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[hunter68]

hi everyone i am currenty shopping to buy an iguana but with all the bad information given by pet shops i would like to know what i need to house a baby iguana. here is what i bought up to now is it good products? thankss alot everyone
-small exo terra glow light with the 100watts bulb
-exo terra compact fluorescent top(60 x 9 x 20 cm) with the uvb bulb light
and a few months ago i had a leopard gecko so i had bought the exo terra small desert heat wave pad to put underneath the tank so is it ok if i keep this for my baby iguana
thankss alott everyone

[JennaAndIguanaGwen]

Heya I haven't posted in awhile so I'm a bit rusty,
I do believe that the heat pad is not needed under the tank, heat from overhead is all (s)he shall need for heat. I'm unfamilliar with that kind of UVB light but as far as I've heard one of the best out there is from www.reptileuv.com/megaray-products.php

Also, the tank should not be too small, (s)he should be able to go somewhere cooler (approx 70 degrees) if (s)he wishes and does not over heat.
Eventually a bigger enclosure will be needed and in the long run, building an enclosure for a full grown iguana sooner and not waiting after going through many tanks and smaller enclosures will save money. more housing ideas can be found in the Housing section

[iggy1021]

hi there erm lets see if i can help a bit here i would deffinatly agree to go for the large tank plans from the start as you will find that every time you upgrade the tank/cage size you will have to upgrade your equipment specs etc you wont need the heat pad as iguanas spend there time up in the trees and bask in the sun you need to provide heat souce from above and i would say in the form of light bulbs and in combination of a ceramic heat emmiter for the night time most iguanas associate lights with the sun as form of heat for basking and from my experiance they tend to find it much easyer if providing it by way of light bulbs the uvb source should be provided by way of floresent tubes in a large vivaruim suited for a fully grown iguana you would need atleast two uvb tubes i would also agree that you have to have a temprature gradeiant from the hot end to cooler end of the vivarium
cooler end being no less than 70 degrees which takes me back tho the night time if your room temp does not drop below 70 at night then you wont need the use of a ceramic heat emmiter rember that iguanas like there sleep and although night time viewing is nice for us to look at its not nice for your iguana darkness is best hope this has helped sorry for the rambling on and the spelling mistakes never was good at school lol
good luck on getting you iguana it would be nice to see a pic when you sorted

[hunter68]

okk thanks to both of you i really appreciate it and dont worry for the cage size because i will be building one after a couple month have my baby iguana. thanks alot again