| The green iguana is a beautiful animal in it's own right. | | | | The best food for an iguana is vegetables. If you |
| Learning more about them is what everyone who | | | | want a healthy iguana with no kidney problems, take |
| owns one, or would like to own one, should do. It is | | | | my advice. |
| a problem therefore that many people, especially the | | | | If you want to have a happy iguana, you should feed |
| people who have an iguana, have problems with fact | | | | it a wide variety of foods with a good level of |
| and fiction. | | | | nutrition. |
| The worst thing to do when owning an iguana is not | | | | Another thing to consider about your pet green |
| to research them. If you do not research and find | | | | iguana is his housing. Please take care when |
| out exactly what an iguana needs then you could | | | | purchasing a cage, even if the guy at the store |
| easily damage one. | | | | recommends a lovely small one. An iguana can grow |
| One such example is the myth that a green iguana | | | | to around 6 feet. Imagine a 6 foot iguana in a small |
| eats only lettuce. OK, lettuce is fine in small doses, | | | | cage, does this seem fair to you? A common |
| but only feeding it lettuce is a very bad idea. Lettuce | | | | problem is that people believe a small cage will stop |
| doesn't have the most nutritional value of vegetables | | | | them growing and give you a small iguana. This is |
| and is not a good exchange for other foods. If this is | | | | completely wrong and will only serve to frustrate and |
| all you feed your iguana then you suddenly change to | | | | damage your iguana. Use your common sense, a 6 |
| better foods because your vet enlightens you, your | | | | foot iguana in a 3 foot cage will not work, just like |
| iguana will most likely reject it and stick to what it's | | | | you sleeping in a closet would not work. |
| used to, lettuce. | | | | In summary, to have a green iguana is a wonderful |
| You must be reading this because you have a keen | | | | thing, but be sure to treat them with respect. This |
| interest either in animals or iguanas. If you want to | | | | means a proper sized cage and good food. If you |
| look after your iguana, or indeed any animal, correctly | | | | feel you can't offer this, please seek help in |
| then you need to feed it the right food! An iguana | | | | re-homing your pet iguana. |
| does not eat insects, despite what people may say. | | | | |