Re:IG pros, let me know what you think about my diet???...

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Posted by IG27 on March 01, 2000 at 08:41:26:

In Reply to: Thumper - Here's what Pepe eats... (long) posted by Matt Campbell on February 29, 2000 at 23:15:14:

: Pepe gets greens almost exclusively. He gets the occasional bit of bananna - usually when I'm eating one I'll cut it in half and let him eat some, but not all. As far as greens, I use a pretty even mix of collards, mustard, turnip, kale (a bit less - about half of the amt. of the other proportions), occasionally a little escarole, sometimes swiss chard and or red chard. I usually buy a full pound of each (Harris Teeter sells greens by the pound, Kroger sells by the bunch). I also get one really large green pepper and usually two red peppers. I also get some carrots. When I prepare the food I just tear the leafy parts off and put them in a colander and rinse. Then I chuck them in a food processor until they're fairly well shredded. For about anywhere from 3 to 5 lbs. of greens I shred up about 3 carrots - just enough that the carrots and the red peppers a sprinkle of color. The whole lot is then frozen and I thaw out a portion each day (nuke it). I can also add at this point that Pepe has never had any vitamin supplementation and no protein whatsoever. As you can see he's the picture of health and currently weighs in around 700 or more grams. I'd also like to note he craps really regularly. It's almost odd to hear so many other instances of constipated igs or igs that only crap once a day. Pepe craps at least one good crap a day if not more. I attribute this regularity to his food being chopped up finely. As it's chopped it tends to release a lot of moisture and that gets frozen, so when his food is thawed, what he eats is essentially a very finely chopped and very moist. I suspect igs that have difficulty producing might be doing so because their gut fauna is a bit overloaded by the food being swallowed in a larger particulate size. What I've been feeding him is essentially a modified Iguana Den diet. He recieves some direct sunlight about once a week or more (depending on the weather and my schedule), and he has Vita-lite and a incandescent 150 watt basking lamp. Since he hit is puberty growth spurt I've been amazed at how awesome his muscle tone is and how strong and active he's become. His territorial displays are quite regular and basically he's an all-around perfect specimen (in my humble opinion). Well, hope this offers up some suggestions to you.

: Matt Campbell

I make up a salad every week, by hand. I chop the veggies in small pieces and mix together, put in airtight container and refrigerate.
I put mustard, turnip, and collard green leaves in a ziplock bag and refrigerate.
For the salad I use (in equal portions)-green beans or snow peas, squash(butternut or yellow), asparagus sticks, small amount of zoomed dry iguana food crushed up(in place of alfalfa) and
a small amount of fruit chopped finely(pears, grapes, strawberries, or bananas).
I dip this out every morning and tear up some greens in small pieces and put on about half of the salad. He eats greens and the salad and seems to enjoy both.
My ig is still small, about 14in stl. I also supplement every other day with Reptocal and once a week with Vitolife.
Can you give me some more suggestions on what to supplement in place of squash and asparagus. I like giving him a variety.
Any ideas and is this a healthy salad. Thanks.

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: : Pepe gets greens almost exclusively. He gets the occasional bit of bananna - usually when I'm eating one I'll cut it in half and let him eat some, but not all. As far as greens, I use a pretty even mix of collards, mustard, turnip, kale (a bit less - about half of the amt. of the other proportions), occasionally a little escarole, sometimes swiss chard and or red chard. I usually buy a full pound of each (Harris Teeter sells greens by the pound, Kroger sells by the bunch). I also get one really large green pepper and usually two red peppers. I also get some carrots. When I prepare the food I just tear the leafy parts off and put them in a colander and rinse. Then I chuck them in a food processor until they're fairly well shredded. For about anywhere from 3 to 5 lbs. of greens I shred up about 3 carrots - just enough that the carrots and the red peppers a sprinkle of color. The whole lot is then frozen and I thaw out a portion each day (nuke it). I can also add at this point that Pepe has never had any vitamin supplementation and no protein whatsoever. As you can see he's the picture of health and currently weighs in around 700 or more grams. I'd also like to note he craps really regularly. It's almost odd to hear so many other instances of constipated igs or igs that only crap once a day. Pepe craps at least one good crap a day if not more. I attribute this regularity to his food being chopped up finely. As it's chopped it tends to release a lot of moisture and that gets frozen, so when his food is thawed, what he eats is essentially a very finely chopped and very moist. I suspect igs that have difficulty producing might be doing so because their gut fauna is a bit overloaded by the food being swallowed in a larger particulate size. What I've been feeding him is essentially a modified Iguana Den diet. He recieves some direct sunlight about once a week or more (depending on the weather and my schedule), and he has Vita-lite and a incandescent 150 watt basking lamp. Since he hit is puberty growth spurt I've been amazed at how awesome his muscle tone is and how strong and active he's become. His territorial displays are quite regular and basically he's an all-around perfect specimen (in my humble opinion). Well, hope this offers up some suggestions to you. : : Matt Campbell : I make up a salad every week, by hand. I chop the veggies in small pieces and mix together, put in airtight container and refrigerate. : I put mustard, turnip, and collard green leaves in a ziplock bag and refrigerate. : For the salad I use (in equal portions)-green beans or snow peas, squash(butternut or yellow), asparagus sticks, small amount of zoomed dry iguana food crushed up(in place of alfalfa) and : a small amount of fruit chopped finely(pears, grapes, strawberries, or bananas). : I dip this out every morning and tear up some greens in small pieces and put on about half of the salad. He eats greens and the salad and seems to enjoy both. : My ig is still small, about 14in stl. I also supplement every other day with Reptocal and once a week with Vitolife. : Can you give me some more suggestions on what to supplement in place of squash and asparagus. I like giving him a variety. : Any ideas and is this a healthy salad. Thanks.

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