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hi my friend has 2 baby iggy and he feeds them all the right veggies and fruits but he also gives them crikets i tiold him this will mess them up because they cant digest all the protien but he does it anyway...also one of them is fine and very healthy looking the other is a little thin....just wondering what this can do to an iggy...thanks

right now it might not do anything but down the line it will come back and kick him in the ass when his iggs are dying of liver failure and he ahs to pay the vet bills..

the protien that is in the crickets is not good for them. iggs cannot digest animal protien and it screws up the digestive system... it could also inhibit growth.. he should stop now..

>>hi my friend has 2 baby iggy and he feeds them all the right veggies and fruits but he also gives them crikets i tiold him this will mess them up because they cant digest all the protien but he does it anyway...also one of them is fine and very healthy looking the other is a little thin....just wondering what this can do to an iggy...thanks

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In regards to the crickets, they will not inhibit the iggy's growth, he will most likely grow faster due to the extra protein, so he will end up with a large dead lizard within a few short years.

>>In regards to the crickets, they will not inhibit the iggy's growth, he will most likely grow faster due to the extra protein, so he will end up with a large dead lizard within a few short years.

iggs cannot digest the amimal protiens that are found in the crickets.. i have seen first hand what happens to an igg when fed crickets and greens. i resuced some from a local shop.. and they had been fed greens and crickets and there growth was stunted..
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1.0.0 adopted iguana
0.0.2 Hedgehogs
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YOU DONT OWN YOUR IGUANA, YOUR IGUANA OWNS YOU

HAPPINESS IS LIKE PEEING ON YOURSELF, EVERYONE CAN SEE IT BUT ONLY YOU CAN FEEL THE WARMTH

R.I.P INDIAN LARRY

In addition to the other reply, you should consioder the problems of housing multiple igs. One will become dominant and hog the best basking areas and the food, and the submissive ig will be blocked from getting good basking times and may not get enough to eat.

Beginner ig owners can't easily see the aggression, but the dominant ig will transmit aggression by a tilt of the head or the extension of the dewlap. The submissive ig knows those signs.

Those two igs are being forced to live together. In the wild the submissive ig would wander off to a territory that has no iguanas donimating it.

Roger