鬣蜥從它們的巢穴中出來時永遠不會遇到父母 -- 他們從一開始就獨自生活，唯一免受掠食的保護是他們的同伴。當您的鬣蜥奔跑，跳，躍，甩尾或其他與建立維持領土、社會統治地位及求愛相關姿勢時，您需要弄清楚環境背景以及他這樣做的原因。

With new iguanas who are not yet tamed, the answer is pretty obvious. With hatchlings, they are trying to make you go away and find something else to eat. Once they realize you aren't going to eat them, they try to make you go away from their territory. Many owners inadvertently reinforce their iguana's sense of territory by keeping them in enclosures that are too small,
and,
when interacting with iguanas inside and outside of their enclosures,
by backing off from their iguanas
when they thrash and whip and nip and make "big lizard" postures.

> 對於尚未馴服的新鬣蜥，答案是顯而易見的。幼體時，他們試圖使您離開並找其他食物。一旦他們意識到您不會吃掉它們，他們就會試圖使您遠離他們的領地。許多飼養者無意中將鬣蜥放在過小的圍欄中，從而增強了鬣蜥的地域感；然後，在圍欄內外與他們的鬣蜥互動時，當鬣蜥做出鞭尾、抽掐並擺出 "大蜥蜴" 姿勢時，而從鬣蜥中退縮。

## The Play Stuff 關於玩樂

All that being said, many iguana keepers have reported play behavior that doesn't meet the above definitions. The reported behaviors were repeated and don't, upon careful analysis of the context, seem to be related to meeting basic needs. The following contains information on how you can recognize some play behaviors and encourage such play with your iguana. The important thing to note is that, other than Food Play, the behaviors were those initiated by the iguana and reinforced by the owner; they weren't forced upon the iguana by an owner trying to get the iguana to "do something".

> 雖如此，許多鬣蜥飼養員報告的玩耍行為不符合上述定義。==報告的行為是重複的，不重複，在仔細分析上下文後，似乎與滿足基本需求有關==。以下內容資訊關於如何識別某些玩耍行為，以及如何鼓勵鬣蜥玩耍。需要注意的重要一點是，除了 "美食遊戲" 外，這些行為是由鬣蜥主動引發，並由主人加強的。不是主人試圖讓鬣蜥 "做某事" 而強加在鬣蜥上的。

### Food Play

In my Iguanas for Dummies book, I talked about how iguanas will "play" with their food and poop. When the food goes flying, it may be an accident, but most often it is a way of letting you know that your iguana is displeased with the day's menu - or with you. When iguanas share food and water bowls with other iguanas, one of them may stand with his foot in the bowl as a way to keep the other iguanas away from it or restrict access to it. This isn't play, but a way of asserting dominance or defending a resource or letting you know what he thinks of you on a particular day. "Poop painting" in particular falls into the latter category.

> 在我的綠鬣蜥傻瓜書，我談到了鬣蜥怎麼會 "玩" 與他們的食物和糞便。當食物飛走時，這可能是個意外，但通常是一種方式，讓您知道鬣蜥不喜歡當天菜單或您。當鬣蜥與其他鬣蜥共享食物和水碗時，其中一個可能會用腳站立在碗中，以使其他鬣蜥遠離它或限制其進入。這不是玩法，而是一種主張支配地位或捍衛資源，或讓您知道他在特定日期對您看法的方式。 "船尾繪畫" 尤其屬於後者。

Hanging a leafy green in your iguana's area, or giving him an edible ornamental plant to eat, is a way of providing some fun food, especially if he has to work a bit to get to it. You can also plant a nursery flat with some tender alfalfa, collard, mustard, dandelion and other greens, putting them into his enclosure or area for some al fresco dining. If your iguana is particularly hard on plants, try planting several flats with greens, rotating them in and out as he works them over. The flats will then have some time to refresh themselves, especially if you help them along with periodic feedings.

> 在您的鬣蜥區域懸掛一些綠葉成蔭，或給他可食用的觀賞植物去吃，是提供一些有趣食物的一種方式，尤其是當他需要努力去得到他們的時候。您還可以在苗圃中種植一些嫩的苜蓿，羽衣甘藍，芥末，蒲公英和其他綠色植物，並將它們放入他們的圍欄或戶外用餐區。如果您的鬣蜥对植物特别顽强，尝试种植几个单位的蔬菜，輪流給鬣蜥工作。蔬菜將有一些時間進行自我更新，特別是您隨著週期性的餵養幫助。

While the above isn't technically play, it is a fun alternative to his getting all his food from the same boring old food bowl. If you place the flats or clipped leaves at different levels within his indoor enclosure, he will get some exercise and activity moving around "harvesting" them. The same will happen if you plant trailing edible vines, like grapes, and hang pots and flats of edible plants in different areas and levels of his outdoor enclosure. You can do the same with free roaming iguanas, by providing "fun" food at different places in his area, or including a nursery flat for him to graze on.

> ==此段未整理== 儘管上述內容在技術上不起作用，但它是從同一個無聊的舊食物碗中獲取所有食物的有趣選擇。如果將平坦的房屋或修剪的葉子放在室內的不同位置，他將在“收穫”它們周圍進行一些運動和活動。如果您在其室外圍欄的不同區域和不同水平上種植諸如葡萄之類的可食用的藤本植物，並在可食用植物的盆中吊平鍋，也會發生同樣的情況。==您可以通過在他所在地區的不同地方提供“有趣”的食物，或者在供他吃草的苗圃中，對免費的鬣蜥進行漫遊==。

### Water Play
Besides throwing their food into their water bowl, or pooping in it, some iguanas seem to like to play in their water. Or, perhaps a better way to describe it is that these iguanas apparently like to fantasize that they are cliff diving in Acapulco: leaping off their basking area to flop in their water tub. Is it the thrill of the dive? The satisfying splash of water wetting the area around the tub? The look on your face when you come to clean it up? Who knows? That it seems to give them some sort of pleasure is indicated by the fact that these iguanas climb out of the tub, back up to their shelf, and do it again...and again.

> ==此段未整理== 除了將食物扔進水碗中或大便外，一些鬣蜥似乎還喜歡在水中嬉戲。或者，也許更好的描述方式是，這些鬣蜥顯然想幻想他們正在阿卡普爾科（Acapulco）進行懸崖跳水：從曬太陽的地方跳下來，在水盆中摔倒。這是潛水的快感嗎？令人滿意的飛濺的水弄濕了浴缸周圍的區域？清理時的表情？誰知道？這些鬣蜥爬出浴缸，回到他們的架子上，然後再做一次，這似乎表明它們給它們帶來了某種樂趣。

If your iguana developing an interest in high diving, be sure that his tub is big and deep enough to prevent injury, and make the area around the tub as waterproof or water-resistant as possible. Linoleum on the floor and several inches up the side of the walls is one way to do this. Laying in a supply of terry cloth towels, with some going under and around his tub, is another way, with the extras being used to clean up all the splashes.

> ==此段未整理== 如果您的鬣蜥對潛水很感興趣，請確保他的浴缸足夠大和足夠深，以防止受傷，並使浴缸周圍的區域盡可能防水或耐水。做到這一點的一種方法是，地板上的油氈和牆壁側面的幾英寸高。鋪上毛巾布，然後在浴缸下和周圍舖一些毛巾，是另一種方式，多餘的毛巾用於清理所有飛濺物。

### Furry Mammal Play
Many iguanas get along with their human's dogs and cats. Often times, they can be seen hanging out together, watching the world pass by out the window, or napping together. Sometimes funny little routines develop over time, behaviors that may have started out being investigation and self-defense, but which evolved over time into play. When an iguana is first "investigated" by a curious dog or cat and the scrutiny becomes too close or involves direct physical contact, the iguana will generally let go with a sound tail thwack that usually makes direct contact with a tender mammalian nose. As the two animals become more used to each other, a game of keep-away may develop, where the mammal sees how long he can sniff or nose the tail before the iguana lets go - and jump aside to evade the blur of scale-covered muscle aimed in his direction.

> ==此段未整理== 許多鬣蜥與人類的狗和貓相處融洽。通常，人們可以看到他們在一起閒逛，看著世界從窗外掠過，或者一起睡。有時，有趣的小套路會隨著時間的流逝而發展，這些行為可能從調查和自衛開始，但隨著時間的流逝逐漸演變為遊戲。當鬣蜥首先被好奇的狗或貓“調查”，並且檢查變得過於緊密或涉及直接的身體接觸時，鬣蜥通常會通過聲音正常的尾巴發出聲音，通常會與哺乳動物的嫩鼻子直接接觸。隨著這兩種動物變得越來越習慣，可能會發展出一種保持距離的遊戲，

One iguana keeper relates how her iguana always approaches her cat and gives her a big lick on the mouth. The result is always the same: the cat, apparently startled, jumps away. While it is not surprising that this occurred the first time or two the iguana licked the cat, this lick-and-startle has been going on long enough that the cat may enjoy being "scared" (well, humans put themselves on roller-coasters, don't they?) and the iguana enjoys eliciting the response.

> ==此段未整理== 一隻鬣蜥飼養員講述了她的鬣蜥總是如何接近她的貓，並給她舔了一下嘴。結果總是一樣的：貓，似乎嚇了一跳，跳了起來。雖然這並不奇怪，這是鬣蜥第一次或兩次舔貓，但這種舔和驚嚇已經持續了足夠長的時間，以至於貓可能喜歡被“嚇死”（好吧，人類把自己放在過山車上，不是嗎？）鬣蜥很喜歡引起回應。

If your iguana and dog or cat get along with one another, make sure that such encounters only happen when you are home. No matter how well they seem to get along, tempers - and instinctive reactions - can flare in the blink of an eye. Injury can occur even when you are there, but is more likely to be much worse when you are not.

> ==此段未整理== 如果您的鬣蜥和貓狗彼此相處，請確保只有在您在家時才會遇到這種情況。無論他們看起來相處得多麼好，脾氣-和本能的反應-都可能在眨眼間爆發。即使您在那裡，也可能發生傷害，但是如果您不在那兒，傷害可能會更嚴重。

### Curtain / Drape Play 窗簾 / 垂飾

While Tarzan of the Jungle used vines as a way of getting from one place to another, some iguana keepers have reported that their iguanas just seem to like hanging around, swinging back and forth, clinging to the drapery pull cords or the drapes themselves. Needless to say, this type of play means that you will eventually be investing in new drapes. If your iguana likes the "swinging" life, rig up some securely mounted ropes or fabric where he can swing all he wants without ruining anything. Some iguanas may be more inclined to use such things if they think it is something you have put up for you, rather than for them, and so they may be more inclined to try it out if you make like it is yours (many iguanas operate under the "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine" theory of property ownership). So, play with the ropes or fabric yourself when your iguana can see you, batting the ropes or hanging cloth around so they swing enticingly. A few furtive looks over your shoulder in his direction can only reinforce your possessiveness of this new addition to your environment, making it all the more enticing to the iguana.

> ==此段未整理== 雖然叢林的泰山人用藤蔓作為從一個地方到另一個地方的方式，但一些鬣蜥飼養員報告說，它們的鬣蜥似乎只是在四處閒逛，來回擺動，緊緊地靠著窗簾的拉繩或窗簾。不用說，這種遊戲方式意味著您最終將投資於新的窗簾。如果您的鬣蜥喜歡“搖擺”的生活，請系上一些牢固安裝的繩索或織物，以便他可以隨意擺動所有東西而不會破壞任何東西。如果某些鬣蜥認為它們是您為您而不是為您提供的東西，則可能會更傾向於使用此類東西，因此，如果您做出像自己的樣的，則可能更傾向於嘗試一下（許多鬣蜥會在“什麼”下

### Jump and Leap Play 跳和躍遊戲

Jumping and leaping are natural behaviors for green iguanas. They provide a quick way for wild iguana to get from Branch A to Branch B, or from Branch A into the river. Jumping and leaping may be done to escape predators, avoid dominant iguanas, move to a sunny or shady spot when thermoregulating, or just to move for the sake of moving. When an iguana has been kept in a too small enclosure, or is growing out of hatchlinghood, they need to learn to leap and jump safely and build up the muscle strength and coordination used for leaping and landing accurately and safely. One way some seem to do this is by ignoring the climbers you so patiently made and installed for them, instead doing horrifying belly flops from their high basking areas to the floor of their enclosure or area.

> ==此段未整理== 跳躍和跳躍是綠鬣蜥的自然行為。它們為野生鬣蜥提供了一種從分支A到達分支B或從分支A進入河流的快速方法。可以跳來跳去，以逃避食肉動物，避開鬣蜥，在調節溫度時移到陽光充足或陰暗的地方，或者只是為了移動而移動。當鬣蜥被關在一個很小的圍欄中或正在成長時，他們需要學會安全地跳躍和跳躍，並建立用於準確和安全地跳躍和跳躍的肌肉力量和協調能力。有些人似乎這樣做的一種方法是，忽略了您如此耐心地為他們安裝和安裝的登山者，
>

One iguana keeper related that, for a time, her iguana would slide down her bare leg, then climb back up into the her lap for petting. After a minute or so, the iguana would move to her knee and slide again, repeating this several times over the course of several days. The iguana then progressed to jumping off her keeper's knee, apparently trying to leap farther each time. After her leaps, she would turn around and look back at her keeper. The keeper called her, whereupon the iguana came back to the keeper, climbing on her lap, accepted some petting, and then moved to the knee to leap again. One day she repeated this 30 times. This behavior continued for a month, and then stopped. This could have been skill and confidence building, which ended once the iguana felt comfortable with her newly developed muscles and coordination. To have repeated it so many times in a row and involved the iguana's keeper, one suspects it was also fun to do.

> ==此段未整理== 一位鬣蜥飼養員曾說過，有一段時間，她的鬣蜥會從裸露的腿上滑下來，然後再爬回膝蓋上撫摸。大約一分鐘後，鬣蜥將移動到她的膝蓋並再次滑動，在幾天的過程中重複此過程。鬣蜥隨後跳下了飼養員的膝蓋，顯然每次都試圖跳得更遠。飛躍後，她會轉身回頭看門將。飼養員給她打電話，隨後鬣蜥回到飼養員身上，爬上她的大腿，接受了一些撫摸，然後移到膝蓋上再次跳躍。一天，她重複了30次。此行為持續了一個月，然後停止了。==這本可以是技巧和信心的建立，一旦鬣蜥對她新發展的肌肉和協調能力感到舒適，就結束了==。要連續重複如此多次並讓鬣蜥的飼養員參與進來，有人懷疑這樣做也很有趣。
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Since shelves and branches installed in an enclosure do not have the "bounce" of a tree branch attached to a tree trunk or other branches, and the floor of the enclosure lacks the soft cushion of years of decayed fallen leaves (and decomposing bodies, and insect colonies hastening the recycling of such nutrients...but that's another article somewhere down the line...!) use your imagination to create some suitable targets for your iguana. Cushions made for pet mammal beds (not the cedar-filled ones!) work well, as will a bed pillow, or mound of spare blankets, or the hammock describe below.

> ==此段未整理== 由於安裝在機櫃中的架子和樹枝沒有與樹枝或其他樹枝相連的樹枝的“彈跳”，並且機櫃的地板缺少多年腐爛的落葉（以及腐爛的物體，昆蟲殖民地加快了這種營養物質的回收……但這是另一篇文章……！）利用您的想像力為鬣蜥創建一些合適的目標。為寵物哺乳動物床（而不是雪松填充的床）製成的墊子可以很好地工作，床枕頭，備用毯子堆或吊床將在下面描述。
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### Plant Play

Plant Play is a subset of Jump and Leap Play. Many iguanas are especially enticed by hanging plants and other objects that appear to be suitably plant-like for landing upon. Targets may include that antique vase of flowers, an oil painting depicting a garden, a sleeping kitty, your child who is engrossed in a video game, or that hanging potted plant you've tended so lovingly for the past several years. Strange as it may seem, these targets rarely appreciate being the landing pad of a flying iguana.

> ==此段未整理== Plant Play是Jump和Leap Play的子集。==許多鬣蜥特別喜歡被懸掛的植物和其他看起來像植物一樣適合降落的物體吸引==。目標可能包括古董花瓶，描繪花園的油畫，睡覺的小貓，沉迷於電子遊戲的孩子，或者您過去幾年來非常喜歡的懸掛盆栽。這些目標看起來很奇怪，但很少有人喜歡它們是飛行中的鬣蜥的著陸點。

If your iguana seems to like to "go for the green," try providing some green stuff to land on. You can find hammocks made for pets and for toys at various pet and toy stores, or make your own with a jungle-print fabric you buy at the fabric store, and some grommets, eyebolts, and S-hooks from the hardware store to securely mount the hammock to the enclosure walls - or other walls, such as spanning the corner of the room under his free-roaming basking shelf, or a larger one hung in an outdoor enclosure (make sure you mount them securely in supporting studs, or you may end up having to repair huge holes in your drywall as the iguana gets bigger and heavier). Craft and pet stores sell fake vines but they are rarely big or strong enough for an adult iguana, and landing on them may lead to serious injuries as the iguana and vines go crashing to the floor. (Be careful with any fake plant: on many, the wire that supports them is too thinly wrapped and pokes out after being manipulated for a short time, and others have small pieces which too easily detach to be swallowed by iguanas and others, causing a choking or gut obstruction hazard.)

> ==此段未整理== 如果您的鬣蜥似乎喜歡“綠色環保”，請嘗試提供一些綠色環保的東西。您可以在各種寵物和玩具商店中找到為寵物和玩具製成的吊床，或者使用在布料商店購買的叢林印花面料製作自己的吊床，並從五金商店購買一些扣眼，吊環和S型鉤以安全地固定將吊床安裝到機櫃的牆壁上-或其他牆壁上，例如跨越房間的角落，在其自由漫遊的曬衣架下，或將較大的吊床懸掛在室外機櫃中（請確保將它們牢固地安裝在支撐螺柱中，或者隨著鬣蜥變得越來越大和越來越重，可能最終不得不修復石膏板上的巨大洞）。手工藝品和寵物商店出售假藤本植物，但它們的大小或強度不足以容納成年的鬣蜥，而當鬣蜥和藤本植物撞擊地板時，降落在它們上可能會導致嚴重傷害。（要小心任何假植物：在許多情況下，支撐它們的金屬絲包裹得太細，在短時間操作後會戳破，還有一些細小的碎片很容易分離而被鬣蜥等吞噬，從而導致窒息或腸梗阻危險。）

### Object Play

An object is pretty much anything that isn't a plant or animal. Stuffed animal toys, clothing, gloves, and inflatable pool toys are some of the things iguana keepers have observed their iguanas "playing" with. Play with these objects isn't what we would see in a child playing with them: they aren't held or manipulated for fun or pleasure (except during breeding season by male iguanas). Specific items of clothing may be pulled out of dirty clothes hampers (or piles in your bedroom) or dumped off your closet shelf. Often times these clothes are green and used by the iguana to sleep on or lounge on, especially during your absence. These activities are not really considered play, either. It may be touching, if the iguana has chosen your shirt with your scent still on it to sleep on because it makes him feel more secure in your absence...but it could just as easily be his way of saying, "Huh! I'll teach you not to leave me. Today, your clothes. Tomorrow - the china cabinet!"

> ==此段未整理== 一個對象幾乎是任何非植物或動物的東西。填充動物玩具，衣服，手套和充氣游泳池玩具是鬣蜥飼養員觀察到的鬣蜥“玩耍”的一些東西。玩這些物品並不是我們在孩子玩這些物品時所看到的：它們不是出於娛樂或娛樂目的而持有或操縱的（雄性鬣蜥在繁殖季節除外）。某些特定的衣物可能會從髒衣服籃中拉出（或在臥室裡堆起）或從壁櫥架子上丟下。通常這些衣服是綠色的，鬣蜥用來睡覺或休息，尤其是在您不在時。這些活動也不是真正的遊戲。可能會感動
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One iguana keeper has an iguana with a deformed lower jaw due to a severe burn from a heat light that occurred at the pet store before she bought the iguana. The exposed upper jaw on that side gets irritated from eating, and so she bites things, apparently trying to soothe the irritation, but biting hard things just irritates it more. The keeper started a regular game of "bite the bag", using a crumpled brown paper bag. Her iguana seems to like biting on it and they will engage in this "feint-and-bite" activity for several minutes at a time during their quality time periods. Depending on the situation with other iguanas who enjoy this type of activity, it could be an effective way to displace aggression; in this particular iguana's case, it is probably soothing to her jaws, rather like a teething human baby chews on a teething toy or biscuit. As with designating play things for other types of animals, make sure that whatever you encourage or allow your iguana to play with isn't something you wear or use, as you may find your iguana trying to play with it while it is on your body...and iguana teeth can be quite persuasive.

> ==此段未整理== 一名鬣蜥飼養者的鬣蜥下頜變形，這是由於在她購買鬣鱗蜥之前在寵物店發生的強光灼傷所致。那一邊裸露的上顎會因進食而感到不適，因此她咬東西，顯然是想減輕刺激，但咬硬的東西只會刺激更多。守門員使用皺巴巴的牛皮紙袋開始了一場“咬袋子”的常規比賽。她的鬣鱗蜥似乎喜歡咬它，在優質的時期內，他們每次都會進行這種“假咬”活動。根據與喜歡這種活動的其他鬣蜥的情況，這可能是消除侵略的有效方法；在這種特殊的鬣蜥的情況下，它可能會撫慰她的下巴，而不像嬰兒牙齒在磨牙玩具或餅乾上咀嚼一樣。與指定其他類型動物的玩耍一樣，請確保不要鼓勵或允許鬣蜥玩耍的東西不是您要穿戴或使用的東西，因為您可能會發現鬣蜥試圖將其放在身體上玩耍...和鬣蜥的牙齒可能很有說服力。

### Human Play
Iguanas often use their humans as climbing trees. One keeper relates how her five-pound female likes to climb all over her, from her shoulder, down her back, then turning around and climbing up again, crossing the shoulder to the front and over the other shoulder, with an attempt during this travel to climb her keeper's head. Once she crosses the far shoulder, she proceeds down the back and up again, repeating the circuit. This iguana has other opportunities and objects to climb, but seems to relish the time spent climbing on her keeper, especially if the keeper makes it easy by wearing a sweater.

> ==此段未整理== 鬣蜥經常以人類為爬樹。一位門衛講述了她的五磅重女性喜歡如何從肩膀到肩膀，從她的背部往下爬，然後轉身再次向上攀爬，從肩膀到前方再越過另一隻肩膀，在這次旅行中嘗試爬上門將的頭。一旦越過遠處的肩膀，她便會再次從下往上前進，重複循環。這只鬣蜥還有其他機會和攀爬對象，但似乎很喜歡在飼養員身上爬山所花的時間，特別是如果飼養員穿毛衣很容易的話。

Holding your iguana and letting him climb along your arms or legs, moving him around to another position and letting him climb back, are playful activities that can be entered into if your iguana responds well to this. If you start getting tail thwacked or the iguana makes a concerted effort to get back to his basking area (or under the bed), this probably isn't going to do much for your relationship with him if you persist in trying to make him play with you..

> 抱著您的鬣蜥，讓他沿著您的胳膊或腿爬，移動牠到另一個位置，然後讓他爬回去，如果您的鬣蜥對此反應良好，則可以繼續這些有趣的活動。如果發現他的尾巴開始扭曲 twacked，或者努力想回到他的曬太陽區（或床下），那麼如果您堅持嘗試跟他玩，這可能對彼此關係沒有多大幫助..

### Quiet Time Play
Visiting with your iguana is a form of play. Whether you are sitting together watching the birds out the window or dinosaurs on the Discovery Channel, spending time companionably with your iguana provides a change of routine for him. If you spend part of that time petting him, or hand-feeding him some treats, so much the better. Some iguanas may solicit this time, throwing themselves at the wall of their enclosure when they hear you come home. Others may come up to you and plant themselves on your lap, or nudge you with their nose to get your hand away from whatever it is that it is doing instead of what it could be doing: petting them.

> 參觀你的鬣蜥也是一種玩耍形式。無論是坐在一起看著窗外的小鳥，還是探索頻道上的恐龍，花時間陪伴您的鬣蜥，一起度過的時光都為他帶來了改變。如果您將其中的一部分時間用來撫摸他，或者用手餵他一些零食，那就更好了。有些鬣蜥會徵求這個時候，當他們聽到您回家時，將自己貼在圍欄門上。其他人可能會抬起頭來，把自己放在你腿上，或者用鼻子輕拍您，使您的手遠離一切正在做的事，去做可能做的事：撫摸它們。

A walk in the garden, picking edible flowers and greens, can also be a quiet time activity. Holding your iguana outside while walking and talking with him, offering him colorful bits to eat, can be an enjoyable activity for the both of you. If he is too nervous or excited to eat your offerings just then, you can just pocket them and give them to him once you are back inside.

> ==此段未整理== 在花園裡散步，採摘可食用的花卉和綠色食品，也是一種安靜的時間活動。與他散步和聊天時將鬣蜥保持在室外，為他提供五顏六色的小食，對於你們兩個人來說都是一項愉快的活動。如果那時他太緊張或太興奮而無法吃掉您的產品，您可以將它們裝在口袋裡，一旦回到裡面就給他。

## How to Encourage Play 如何鼓勵玩

There are basically two types of play in which iguanas have reportedly engaged: individual play (activities the iguana does with an object or place (such as tub diving or curtain swinging) and partner play (activities involving another animal or human).

> ==此段未整理== 玩耍據報導，鬣蜥主要從事兩種類型的玩耍：個人玩耍（鬣蜥與物體或地方進行的活動（例如浴盆潛水或窗簾搖擺）和伴侶玩耍（涉及另一隻動物或人類的活動）。

Not all play is safe. Iguanas who are overly persistent in soliciting - or rejecting -- play from a dog, bird or other household pet may find themselves severely, even fatally, injured. While scaling clothes or linens in the closets and shoving them to the floor may be cute (and annoying), it can be dangerous when the same activity is done in a bookshelf or displays of heavy or fragile objects. Skin and bones can be broken when the iguana hits the floor, landing just before and underneath a heavy object, or leaps down amidst the pile of glass or pottery shards that used to be one of your wedding presents.

> ==此段未整理== 並非所有遊戲都是安全的。過度堅持或拒絕狗，鳥或其他家庭寵物玩耍的鬣蜥可能會受到嚴重傷害，甚至致命。雖然將衣服或床單放到壁櫥裡很容易（煩人），但在書架上或沉重或易碎物品的陳列中進行相同的活動可能會很危險。當鬣蜥落在地板上，在重物的前面和下面降落時，或者在一堆玻璃或陶器碎片中跳下來時，皮膚和骨頭可能會破裂，而玻璃碎片或陶器碎片曾經是您的結婚禮物之一。

You can encourage play by paying attention to what your iguana likes to do, and encourage that play which is safe by allowing it to occur and providing structural support, if necessary. If your iguana likes to swing from the drapery pulls, provide some sturdier ropes that are securely attached to the wall or ceiling for him to swing on, rather than the relatively fragile hardware typically used in drapery installations (unless, of course, you specified to the installers that you wanted hardware strong enough to sustain a 15-pound iguana playing Tarzan). If your iguana like to high-dive into water, make sure that the tub is large enough so that the iguana's body and limbs fit inside the tub, and that you have a waterproof or a water-resistant floor underneath.

> ==此段未整理== 您可以通過注意鬣蜥喜歡做什麼來鼓勵遊戲，並通過允許它發生並在必要時提供結構支持來鼓勵這種安全的遊戲。如果您的鬣蜥喜歡從軟裝拉扯中擺動，請提供一些結實的繩索固定在牆壁或天花板上，以供他擺動，而不是在軟裝中通常使用的相對較脆弱的硬件（當然，除非您指定要您想要硬件足夠堅固以承受15磅重的鬣蜥在泰山（Tarzan）遊戲中的安裝程序）。如果您的鬣蜥喜歡潛入水中，請確保浴缸足夠大，以使鬣蜥的身體和四肢適合放入浴缸中，

If you have other household pets, make sure they cannot come into direct contact with the iguana unless you are there to supervise. While they may be great friends and always play nice, everyone can have an off day, and you don't want it to be when you happen to be at work.

> ==此段未整理== 如果您還有其他家庭寵物，請確保除非您在那裡監督，否則它們不能直接與鬣蜥接觸。儘管他們可能是很好的朋友，並且總是表現不錯，但是每個人都可以放假，您不希望自己碰巧上班。

Offer your iguana different opportunities and activities to see if he in interested in them...and remember that, as he grows, his interests will change: that swinging rope that is ignored this spring may become his favorite activity next spring. Remember, too, that iguanas spend most of their time in the wild doing nothing but laying around, relaxed yet alert to their surroundings. If your iguana doesn't seem to engage in any play activities, that's perfectly normal. Trying to force an iguana to play with something will just be confusing and annoying to him and ultimately frustrating and disappointing for you. In this case, it is better to learn from your iguana: just lay back, relax, and enjoy the view!

> ==此段未整理== 給您的鬣蜥提供不同的機會和活動，看看他是否對它們感興趣……並記住，==隨著他的成長，他的興趣會改變==：這個春天被忽略的搖擺繩可能會成為他明年春天最喜歡的活動。還要記住，鬣蜥大部分時間都是在野外度過的，除了躺在周圍，放鬆而警惕周圍的環境外，什麼也不做。如果您的鬣蜥似乎沒有參與任何遊戲活動，那是完全正常的。試圖強迫鬣蜥玩一些東西只會令他感到困惑和煩惱，最終使您感到沮喪和失望。在這種情況下，最好向鬣蜥學習：只是放鬆，放鬆並欣賞美景！