Care Sheet for IguanasAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.55 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 09/30/2003 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Iguanas |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | K.M.R |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Green Iguana |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Green Iguanas are great herps to keep some can be great and some may not mine is though.Sexing green iguanas should not be that diffucult.U might have to wait about a yr or 2 Though,Male iguanas will be more heavily bodied to bulges at the behind there vent.And i big Dewlap.Females are smaller than females. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Provide a large water dish for them to soak in clean daily.Substrate:Reptibark,aspen,astro-turf DO NOT USE PINE OR CEDAR! |
Lighting and UVB: | Reptisun works great for iguanas. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | 85 degrees to digest their food.They have a tropical enviroment daily misting is required,80-90Degrees day time Evening:70-75degrees
<br>nightime:80 degrees
<br>Basking temp:95-100 Degrees. |
Heating and Equipment: | UV light providing UVA and UVB for proper calicum metabolism skelatal develoment. |
Caging Provided: | Cages should be 1 1/2 the size of them.and 2/3 the length of the iguana,branches are required for climbing and basking.Iguanans should be housed alone. |
Diet: | Herbivorous |
Description of Diet: | My Iguana has a diet of Collard greens,turnip greens,mustard greens,sometimes green beans hibisus and mulberry leaves are good to sometimes.Rep-cal and Zoo med works good in pelleted iguana food provied fresh water with it though.Fruits are 10% of their diet,Iguanas are ONLY veggie eaters. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I sprinkle my iguanas food 1 a week with calicum dust,younger iguanas 1once a day. |
Maintenance: | Iguanas can be a daulting task for a begginer most iguanas are forgotton so do ur homework before u buy one of these GREAT herps.And iguanas MUST need that type of heating. |
Some Words on this Species: | Iguanas are really good for experinced ppl.Their size and color are great to have around. |
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