Re: Hi! Penny

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Posted by BabyHerp alias Gina on July 16, 1999 at 17:02:31:

In Reply to: Hi! I'm new posted by Penny on July 16, 1999 at 10:15:07:

Hi Penny...so glad you made it! Like everyone said spaying her when she's gravid is the best and least complicated way to go. Is she eating still? So important to give her a calcium supplement...Calcium carbonate-phosphorus free like Tums Ultra...or a Calcium Citrate like Citrical. Crush and sprinkle on her food. She is going to get to a point when she won't eat and usually within two weeks eggs come. My female had dystocia and needed to be spayed....it cost about $250.00 Below is a link on iguana reproduction you may find helpful. Egg binding is very common with captive female green iguanas...so if you don't want to sweat it every spring/summer I'd seriously consider having her spayed. Is this her first clutch? Ive read that they have less than 20 usually first time around....as they get older and bigger...more & more up to 60 or something! Yikes!!
Anyway...welcome Penny & Lizzy
Gina

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: Hi Penny...so glad you made it! Like everyone said spaying her when she's gravid is the best and least complicated way to go. Is she eating still? So important to give her a calcium supplement...Calcium carbonate-phosphorus free like Tums Ultra...or a Calcium Citrate like Citrical. Crush and sprinkle on her food. She is going to get to a point when she won't eat and usually within two weeks eggs come. My female had dystocia and needed to be spayed....it cost about $250.00 Below is a link on iguana reproduction you may find helpful. Egg binding is very common with captive female green iguanas...so if you don't want to sweat it every spring/summer I'd seriously consider having her spayed. Is this her first clutch? Ive read that they have less than 20 usually first time around....as they get older and bigger...more & more up to 60 or something! Yikes!! : Anyway...welcome Penny & Lizzy : Gina

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