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Ig of the Month

Meet Ralph

Ralph came to IRN in August of 2003.  She had a punctured eyeball, which she had to have immediately removed as it was causing her pain and would continue to undergo necrosis and may have led to septicemia.  She received this injury while she was on a leash outdoors and basking on her log.  Somehow, she became frightened and and ensnared herself on her leash and punctured her eyeball with a piece of her log.

Ralph is a very mellow 10-year old female iguana who was a classroom iguana for most of her life.  She is now lounging in her own room at I.R.N., healing and awaiting her second eye surgery.  She is a remarkably sweet girl with a great will to live.

She has been on a long course of systemic antibiotic therapy, and will require a second surgery to remove the gauze that was placed in her empty orbit to staunch the bleeding during her eye enucleation surgery.  Although we received a donation to pay for a little over half of the surgery, we still need funding to pay for the rest of the surgery as well as her medication.  Unfortunately, this has resulted in volunteers using their credit cards and are still waiting for reimbursement from I.R.N.  If you would like to make a cash donation towards Ralph's surgery and care, please click 

For other ways to help I.R.N. please visit our How You Can Help Page.  These range from specifying us as your cause to donate to from places you shop at to purchasing merchandise I.R.N. has created.

Then and Now

 

Then (Post-surgery pictures)

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This is Ralph's non-injured side.  Isn't she a beauty?   Click to open it in a larger window. Here's Ralph lounging in her recovery cage.  Click to open it in a larger window.

 

 

 
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Above, you can see the post-operative appearance of her eye.  The stitches are still in, and will be in place until her next surgery. Click to open it in a larger window. Here she is, just being an ig. Ralph loves nasturtiums.  Click to open it in a larger window.

Now (More to come after her second surgery!)

Interested in adopting Ralph?  Fill out our adoption form.

Visit our past Ig of the Month, Roman.