One shared iguana engine
Gated communities in Palm Beach County — the country-club neighborhoods in Boca and Palm Beach Gardens, the waterfront enclaves in Delray and North Palm Beach — tend to share one iguana engine: common-area retention lakes, shared seawalls, and canals that connect the whole property.
The animals den in the community-owned bank and graze across everyone's landscaping, which means an individual homeowner can clear their own yard and still be reinfested within days from the lake next door. It's a community-scale problem by design.
Why lot-by-lot doesn't work
That's why the work here is usually run through the HOA or property manager rather than lot by lot.
- Common-area lakes and seawalls are the shared den site
- One cleared lot reinfests from the neighbor's water
- Connected canals keep feeding the whole community
- Only a common-area program holds numbers down community-wide
How we run a community program
We walk the common areas to map the burrows and runs, then set up a monitored program: scheduled removal, traps on the active spots, and bank work along the shared water. We're comfortable presenting the plan to a board, staying discreet on the streets, and keeping service records and reporting the association can hold on file. Everything stays FWC-compliant and humane, which matters when residents are watching the work happen.
Common questions
I cleared my yard but the iguanas came back — why?
In a gated community the animals den in the shared lake or seawall bank next door, so a single lot reinfests fast. The fix has to cover the common areas, usually through the HOA.
Can you work directly with our board or property manager?
Yes. We present the plan to the board, keep service records and reporting on file, and provide a single point of contact for the association.
Will residents see the work being done?
Yes, and we keep it discreet and humane because they're watching. The monitored program brings visible numbers down over the season, with reporting the board can share.
