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Posted by LilMe on December 02, 2000 at 00:41:08:

In Reply to: Re: New member to big family- rescue ig posted by Andrea Seward on December 01, 2000 at 20:00:31:

Hi! Congrats on your new addition and welcome to the crazy world of iguana-dom! Get ready for lots of work (and reading). Check out the links I will put below and get yourself a cup of coffee (or soda) and prepare for some heavy duty info collecting. A few basic pointers to get you started:

1. Get him some collard, mustard, turnip greens and some spaghetti squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, fresh green beans to eat. Tear the greens up into bite sized pieces (about the size of his head) and peel and seed the squash and you can use a food processor to shread it into bite sized pieces. He may not eat for a few days, and this is normal. He is still getting used to his new surroundings. Usually you might have better luck if you isolate him and give him some privacy until he gets used to things. It can be up to a few weeks before he even starts to feel comfortable.

2. You said he is a free roamer....you didn't mention where you live, but you will need to make sure he has an area you can set up for him. Basically pick an area he already hangs out in. (My Rex picked our big bathroom). Set him up with a basking light (a regular household lightbulb will do) with temps of about 95 degrees and a UVB tube light. If you are in a cooler climate, he will need to be kept at about 80 degrees during the day and no less than 70 at night. This is why our bathroom was so ideal....it is the warmest room in our house.

3. Keep a close eye on him around the dogs. There are peeps in here that may be able to advise you better on this issue. We have two cats, but they are kept away from Rex. We don't want any "accidents".

4. On nail clipping, I can't offer too much here. Rex is only just over a year old, and all I do is take an emery board and take the sharp point off his claws for now. When he gets older, they will have to be clipped but I haven't got to that point yet.

5. On the salmonella, it's just plain simple common sense. Wash your hands before and after you handle him or anything he comes in contact with. (His food plates, etc) Make sure the kids know the importance of this as well. If they are not great hand washers, this would be a good excuse to get them to be. :)

Here are the links:
http://www.baskingspot.com/
http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/ig_care.html

Good luck! And any more questions feel free to ask!

Tracie

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: Hi! Congrats on your new addition and welcome to the crazy world of iguana-dom! Get ready for lots of work (and reading). Check out the links I will put below and get yourself a cup of coffee (or soda) and prepare for some heavy duty info collecting. A few basic pointers to get you started: : 1. Get him some collard, mustard, turnip greens and some spaghetti squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, fresh green beans to eat. Tear the greens up into bite sized pieces (about the size of his head) and peel and seed the squash and you can use a food processor to shread it into bite sized pieces. He may not eat for a few days, and this is normal. He is still getting used to his new surroundings. Usually you might have better luck if you isolate him and give him some privacy until he gets used to things. It can be up to a few weeks before he even starts to feel comfortable. : 2. You said he is a free roamer....you didn't mention where you live, but you will need to make sure he has an area you can set up for him. Basically pick an area he already hangs out in. (My Rex picked our big bathroom). Set him up with a basking light (a regular household lightbulb will do) with temps of about 95 degrees and a UVB tube light. If you are in a cooler climate, he will need to be kept at about 80 degrees during the day and no less than 70 at night. This is why our bathroom was so ideal....it is the warmest room in our house. : 3. Keep a close eye on him around the dogs. There are peeps in here that may be able to advise you better on this issue. We have two cats, but they are kept away from Rex. We don't want any "accidents". : 4. On nail clipping, I can't offer too much here. Rex is only just over a year old, and all I do is take an emery board and take the sharp point off his claws for now. When he gets older, they will have to be clipped but I haven't got to that point yet. : 5. On the salmonella, it's just plain simple common sense. Wash your hands before and after you handle him or anything he comes in contact with. (His food plates, etc) Make sure the kids know the importance of this as well. If they are not great hand washers, this would be a good excuse to get them to be. :) : Here are the links: : http://www.baskingspot.com/ : http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/ig_care.html : Good luck! And any more questions feel free to ask! : Tracie

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