old mom needs updated info on diet of juvies

[reptymom]

Like I said in my intro I had an iggy 20yrs ago and information has changed since then.I love the internet, I used to have such a hard time finding good info on reptile when all that was available were those petstore books...Anyway 20yrs ago I was told that juvenile igs needed protein(crickets, meal worms) in addition to salad..Now Im under the impression this is wrong, is it?

Also what do you think about the pelleted food when used in addition to salad?

Thanks all

[bgingras]

vegies only, no animal protien...there is a care sheet on here somewhere with recomended food.

[IguanaKing]

Yup...animal protein is quite harmful to an iguana. They can get all the protein they need from a varied diet of veggies. Here are a few links to some threads here that will help answer all of your questions about diet, including your question about the pellets.

tesa.proboards24.com/index.cgi?board=diet&action=display&thread=1082461505

tesa.proboards24.com/index.cgi?board=diet&action=display&thread=1131906462

tesa.proboards24.com/index.cgi?board=diet&action=display&thread=1143504443