Hello,
I have a fairly large water bowl for my iguana, but everytime I wake up in the morning, I find that my little friend has left some little terds in the water dish.
Does anyone know why this is?
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Iguana Defecating In His Water Bowel
sonic5115
Mar 09, 2005 03:36 PM
Replies (5)
rjward97
Mar 09, 2005 05:16 PM
It is normal. Igs prefer to defecate in water.. just gonna have to start scrubbing the bowl more.
bloodroses19
Mar 09, 2005 09:12 PM
yep! it actually makes things a little easier in my case. my iguanas go in large kitty litter pans filled with water. every day i dump the dirty water down the toilet, wash , and refill.
-brandy
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brandy 
chibicricket
Mar 09, 2005 09:25 PM
Very normal. My ig is literally toilet trained, and it was 10x easier than training the dog. What you can do is give him another tub of water. They usually won't drink from the bowl they poop in.
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~*Chibi*~
Sir Iggy ( 1.0.0 El Salvador Blue Iguana), Ryo-ohki, Orion, Bud, & Finnegan (3.1.0 crazy kitties), Rosebud (0.1.0 cockerspaniel), Trixie and Kayko (0.1.1 leopard gecko)
sonic5115
Mar 10, 2005 01:58 PM
Hahahaa..that's a good way of thinking of it. Thanks!
atcelltech
Mar 11, 2005 10:22 PM
I started putting mine in the bathtub and that is where he would do his deed. Then I built him a big cage. I put a big kitty litter box in the cage with a small aquarium heater under that. generally the water is pretty warm. That is where he always (99%) doeas his deed. It is so much easier than cleaning the cage (although I still do, just not nearly as often).
Before he does his deed in there, I have noticed him drinking out of it. So I put a SMALL water dish next to his food for him to drink out of. It is all working out great.
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Mike
0.0.1 Green Iguana
0.0.1 Pac Man Frog
0.2.0 Albino African Clawed Frog
1.0.0 BIG Golden Retriever 105 lbs
