any green iguana owners????

[DeesBalls]

Hello, my friend needs help on a school project... she needs all kinds of info in green iguanas. Where they come from, diets, life span, everything you can imagine, also so.e pics would be ggood too.....

I didn't want her to use the internet or a pet store like she was going to ddo, so I thought I would ask in here.

Thsnks

[RandyRhoads]

Originally Posted by LiL_Boa

Hello, my friend needs help on a school project... she needs all kinds of info in green iguanas. Where they come from, diets, life span, everything you can imagine, also so.e pics would be ggood too.....

I didn't want her to use the internet or a pet store like she was going to ddo, so I thought I would ask in here.

Thsnks

This is the internet. You might as well google it. Mine eats baby spinach, with the occasional fruits such as strawberrys, blackberrys, peaches ,pears, and banannas. They come from all over. Mexico to tropical islands. They can live up to 20 year although 10 year in captivity is common. My guy is coming up on 5 years. In the last pic he snuck over my shoulder and took a bite of my pizza and got wing sauce on his lips. Bad Iguana. They (should) only eat plants,/fruits veggies. Some babies eat the poop of adults to (help digest?) Someone correct me if i'm wrong on why they eat it.

[whoaxmary]

Lol! The last picture reminds me of my puppy when she's caught stealing food. Priceless

[RandyRhoads]

He did steal a pretty big bite of my pizza while I was watching a movie. As unfortunate as it was he got a bite it was pretty entertaining watching him regret his decision when the wing sauce started burning his mouth. He flipped out lol. Hope it didn't do anything major healthwise.

[stephanbakir]

The spikes on your iguana almost look like hair:P

[fflamingmoe]

I was an Iguana owner for over 20 years.
What would you like to know?
I don't think the pizza hurt him too much though.
He looks like about 8 years old?

[serpentshideawa]

Dont forget bugs we had one when i was in grade school and he loved crickets

[dshin963]

Ohhh that pizza story reallyakes me want a lizard :-S

[RandyRhoads]

Originally Posted by serpentshideawa

Dont forget bugs we had one when i was in grade school and he loved crickets

From what i've read that's harmfull to it's health. Some people fed theirs mice too, not good. Purely herbivores.

And my guy is almost 5. Sometimes he combes his "hair" to the left for special dinners and such. Sometimes he spikes it. lol.

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

From what i've read that's harmfull to it's health. Some people fed theirs mice too, not good. Purely herbivores.

And my guy is almost 5. Sometimes he combes his "hair" to the left for special dinners and such. Sometimes he spikes it. lol.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Little Wise Owl]

Try this website: Green Iguana Society

Their input on feeding green iguanas animal protein:

"Many iguana care books still say that iguanas can be fed these items. All of these items contain animal protein and can cause severe organ damage and possibly even premature death. There are many so-called authorities in iguana care that still claim that young iguanas eat insects. This myth started many years ago, and has grown to epidemic proportions. While it may be true that wild iguanas occasionally eat animal protein (and this has not been conclusively shown), we do know for sure that iguanas raised on a strictly vegetarian diet not only are large and healthy, but longer-lived than those fed animal protein. So, regardless of what wild iguanas are or aren't doing, there is no good reason to feed meat, and in fact, there are serious reasons not to. The Green Iguana Society recommends that no iguana, even a young one, should ever be fed meat, dog or cat food, insects or any other kind of animal protein."

[NennaMeerkat]

As far as the wing sauce goes it might have taught him a lesson to stay away from pizza LOL I know if my dogs show an interest in something that isn't for them I sprinkle a bit of Tabasco sauce (just a very very small amount) on it...worked great when my pit mix showed an interest in our kitchen garbage. She got a bite on the place where the hot sauce was and has yet to give the garbage even another sniff.

Now can a lizard associate such things? Well I think so...if something tastes bad in the wild I doubt they would just continue to chomp away at it time and time agian.

[fflamingmoe]

No meat ever when adult.
My Iguana's lived long lives without it.
20+YEARS
They will get gout and other things and not good for Iguana's

[Dehlida]

Most iguanas don't live 10+ years due to bad ownership. I can't even tell the number of owners who feel it's ok to let their iguana free roam the house all day. Flat out, this will not be healthy for the lizard, they come from tropical rainforests, and do well in high humidity. I have yet to see anyones house outside of maybe florida/georgia etc who's house is kept at high enough/humidity and temps for an iguana. This is the exact smame reason any time of screen/mesh enclosure is terrible as well.

[RandyRhoads]

Are you saying they NEED high humidity to survive? They all come from tropical rainforests?


Mine used to free roam inside and outside . Relax in the sprinklers. Hang out in the trees in the yard eating fruit. Stopped letting him out after someone felt the need to have animal control pick him up.