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Post by afghanvet on Jan 18, 2013 10:33:40 GMT -8
He hasn't scratched it yet. He prefers me to put the couch pillows in a way that helps him climb. The name is great ;-)
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 18, 2013 8:10:25 GMT -8
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 13, 2013 6:56:04 GMT -8
Awww. Poor girl.
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 12, 2013 6:17:18 GMT -8
Fred and Wilma love blueberries. I haven't been able to get them to eat wheat bread. They won't touch pomegranate either. It's funny how they stare at new foods. Once they try it, they normally love it. The newest issue now is poop. Wish they would go on the floor or in their water filled litter box. Lol.
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 10, 2013 20:29:37 GMT -8
They get a little extra of their favorites on Fridays. ;D
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 8, 2013 17:23:20 GMT -8
She's awesome. I'm enjoying watching how mine are progressing. Neither of them run away from me anymore. I still haven't had either take a piece of food from my hand, but they will open up and lick a piece of banana over and over. If I stick it in their mouth inbetween licks, they will then take it, but I'm seeing progression every week. I'm working every night waiting on them to take a piece of food. Maybe I should try in the morning when they run to the food bowl. haha Fred does slow head bobs at me sometimes. I love how the personalities are coming out. If there is one thing about having them that I think is the most important, it's giving them stability and letting them make a routine prior to messing with them and doing research, research, research. They both run to their food bowls at a certain time, do a walk around their enclosure at a certain time, bask at a certain time, about all day and when the timers go off, their eyes are shut and they are in their spots asleep.
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 7, 2013 12:32:17 GMT -8
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 5, 2013 17:35:02 GMT -8
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 3, 2013 15:48:43 GMT -8
My mistake, I don't feed them Kale. It's turnip greens with collards. Our capital market had collards, kale and turnip greens. I knew collards were good, but I had to do a quick search on the website for turnip and kale. kale was occasional, so I passed. Our pharmacist said tums are good as any calcium suppliment, and I've read online where folks use it with no complications. I used a pet store calcium suppliment in the past, I believe it was Reptical, but not sure. If I saw the container, I would recognize it. Three of my iguanas ended up with MBD in the past. I'm sure it was other factors, but unless I can test the results or know the FDA has approved it for human consumption, I'm having a hard time using it. Human medicine is FDA approved. It's just me being OCD. haha. Human suppliments are not FDA approved, so I try to use something considered medicine. Iguana society recommends brewers yeast or B1 as a suppliment for frozen veggies. With my theory above, I should be using the brewers yeast. I only put a little frozen veggies on the leaf pile just for color. I hope they don't get sick. It's taken me over 10 years to try this again. Thank you so much for your info. I appreciate it very much.
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Post by afghanvet on Jan 2, 2013 19:54:58 GMT -8
I have two 160 watt mvb uvb bulbs and a regular lowes heat lamp to make a temperature gradient in the enclosure and two heat emitters for night to keep the temp up at night and a space heater set on 70 for the room The heat emmiters keep it at 85-90 all night in the upper part I have a small reptile waterfall for water movement, a cat litter pan with water and a humidifier. Does it sound like I'm on the right path? I've had Fred and Wilma over a month now and they're getting calmer. Both love bananas from my hand after work at 6pm. Some nights they just lick the piece of banana from my hand, but I take that as progress. During the day they mostly eat fresh collards, kale greens, butternut and accord squash. They love snap peas and collards. I mix just a tad of frozen veggies for color and add B1 once a week. I also crush a tums and sprinckle on mondays They won't touch fresh blackberrys. Does it sound like Im missing anything? The cool mist humidifier puts out a lot of air on low, so I have it on the daytime timers. Should I have it on all night too? The humidity is around 50-60 during the day and when it's off at night the humidity drops to 30. Will the noise and cool mist bug them when it's on at night or should I worry more about keeping the enclosures humidity up at night? Sorry so long. I shad two mbd igs 10 or so years ago and I didn't help them much even though I though I was at the time. I don't want a sick ig. Oh, they both passed their physicals and are good for 6 months to a year. Both are getting a touch of triple antibiotic on their noses.
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Post by afghanvet on Dec 27, 2012 19:05:35 GMT -8
He has triple antibiotic ointment on it. I've only had him a little over a month. He bruised his nose good the first few days after receiving him. I did my best to leave him alone and let him acclimate, but he went insane a couple times. I read about hide boxes prior to his arrival and put one in his enclosure and he's calmed down a lot. all the lights and heat are on thermostats and timers, so he received little interaction for awhile. He's eating well and has a daily routine in his enclosure, so I'm messing with him a little more. I tried iguanas in the past. Had the typical one from a pet store when I was little that didn't survive for obvious reasons. Then I had two that traveled all over the world with me while in the military. They actually made it through 4 years in Alaska. Now I'm out of the service and after 10 years of reading and wanting another, I built a really nice enclosure, researched the best everything and I'm back to having an iguana as a pet. I'm trying to do everything perfect this time. It's really neat when you Read about people's concerns and questions and you're able to sort of expect the next step. It's odd how quickly they catch on to some things and how slow they are others. It's really enjoyable.
Awesome videos. Thanks!!!
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Post by afghanvet on Dec 27, 2012 6:51:52 GMT -8
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Post by afghanvet on Dec 26, 2012 4:34:53 GMT -8
So sorry to hear that he passed. Try to use the experience to educate others and yourself before attempting again. You now have first hand knowledge on MBD as you've watched one die from it. Try to pull some sort of good out of the situation.
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Post by afghanvet on Dec 25, 2012 11:50:55 GMT -8
If you can't afford a vet, you may try to contact the humane society and have them put you in touch with a non profit agency that can help you out. How old are you? If you're a child, you may want to let you parents know that their going to be digging a hole if they don't do something. Back when I first had iguanas, they always died of mbd or at least showed symptoms. Most people were ignorant of iguanas, including myself. I definitely learned the hard way a few times. Lots of the reading material on proper diet and supplimentation was inccorect and uvb lights were a myth. Lol
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Post by afghanvet on Dec 24, 2012 18:00:34 GMT -8
My iguanas have always prefered natural climbing branches instead of manmade. I got elaborate on the last build and covered 2x4, 2x6 and 2x10's with indoor, outdoor carpet. They prefer the dried cedar logs and driftwood.
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