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Hello
I was wondering if what is offered to adult iguanas is offered to baby or juvies? I mean the variety of greens and such. I ask because they seem so small and don't consume as much. How do you all manage making their feeding portions and what do you include? Thanks
RoadSpawn

We feed baby igs the same diet as adults, just chop and shred it smaller that way it is easy for them and they can pack more of it in.

Hello
Thanks for the reply. I just couldn't see him eating so much food until I served it to him. WOW.....little pig!!!!!!

Are you asking how does one purchase so many greens for a baby iguana since they eat so little? My little iggy eats more veggies than my full grown, very piggy Bearded Dragon. This green guy eats a lot, and empties a bowl twice a day.

I have quite a few lizards-6 adult Beardies, 3 tegus, 1 M. uromastyx, and a baby Green Iguana. Plus, I like to eat fresh produce, so I buy a lot of fruits and veggies. I'll be honest, I don't always provide a variety of greens at every meal, but I switch greens when I buy them. This week I'm going through a bag of kale, last week it was fresh collard, next week it will probably be mustard. When I make a salad for the lizards, they get 50% greens, and 50% veggies that I change daily. It might be squash one day, then green beans, then peas or limas, or sweet potatoes, or dandelions and hibiscus (more greens, but I have a patch in my yard). Then I add a couple of pieces of fruit in season as a topping (mango, berries, grape, cherry, peach, banana).

So to make it practical, I capitalize on what I eat, and I learned how to keep fresh greens from going bad so quickly. When I only had one beardie years and years ago, I bought the smallest leaves of greens I could find, and I used frozen green beans so I wasn't wasting so much food.

I now see what you mean about them being little pigs. My little iguana does eat a lot. I don't know where it all goes but it goes......So far I've mixed Collard, Danelion Greens and Mustard greens. I need one more, maybe water cress. I'll also have to add some veggies. My iggy is a red one.

Kale and green beans have a good Ca. Check out the Iguana Den Diet (Google it) for a lot of good ideas.