Iguana Care
73How To Care For Your Pet Iguana
So you have purchased a pet Iguana and now you need to know the basics of pet iguana care in order to properly take care of your new pet. So you need a crash course in caring for your pet iguana. Well sit back and read a short check list that might just help you out. You will learn a few things that the pet shop may not have told you.
First things first, you need an appropriate home. Did you know that our iguana will grow to over 7 feet in the next two years? An aquarium is just not a good home for your iguana. You need a space about 10 feet long and at least 3 feet high, and with ample width. Your iguana will need things to climb on like branches and rocks. A few Iguana friendly leafy plants would be good as they like to hide in them.
They also need a place to bask. Now you may be wondering how to do this. Well you can build your own habitat quite easily with wood and screen. You can set aside a mud room or space in a room for your iguana and enclose it. Avoid carpeting it is not good for the iguana. You will also need a rectangular pan filled with water, because the iguana likes to soak, and he also does his business in the water, so water id critical for proper iguana care. You will have to frequently clean out this pan. Newspaper is the best floor covering to use as it can be quickly changed out and replaced. Other types of pet bedding are not good for your pet.
Now you need to have a place for your Iguana to bask. You will also need a heating lamp, one that is made for Iguanas. They are cold blooded and they have to absorb their heat, and get their vitamin D this way. It is also a good idea to get under-heating as this helps the iguana to digest his food. Do not use heating stones as your iguana will burn himself on it.
Diet is pretty easy, but strict. Stick to green leafy vegetables, berries, oranges and squash. They also like melons as well. Remove all seeds. You should blend your iguana's foods or he will eat what he likes and not get a nutritious diet. Iguana vitamins are something that you should give your pet daily. Now these tips should get you started. You can also look on the Internet for websites to help you with any other questions that you might have.
Providing the proper iguana care for your pet will ensure that he has a long, happy and healthy life!
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Not specific enough. Need hot spot of around 100 degrees under basking light. A good vegetarian balanced diet is more complex and difficult to balance than simply saying greens and melons. Rep-cal makes an excellent pellet that I've raised babies to adults making their own babies with, and the breeders have lived normal lifespans on (10-15 years). It's an easy way to feed a good diet. 7 feet is like world record iguana length also and no one is likely to ever have a pet iguana reach that length- most full grown adults are 4-5 feet long after about 3 years and remain in that neighborhood with really big ones near 6 feet after a couple more years. Without tail the body is about the same size as a housecat. Socialization is very important for pet iguanas- they need a lot of time spent being handled and interacted with by owner to remain tame into adulthood-30 minutes to an hour daily for the first 3 years of life while they are growing and developing will produce adults that are super tame and surprisingly intelligent. Even during breeding season my adults are non-aggressive. Real breeding season when my animals are really mating and producing eggs. Many owners blame breeding season incorrectly on aggressive iguanas when the truth is they haven't put the time in socializing. Breeding season is a few weeks each year- not months and months - that's a good clue it's you not the lizard that's responsible.
Horrible hub.No description about temperature,handling,etc.
D Swain says:
11 months ago
Great page on caring for iguanas. This is all useful information that every owner should know. Unfortunately, many don't take the time to research how to care for their iguana properly.