Re: Problem with Eating

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Posted by xta on February 06, 2001 at 20:32:56:

In Reply to: Problem with Eating posted by Naomi on February 06, 2001 at 20:01:35:

Well forget the alfalfa if he hates it, but keep pushing the collards and mustard greens. You can also mix in other good veggies like escarole, watercress, dandelion, sweet potato. Go easy on the green beans. I don't know if eggplant is safe or not off hand. Every ig is a bit different but mine eats a big paper plate full during the day and a small plate in the early evening. There have been occasions when he doesn't eat as much during the day, but then seems to want more in the evening. I don't know how long you've had your ig but perhaps he has some bad habits you have to break. Unfiltered sunlight always helps stimulate a appetite in the warmer months, but now just make sure your UV light isn't over 6mos old and that you have plenty of heat lamps. Take in a stool sample to the vet to check for parasites that may decrease the appetite.

Just remember to push those calcium rich veggies (an if you fear MBD, you probably want to find a better vet who may give him injections) Or add some extra calcium supplementation (really not reccommended unless neccessary) Good luck and keep us posted.

: My iguana hates Alfalfa and turnip greens. I use the dried kind and pick out the sticks but he still won't eat it or anything put in with it. So I am feeding him a mix of collards + blueberries, various squashes and green beans, sometimes japanese eggplant. I also use reptivite supplement. He hates collards too but will eat them if they are mixed with other things.

: What concerns me is a few of his spikes are a broken at the top (not more than three) He is about a foot long (guesstimate) from snout to vent, and is two years old. I had a vet check him out just last month and he said he is very healthy, but you know how vets are you know, there are no reptile vets in the area. Columbus Georgia.

: Also his eyes arn't as bright as usual, and his jaw has gotten a little bigger lookingin the past month and I was concerned as to whether this was Mbd or something terrible, because it's soft, or if he is just growing. It is not uneven though.

: I have a UV heat lamp on him and a UV flourescent during the day.

: At two years old and 1 foot long, how much food should he be getting per day? And what amounts?

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: Well forget the alfalfa if he hates it, but keep pushing the collards and mustard greens. You can also mix in other good veggies like escarole, watercress, dandelion, sweet potato. Go easy on the green beans. I don't know if eggplant is safe or not off hand. Every ig is a bit different but mine eats a big paper plate full during the day and a small plate in the early evening. There have been occasions when he doesn't eat as much during the day, but then seems to want more in the evening. I don't know how long you've had your ig but perhaps he has some bad habits you have to break. Unfiltered sunlight always helps stimulate a appetite in the warmer months, but now just make sure your UV light isn't over 6mos old and that you have plenty of heat lamps. Take in a stool sample to the vet to check for parasites that may decrease the appetite. : Just remember to push those calcium rich veggies (an if you fear MBD, you probably want to find a better vet who may give him injections) Or add some extra calcium supplementation (really not reccommended unless neccessary) Good luck and keep us posted. : : My iguana hates Alfalfa and turnip greens. I use the dried kind and pick out the sticks but he still won't eat it or anything put in with it. So I am feeding him a mix of collards + blueberries, various squashes and green beans, sometimes japanese eggplant. I also use reptivite supplement. He hates collards too but will eat them if they are mixed with other things. : : What concerns me is a few of his spikes are a broken at the top (not more than three) He is about a foot long (guesstimate) from snout to vent, and is two years old. I had a vet check him out just last month and he said he is very healthy, but you know how vets are you know, there are no reptile vets in the area. Columbus Georgia. : : Also his eyes arn't as bright as usual, and his jaw has gotten a little bigger lookingin the past month and I was concerned as to whether this was Mbd or something terrible, because it's soft, or if he is just growing. It is not uneven though. : : I have a UV heat lamp on him and a UV flourescent during the day. : : At two years old and 1 foot long, how much food should he be getting per day? And what amounts?

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