black iguana ?

i have a new iguana he is a 1 y/o black (spiny-tailed) iguana and i was wondering if any one has any idea if there is anthing else besides the the veggies i feed my green iguana that i should feed him

[prism_wolf]

Have you tried doing a search on cycluras? That's the genus rock iguanas come from. There are several species of rocks igs. They all need animal protein, but I don't know how much. Maybe asking Melissa Kaplan on her Iguana Maling List in Yahoo groups can help. She is an active participant. Just make sure you put "OT" before posting.

www.cyclura.com
www.anapsid.org/cyclura/ Read Mikey's journal...the old ones. Link is at the bottom of the page.

There is more info coming in on the cyclura diet. No one can seem to agree right now. Some say that the rocks are 100% herbivorous...some say they need at least some animal protein...such as once a month. Good luck in your search is all I can offer.

( Just a side note - this is why you need to research PRIOR to purchasing... )

At least the rest of the requirements are easy enough to obtain.

[IguanaKing]

Cycluras are not quite the same as the spiny tail iguana. The spiny tail is Ctenosaurus. Here's a link www.anapsid.org/cteno.html. CoRHS has one spiny tail living among their green iguana population, and they all eat the same food. The same debate exists over food on MKs site, but it seems that the adults do quite well on the standard mix of green iguana foods.

[prism_wolf]

Thanks IK...I forgot it was a spiny when I started "Googling"...

[Marie]

I did a search on cycluras because I didn't know much about them.

prismwolf said:

Have you tried doing a search on cycluras? That's the genus rock iguanas come from. There are several species of rocks igs. They all need animal protein, but I don't know how much. Maybe asking Melissa Kaplan on her Iguana Maling List in Yahoo groups can help. She is an active participant. Just make sure you put "OT" before posting.

www.cyclura.com
www.anapsid.org/cyclura/ Read Mikey's journal...the old ones. Link is at the bottom of the page.

There is more info coming in on the cyclura diet. No one can seem to agree right now. Some say that the rocks are 100% herbivorous...some say they need at least some animal protein...such as once a month. Good luck in your search is all I can offer.

( Just a side note - this is why you need to research PRIOR to purchasing... )

At least the rest of the requirements are easy enough to obtain.

When I basically got this same information from the Nashville zoo website I got this response

ok this is one subject I know about about from the big guy (John Binns). Cyclura are herbivores. They do not do well with animal protien even thought the seem to relish it.
I had an online breeder (who I got my cornuta from) tell me that pinks and worms are a valuable part of a diet for the rock iguanas---and after I emailed Robert MacCargar and he put me in touch with John, he thoroughly explained to me how they would rarely digest animal protien out in the wild.
He also added that after I took my trip to Cayman I would have a better understanding of these guys and he was right.
I have heard from others who chose to feed thier cyclura a diet consisting of part animal protien some horror stories about the condition of their iguanas as time went on (especially females).
Don't listen to rouge websites and people who claim to be experts simply because they breed---go straight to a person who knows thier stuff based on time out in the field patricksiguana.proboards23.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1115858385

Which I did not realize zoo websites were rouge sites. So I then gave Melissa Kaplan's site for the person who started the thread to check out. And said that I didn't think that site was a rouge site.

Marie

thanx guys i found that only thye juvis are mostly carnivourous adults are omnivores but more herbivore