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Post by ellis1986 on Sept 18, 2012 2:15:55 GMT -8
Hi people, just joined the forum! Just got a baby iguana! It's ment to be 4 months old but from looking at pics an reading up online it's looking like chilli is alot younger and the shop I got him from shut over half his tail in the door!  still love him Thoe, getting brighter everyday! Only eating romain lettuce at the moment an strawberrys, so hopefully I'll be talking an getting to no people for more advice, his tail is turning black on the end but from what I've read up it's ment to so it can start regenerating! But he healthy and lively as anything! Thanks Ellis |
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Post by JennaAndIguanaGwen on Sept 18, 2012 10:22:29 GMT -8
Hello Ellis ;D and welcome to Iguana Zone! I'm happy to hear that Chilli has a loving home despite his stubby tail  My Gwendolyn has a stubby tail compared to other full grown iguanas, though she didn't lose part of her tail, it's just short. Your iguana might actually be 4 months old but often pet stores and/or those who bred and sold the iguanas weren't caring for them properly so their growth was stunted. One common theme from pet stores is to give bad information because they either don't know any better or they would rather buy cheap products. Careful online research and good iguana books (such as those by James Hatfield) are often much more reliable than people from a pet store - they have so many animals to care for it's hard to learn the specifics of them all. - Anyway - that was my little rant on pet stores. I'm so glad you're here to share and learn more about your little guy My first suggestion is usually to check out the Lighting & Heating section and the Diet section to read the food chart. I need to update the Lighting & Heating section though because the Mega-ray UVB bulbs are no longer easily accessible or guaranteed to be reliable. I would recommend the Diet section though - I noticed you were feeding your iguana lettuce and though some lettuce doesn't hurt your iguana, I don't recommend feeding it to iguanas because its like junk food; they Love it and there is no nutritional value in it. Iguanas require a very nutritious and specific diet to get enough calcium into their system and a very good UVB source to be able to absorb the calcium and avoid a very painful yet very common bone disease. If you stick to your research you will become an iguana expert in no time  I'm so glad you joined us! Please do poke around the site ;D -Jenna |
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still love him Thoe, getting brighter everyday! Only eating romain lettuce at the moment an strawberrys, so hopefully I'll be talking an getting to no people for more advice, his tail is turning black on the end but from what I've read up it's ment to so it can start regenerating! But he healthy and lively as anything! 
My Gwendolyn has a stubby tail compared to other full grown iguanas, though she didn't lose part of her tail, it's just short. 