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Newbie question (yet another newbie...)

ptdnsr Jan 25, 2005 09:03 PM

Ok, I got my green iguana, Iggy, a few weeks ago and I've noticed something lately. She (for lack of better term - Iggy is unsexed) has been burying her food dish whenever I put it in the cage. Anyone know a reason for this? She's kept in our pet room which has an ambient temperature between 75 and 80 with a heat lamp/UV light (has UVB) and it's close enough for her to bask (no more than 9" or so). She also likes to fill up her water dish for some reason. She's still really feisty and tries to get away when I'm holding her two handed but as soon as I start doing something in her cage with one hand she quits trying to get away - kind of amusing. I'm just trying to slowly hold her longer and longer to get used to me. Ok...done rambling...I was just curious (and I do feed her a varied diet of fresh foods).

~Katie
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0.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and Miss Piggy)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
0.2 Pac Man Frogs (Gordito and Spud)
1.2 Suriname Toad (Squishy & the Squishettes)
0.0.2 Giant Millipede (Mega & Mila)
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Replies (2)

debs1018 Jan 26, 2005 11:57 AM

What is she burying her food with? You should not have anything that she can ingest like mulch, sand etc.
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The addiction can be dangerous. 1 Uro named Buddy aka Big Boy & 1 Ig named Tiny

AlteredMind99 Jan 28, 2005 09:14 AM

Switch her to a substrate that she can not dig around in.
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