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Posted by xta on November 05, 2000 at 17:35:30:

In Reply to: questioning weightloss posted by george on November 05, 2000 at 14:40:25:

STRESS.... CHANGE.... etc. etc. Iguanas hate change-- he is probably having a little reaction to his new environment. Don't worry he will warm up to it eventually! You didn't mention, but I am assuming he isn't eating quite as much. All iguanas react differently to change-- my last one wouldn't poop for a week once we moved. Sleestack seems neurotic no matter what the situation, but ends up hurting himself pretty badly in new situations. My best guess would be the cage change. As posted below, though, it never hurts to get a stool sample to the vet a couple times per year to rule out the possibility of parasites. Just make sure your vet KNOWS REPTILES well-- otherwise he'll be treated for the natural bacteria found in the gut of every iguana!

: When i first got Mo 6 months ago, he was a biggins. He had the largest stomach i had ever seen on an iguana his size, he is 18inches. I kept him in a 2foot glass tank. i was even worried about him being fat. Well, i just got a new cage for him a week ago, its a 6x6x5 cage. Since i he has been in there he has lost a jurrassic amount of weight, iwouldnt say he is skinny for an iguana but he looks skinny compared to how he used to look. My question.....Do you all think he just has room to climb aroud now and that is why he losing weight?, he seems to be eating ok.i mean he went from havign to walk 6 inches to his food bowl to having to climb down 5 feet, would this make sense?

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: STRESS.... CHANGE.... etc. etc. Iguanas hate change-- he is probably having a little reaction to his new environment. Don't worry he will warm up to it eventually! You didn't mention, but I am assuming he isn't eating quite as much. All iguanas react differently to change-- my last one wouldn't poop for a week once we moved. Sleestack seems neurotic no matter what the situation, but ends up hurting himself pretty badly in new situations. My best guess would be the cage change. As posted below, though, it never hurts to get a stool sample to the vet a couple times per year to rule out the possibility of parasites. Just make sure your vet KNOWS REPTILES well-- otherwise he'll be treated for the natural bacteria found in the gut of every iguana! : : : When i first got Mo 6 months ago, he was a biggins. He had the largest stomach i had ever seen on an iguana his size, he is 18inches. I kept him in a 2foot glass tank. i was even worried about him being fat. Well, i just got a new cage for him a week ago, its a 6x6x5 cage. Since i he has been in there he has lost a jurrassic amount of weight, iwouldnt say he is skinny for an iguana but he looks skinny compared to how he used to look. My question.....Do you all think he just has room to climb aroud now and that is why he losing weight?, he seems to be eating ok.i mean he went from havign to walk 6 inches to his food bowl to having to climb down 5 feet, would this make sense?

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