first off find a good herp vet for the poor little soul....

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Posted by sue3 on September 23, 2000 at 03:19:31:

In Reply to: broken toes posted by bryon on September 23, 2000 at 01:18:49:

congrats on the new rescue! melissa kaplan has got a list of area vets at her site. he probably has worms also, as most igs do. so dont forget the poo sample.
and the broken toes could be a sign of mbd setting in. give as much direct sunlight as possible, weather permitting. i use zoomeds iguana 5.o light when i cant get my igs in the sun. another reason for broken toes could be cage materials and size. they can break their toes very easily in chicken wire. hardware cloth from lumber supply store works nicely for iguanas.
dont forget the vet trip and congrats and good luck with your new baby.

: I recently met someone with a pet iguana which was being severely neglected. I offered (or sort of insisted) that i take the iguana and care for it. I now have an iguana of about two years, which is skinny (but eating) and all around not very healthy. The thing is it has one broken toe on one front foot and it appears that all the toes on the other foot are broken. My question is simply what can i do about the toes ( i believe that whatever caused this occurred a long time ago). Thank you.

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: congrats on the new rescue! melissa kaplan has got a list of area vets at her site. he probably has worms also, as most igs do. so dont forget the poo sample. : and the broken toes could be a sign of mbd setting in. give as much direct sunlight as possible, weather permitting. i use zoomeds iguana 5.o light when i cant get my igs in the sun. another reason for broken toes could be cage materials and size. they can break their toes very easily in chicken wire. hardware cloth from lumber supply store works nicely for iguanas. : dont forget the vet trip and congrats and good luck with your new baby. : : : I recently met someone with a pet iguana which was being severely neglected. I offered (or sort of insisted) that i take the iguana and care for it. I now have an iguana of about two years, which is skinny (but eating) and all around not very healthy. The thing is it has one broken toe on one front foot and it appears that all the toes on the other foot are broken. My question is simply what can i do about the toes ( i believe that whatever caused this occurred a long time ago). Thank you.

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