| Before buying an iguana many different queries arise | | | | does this imply? It means that different |
| in the mind of the buyer. One of the most common | | | | temperatures are required to be provided in its cage, |
| questions would pestering the mind is how are you | | | | so that your iguana will be able to move to different |
| going to accommodate it. What would be the | | | | places of different temperatures in the cage for the |
| different components necessary for its proper | | | | proper regulation of its body heat. At night a heat |
| accommodation? If you are still struggling over this, | | | | source without light will be required to maintain its |
| this article will be a good help for you: | | | | temperature without any disturbance its sleep. |
| 1) Dimensions - The first thing to work out in the | | | | 3) Moistness - high humidity levels are required by |
| field of accommodation is the size of the iguana's | | | | iguana to live a comfortable life. They don?t have a |
| cage. Many people still hold the myth that growth of | | | | habit of drinking much, therefore they get |
| an iguana will be limited by the size of cage in which it | | | | dehydrated easily. Their native habitats have high |
| is kept . This is only a myth and it absolutely contains | | | | moisture content which avoids them getting |
| no bit of truth. Ideal conditions for an iguana will allow | | | | dehydrated. Kidney failures are caused by |
| it to grow to a length of six feet and this means | | | | dehydration. Therefore low humidity can decrease |
| that a huge cage will be required to accommodate | | | | the life span of your iguana. Moreover high humidity |
| your iguana when it has grown completely. A few | | | | helps them in shedding of their skin. Higher moisture |
| people even accommodate their pet iguanas in rooms | | | | content will help them in keeping their skin loose. 65 - |
| rather than just cages. | | | | 75 percent humidity in air should be provided to keep |
| There can be a little delay in providing this much | | | | the iguana healthy. |
| space for the iguana, you may wait until the iguana | | | | 4) Luminous levels - UVB and UVA light sources are |
| grows to its maximum size. However the cage initially | | | | required by iguanas. The best source for these is the |
| provided for its accommodation should be big enough | | | | sun which is easily available. For this you need not |
| also to contain all activities of the iguana. It shouldn't | | | | keep the cage in sunlight areas only. The vitamin d3 |
| constrain the iguana in any of its activities. If you are | | | | which is very much needed by the iguanas is |
| planning to wait until the iguana grows to its | | | | produced by the UV lights, but plastic or glass cages |
| maximum size, then the time when the bigger cage is | | | | filter out this. This vitamin is needed in calcium |
| to be provided should be thought of and planned well | | | | consumption. Therefore an iguana should be allowed |
| in advance, | | | | to bask in the sun as much as possible. This avoids |
| 2) Heat levels - iguanas are cold blooded animals. So | | | | Metabolic Bone disease, which causes common |
| the external conditions play an important role in | | | | deaths of iguanas in captivity and helps them to |
| controlling the body temperature of an iguana. What | | | | develop strong bones. |