Iguana not growing.

[reptile65]

Originally Posted by Dehlida

There is a commercially available parasite killer used for farm animals and the like that many will use in very small doses for reptiles to treat them. I forget what it's called though and will need to look it up.

Panacur???

[Dehlida]

Originally Posted by reptile65

Panacur???

Winner, I actually mentioned the name in a conversation earlier while talking to someone and didn't even realize. LOL

[RandyRhoads]

How would you dose a reptile?

[Dehlida]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

How would you dose a reptile?

I've always just put a little tiny bit directly into the mouth, like, less than a drop.

[RandyRhoads]

Is it a one time deal, or daily for a while?

[SpOoKy]

Exclusive Dragons - Drug Calculations for Reptiles

Hopefully this can help with dosage calculations. I personally have never had to use it (knock on wood) but I have it bookmarked in case I needed it.

Not sure if it is the same for iguana's and beardies though, you may want to read through it a little more.

[Snakefood]

when hubby and I had our girl, we fed her a mash mix that we chopped very fine in the food proccessor in big batches, mixed and froze it in daily portions. we based it in some kind of squash and added parsley and kale (really cheap) carrots, yams, and added a bag of frozen peas. This we would warm up in a bowl of hot water. Misty would ATTACK her bowl of this every day of her life!! We also provided another bowl of greens which contained the different lettuces and greens. If you go to a produce store, they will usually have boxes somewhere (just ask) of thier "throw aways" the outer leaves of lettuces, cauliflower, broccolli, cabbages,ect. We would go twice per week and grab a couple big bage of the best stuff, so on the most part her greens were free.

Using this method we kept misty at aprox 30 lbs and (6') for the whole 5 yrs we had her (we got her full grown froma friends mom and kept her till her death) and did it all very inexpensively too!! (considering ow much she ate)

PS- if we did not warm up the mash, she would hardly touch it. It definately smelled more when heated, so maybe that could be the trick??

[siz]

I have two green iguanas - hopefully I can be of some help. I'm no expert on Iguana iguana by any means though.

First I'd like to say you shouldn't dose your animal by yourself. I suggest take a fecal sample to a vet for a float, to see if there are any parasites in his stool. Your vet can then give appropriate medication, Panacur is one of them. I would definitely recommend doing this if you know he is wild caught.

The best foods for Iguana iguana include squashes such as Butternut, Acorn, and Kabocha, alfalfa, green beans, dandelion, collard, and turnip greens, papaya, banana, mango...I feed my iguanas these foods along with other fruits and veggies for a little variety. I do feed my iguana lettuce, it has lots of water in it if nothing else, which isn't a bad thing IF you have lots of other nutritious foods in it's diet. This is my favourite iguana-related website:
Food Information Chart You've likely seen this if you've been on Green Iguana Society (good site) but I'll reference it because it is awesome, haha.

However, you adults look quite healthy from what I can see...and it sounds like you have your feeding down...is your iguana lethargic? You mentioned UV lighting but not heat lights, do you have one? What are the temps in your enclosure? Does he bask under his UV? How MUCH do you feed him daily? Did you have your other iguana that young?

Both of my iguanas are rescues, and the younger one had Metabolic Bone Disease. He is quite small as well - to say "size doesn't matter" applies more to adult igs than a juvi than should really have a healthy growth rate. To say it simply, he is sick, so he doesn't grow properly.

PS...Love the outdoor enclosure!