I had an iguana, impulse buy, stupid mistake. anyway. I bought her from a petstore when she was about a foot long. first few months of her life were in an aquarium(stupid yes i know). I finally moved her into a larger cage never even heard of uv bulbs till i read an iguana book. I bought them, they burnt out in 6 months and i never replaced them. I had her from 1994-2002, and had to get rid of her because of space issues. She was completely healthy, ate like a champ. She actually would come out for a while and guess where she went for first. straight for MEAT. catfood. not saying CATFOOD is good for anything besides cats, but thats the first place she went when she got out. righ tto the cat food dish. and then would make rounds to eat dry dog food in the dogs dish. She never had any problems, never went to the vet once in my care. She grew to be about 4 feet long. she had her staple diet of veggies but always had to have catfood, and had to crap in the bathroom on the cool tile floor next to the toilet. prime example of a iguana almost never having those crazy overpriced bulbs. and as of i know right now, she is still alive, with her new owners so that would make her 12 years old. So with my experience with one iguana, she has lived a full compelete life without uv bulbs.

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