Re: Why does he/she keep digging?

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Posted by xta on November 02, 2000 at 17:34:31:

In Reply to: Why does he/she keep digging? posted by Lisse on November 02, 2000 at 13:01:28:

I agree with the post below that you should lose the substrate-- I use newspapers which are by far the easiest (throw it away and replace with new).

As far as the digging-- welcome to the club-- he wants OUT!!!! Sleestack rips his cage to shreds by the end of the day if he is in one of his moods (more often than not these days) and he is older than your ig. I may have to make him a free roamer all the time if I can figure out a way to set up some good basking areas in the lizard room.

: I'm curious. I have a young iguana (sex unknown), maybe about 6 months. I have him/her in a 90 gal tank with plenty of branches to climb, fake leaves for a forest look a waterfall in the corner to help with humidity, an arboral labol for his food & a large lagoon on the floor to soak in. I't looks great but he/she keeps destroying it. He/she keeps digging and trowing the substrate everywhere (especially in the lagoon) I had reptibark previously & now we have lizard litter. Is it the substrate? I never see him/her on the floor. He/she's always in the trees. This is done while I'm at work. Is this normal? Ir's driving me nuts.

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: I agree with the post below that you should lose the substrate-- I use newspapers which are by far the easiest (throw it away and replace with new). : As far as the digging-- welcome to the club-- he wants OUT!!!! Sleestack rips his cage to shreds by the end of the day if he is in one of his moods (more often than not these days) and he is older than your ig. I may have to make him a free roamer all the time if I can figure out a way to set up some good basking areas in the lizard room. : : I'm curious. I have a young iguana (sex unknown), maybe about 6 months. I have him/her in a 90 gal tank with plenty of branches to climb, fake leaves for a forest look a waterfall in the corner to help with humidity, an arboral labol for his food & a large lagoon on the floor to soak in. I't looks great but he/she keeps destroying it. He/she keeps digging and trowing the substrate everywhere (especially in the lagoon) I had reptibark previously & now we have lizard litter. Is it the substrate? I never see him/her on the floor. He/she's always in the trees. This is done while I'm at work. Is this normal? Ir's driving me nuts.

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