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Greetings.. My Female Green Iguana Ivy, is Favoring her front leg.. I belive she injured herself from jumping around her Habbitate.. She is Approx. 6 months old.

I have been batheing her a bit more to reduce the swealing of her elbow area,,, Any ideas on what is normaly done in this case as far as medical treatment?

Thank you

Can you give us some information on her habitat set-up and
what she eats? My first concern would be metabolic bone
disease especially in an ig this age. If you are not
familiar, two of the main reasons they get this is either
they are not getting enough calcium or they do not have
a UVB source to metabolize it.

Please give specifics on diet and lighting. Do you have
UVB light?

Linda

Hiya ,,

No....I use the Best UV light money can buy.. The Habbitate is Huge aprox. 6 feet high by 7 feet long.

I basicly feel its cause of her jumping.. There also lives my male in that cage and he is a bit dominating.

I know he has picked on her a few times but just..basic niping.

Her elbow is still Swollen its about the size of a penny.

You may need to separate them. I had two iglets living together as well and one was more aggressive towards the other. Their names were kermit and Miss Piggy. Kermit nipped at her once in awhile but because they were young I dismissed it as no big deal. Boy did I learn my lesson. Miss Piggy developed an absess in the joint of her hind left leg from one of Kermit's bites so I took her to the vet and he drew a sample. She had an infection and had to be put on antibiotics. You are probably experiencing the same thing. I would get her to the vet immediately. J

I totally agree. Please separate them. I have two igs
male/female and I would never keep them together in the
same enclosure.

There have been males who have actually killed females
when kept together.

Please take care of this right away.
Linda