Miss Kaplan had try adding calcium and vitamin D3 into the food and feeding it more dog food, and the problem with metabolic bone disease was a common reoccurance...that until the invention of UVB bulb. And even feeding IG animals protein is very wrong. We have seen a lot of IG died in their 5 or 6 year of life due to kidney failure. When IG owners start feeding them only plant diets, we see a lot of IG that lived to 15 or more. I know of one particular green iguana of the guy who wrote "Ultimate Iguana Owner's Manual", I believe his name is James Hatfield, that was 30 years old when it died, and it was fed exclusively on plant. NO Iguana that are fed animal protein lived past their tenth year. And you can quote me on that! I'm not here to pull your strings...i'm just telling you the correct info. Head down to this site and it'll tell you everything you need to know about green iguana. Note, some species of iguana, like the Cyclura do eat animal proteing, but not the green iguana.
http://www.anapsid.org

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