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Posted by Tmom on January 08, 2001 at 19:08:29:

In Reply to: Re: Cage size for adult female? posted by Laura on January 08, 2001 at 18:23:39:

I would have to disagree with Laura on this one, an adult female iguana is about 4 or 5 feet long. and a 75 gallon aquarium just won't cut it (a hatchling which is about 10" STL is usually placed into a 75G). The cage (I prefer build my own, Its cheaper than buying, and YOU set the standards and designs that YOU want) should be atleast twice as long as the iguana's STL (snout-to-tail), 1.5+ times as high as the iguana's STL, and about .5 times as deep as the iguana's STL. I'm planning on building a cage for my iguana (who's just under 2 feet in length), the measurements will be 6' high, 6' long, and 2.5' deep. I am hoping that this cage will last him about 2 or three years, then when I move, I am going to give him a whole room to himself.

The fact is, the bigger the cage the better. A whole room is ideal. In the wild, an iguana has tons of room, and putting her into a 75 gallon tank, well, thats like putting yourself into a porto-potty (not the best comparison, but thats what it would feel like). This is a female iguana who, with the proper diet will reach up to 5' in length, now my male on the other hand will reach up to 6' in length! I will definately have to provide him with a whole room to himself because I don't have the room, or the money to build him a 7' by 12' by 4' cage!

How long is she?
Free roaming is great, you justhave to "igg-proof" the area of free roam, and vaccum, vaccum, vaccum! An iguana licks at everything, I've seen iguana's accidentally ingest coins, rocks, hair, electrical wire, and much more other odds and ends that may be lieing around the house. SO, if you do decide to let her free roam, make sure to keep the floor free of any objects that are small enough to fit into her mouth, put up a shelf or two on the wall , then set up a lighting system of UVB flourecent lighting and basking lamps, also a CHE (ceramic heating element). The CHE is relatively expensive (anywhere from $20 and up) but it lasts severla years, and is usually guarenteed.

The bottom line is, your female wil be happy with the biggest cage you can get. You can forget about aquariums because unlesss you plan on spending rediculous amounts of money, if YOU build the cage, it will be cheaper and by YOUR standards. A whole room for an iguana would be wonderful, she will love you for it, but remember to keep her supervised at ALL times and keep the environment clean and safe.

I hope that this helps!!

-Lesya

Here's a link to my webpage where there are cage designs, I'm still working on the site, but mayeb it will give you soem ideas.

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: I would have to disagree with Laura on this one, an adult female iguana is about 4 or 5 feet long. and a 75 gallon aquarium just won't cut it (a hatchling which is about 10" STL is usually placed into a 75G). The cage (I prefer build my own, Its cheaper than buying, and YOU set the standards and designs that YOU want) should be atleast twice as long as the iguana's STL (snout-to-tail), 1.5+ times as high as the iguana's STL, and about .5 times as deep as the iguana's STL. I'm planning on building a cage for my iguana (who's just under 2 feet in length), the measurements will be 6' high, 6' long, and 2.5' deep. I am hoping that this cage will last him about 2 or three years, then when I move, I am going to give him a whole room to himself. : The fact is, the bigger the cage the better. A whole room is ideal. In the wild, an iguana has tons of room, and putting her into a 75 gallon tank, well, thats like putting yourself into a porto-potty (not the best comparison, but thats what it would feel like). This is a female iguana who, with the proper diet will reach up to 5' in length, now my male on the other hand will reach up to 6' in length! I will definately have to provide him with a whole room to himself because I don't have the room, or the money to build him a 7' by 12' by 4' cage! : How long is she? : Free roaming is great, you justhave to "igg-proof" the area of free roam, and vaccum, vaccum, vaccum! An iguana licks at everything, I've seen iguana's accidentally ingest coins, rocks, hair, electrical wire, and much more other odds and ends that may be lieing around the house. SO, if you do decide to let her free roam, make sure to keep the floor free of any objects that are small enough to fit into her mouth, put up a shelf or two on the wall , then set up a lighting system of UVB flourecent lighting and basking lamps, also a CHE (ceramic heating element). The CHE is relatively expensive (anywhere from $20 and up) but it lasts severla years, and is usually guarenteed. : The bottom line is, your female wil be happy with the biggest cage you can get. You can forget about aquariums because unlesss you plan on spending rediculous amounts of money, if YOU build the cage, it will be cheaper and by YOUR standards. A whole room for an iguana would be wonderful, she will love you for it, but remember to keep her supervised at ALL times and keep the environment clean and safe. : I hope that this helps!! : -Lesya

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