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Anonymous
Dear /an/, this is a picture of my iguana.

I feed him spinach, broccoli, bok choy, alfalfa sprouts, carrots, some romaine, collard greens, mustard greens, cabbage, cucumber, and occasionally different fruits such as watermelon, strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew, and apples. Am I doing anything wrong here?

That's a sort of old picture, by the way. The little fucker's about five feet long now.
>> Anonymous
Do they make good pets? We have them all over the fucking place in Ecuador. They're like giant, green squirrels down here. At least three are living in my backyard right now.
>> Anonymous
>>209815
Are you sure you feed him spinach? Spinach kills them.
>> Anonymous
^Appearantly not, that's the heathiest looking iguana I've ever seen. Even the ones at most zoos look like they were found by the side of the road -_-()
>> Anonymous
Reptiles often suffer from lack of calcium which leads to misformed bone growth.
I read somewhere that it is a good idea to supplement this.
Inform yourself though.
>> Guodzilla
Even though they're vegetarians, IIRC iguanas won't turn their noses up at the odd cricket or something like that from time to time.
>> Anonymous
When I worked at the zoo I had to crush calcium supplements (for humans) into a powder. Then we put it into the tanks with the crickets. The crickets would eat it, roll in it, whatever. So, when we fed the crickets to the other animals they would be getting more calcium.
>> Anonymous
I've had one for more than half my life now. The only problem with keeping them is getting a big enough tank when they get old. We've fed ours a vartiety of things, cat food, baby food, cabbagebut we pretty much stick to iguana specific pellets now that you soak and they soak up the water and become soft. There's a kind that she'd maul you badly to get at.
Other factors are they need maintanance. You need to keep their nails clipped and handle them a lot, otherwise they'll rape you with claws and destroy your legs with tail whipping. And they have fucking massive tails. Also shit. Massive. Massive. Dumps. They also like baths.

We've toilet trained ours to an extent. She tends to go to an area where we put a large blue basin, she knows to go there because shes gone there without the basin a few time.
>> Anonymous
It sounds good. Occasionally crushing up a centrum and a calcium supplement and mixing a portion of it with some babyfood (it tastes awful so he may not eat it if you just sprinkle it over his food) wouldn't hurt either. A few insects for variety can be good every now and then as well, if he'll eat them.

Go easy on the spinach. Even though it isn't toxic, it's high in oxalic acid which can cause calcium deficiency in large quantities.
>> Anonymous
Can't there be aggression problems with males?
>> Anonymous
>>210019

OP here.
I haven't had too many problems with mine, but around January - March he gets noticeably more assertive, so I leave him on his own a lot more often.
>> Anonymous
I know a guy with an iguana that got really big and tempermental. So he searched for a reptile specialist vet who could neuter the thing. Now the iggy is quite content.
>> Anonymous
>>210339
I read that that can sometimes work but its more of a seasonal thing with them regardless