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good news! my baby iguana ate a ton of food today!

then after work i went out and bought a huge tank for him...

should i wait before i put him into it since hes new in his tank as it is?

and i bought one of those zoo med coil heat bulbs (kind of like a stove top) is this sufficient for an iguana for both day and night?

the mixture of food he ate and apparently enjoyed was: dandelion greens, butternut squash, carrots, and strawberries.. i found out he does not like green beans or alfalfa.

thanks in advance, mike

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less veggies- MORE GREENS!!!
The diet we give our igs is just like you would make a salad-
A TON OF GREENS (not lettuce crap) collard, mustard, etc...
with a small amount- a little less than a hand full of veggies- we give our big guys like 7 slices of cucumber/etc... (for amt. ref.)
and 3-4 slices of fruit - twice a week....

keep a log of what he does/doesnt eat as far as veggies and things...

If hes not really into the collard or mustard greens- i've had several turn thier noses up at it- you can mix it with a little romaine or red leaf- but not much b/c this is that lettuce crap i mentioned before...

there are several posts about this stuff....

if the coil light youre talking about is the one i'm thinking- it should be ok...

you will need to invest in an actual HIGH quality uva/uvb light- we use the mercury vapor bulbs as well as some of the zoo med lights we've had/get donated...

glad he finally ate something...

as for changing cages again- unless he's just crammed into the tank you have for him- let him be for a little while- let him eat and gain some weight for a few weeks- then change him up again. its liable to throw him off again and he'll quit eating- better have some fat first!
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the ceramic bulb you got is very good for providing heat, so good job on that. Also, depending on what brand you got, it may have a 2 year guarentee, which is great.
You'll still NEED a UVA/UVB light if you don't already have one. This will probably been a large amount of money, but it is necessary for your iguana to survive.
Congratulations on your iggy eating!
You'll eventually have to upgrade the cage again, as I don't know of any tanks that are large enough for an adult iguana, but I'm sure the iggy is happy to have a bigger space right now.
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

What do you have in the bottom of the tank? It almost
looks like sand from the picture.

I am glad he is eating

Linda

yha.... sand?!.... its an Iguana- not a beardie right...? either way- there is a lot of controversy over sand period... i use newspaper or papertowels... much safer and far easier to clean....
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