Re: What is a good weekly diet for my igi?

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Posted by BabyHerp on March 01, 2001 at 15:50:11:

In Reply to: What is a good weekly diet for my igi? posted by Chris on March 01, 2001 at 15:08:58:

How old is he? Under 2 years of age higher plant protein is ok added to his diet (legumes, tofu,etc)
Here's my iguana's diet (this is a print out so excuse the length)...maybe some ideas:

My igs get 1 item from each of these 3 categories (by order of most often fed)

@ 60% dandelion greens (flowers, roots, leaves if harvested from yards), young hibiscus leaves, collards, mustard greens, turnip greens

@ 20% nutritious veggies: diced cactus (nopales), spaghetti or butternut squash

@ 20% nutritious fruits: papaya,prickly pear, rasberries, valencia oranges, figs, blackberries

Anything else as an addition/treat like: squash flowers, nasturnium,geranium leaves & flowers,rose petals, hibiscus flowers, banana, pumpernickel or rye bread,Total cereal, pumpkin .. but because they are loaded with phosphorus or other junk they get these "treats" once in a while
Their salad is then heavily sprayed or doused with water or dandelion root juice.
Rarely needed but:
If they are dehydrated... I make my own version of Pedialyte and pour it over their salad at mealtime or give them sips in a needleless syringe throughout the day: 1 cup boiling water,2 tsp sugar,a pinch of salt, cooled. This is in place of regular water/dandelion root juice
If they've had surgery, bleeds (lost nails) etc...I up the protein for 2-3 weeks with low-fat tofu bathed in calcium sulphate or Ensure Plus, Sustacal poured over their salad
If they're being treated for worms, infection, under stress due to abrupt changes of temps or enviromental changes I give them filtrated triple-probiotics to replace lost beneficial microflora
If they are constipated I give them a warm reconstituted prune slurry poured over their salad
For supplementation:
Tums Ultra (pure calcium carb), a generic equivalent or CitriCal w/o Vitamin D (calcium citrate)
Uncoated therapuetic multi-vitamins or use Miner-All O
powdered kelp
milk thistle
All crushed at a ratio of @ 3:1:1:1 mix it thoroughly put in spice shakers, sprinkled then mixed thoroughly in their salad. I supplement maybe 2 times a week right now.

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: How old is he? Under 2 years of age higher plant protein is ok added to his diet (legumes, tofu,etc) : Here's my iguana's diet (this is a print out so excuse the length)...maybe some ideas: : My igs get 1 item from each of these 3 categories (by order of most often fed) : @ 60% dandelion greens (flowers, roots, leaves if harvested from yards), young hibiscus leaves, collards, mustard greens, turnip greens : @ 20% nutritious veggies: diced cactus (nopales), spaghetti or butternut squash : @ 20% nutritious fruits: papaya,prickly pear, rasberries, valencia oranges, figs, blackberries : Anything else as an addition/treat like: squash flowers, nasturnium,geranium leaves & flowers,rose petals, hibiscus flowers, banana, pumpernickel or rye bread,Total cereal, pumpkin .. but because they are loaded with phosphorus or other junk they get these "treats" once in a while : Their salad is then heavily sprayed or doused with water or dandelion root juice. : Rarely needed but: : If they are dehydrated... I make my own version of Pedialyte and pour it over their salad at mealtime or give them sips in a needleless syringe throughout the day: 1 cup boiling water,2 tsp sugar,a pinch of salt, cooled. This is in place of regular water/dandelion root juice : If they've had surgery, bleeds (lost nails) etc...I up the protein for 2-3 weeks with low-fat tofu bathed in calcium sulphate or Ensure Plus, Sustacal poured over their salad : If they're being treated for worms, infection, under stress due to abrupt changes of temps or enviromental changes I give them filtrated triple-probiotics to replace lost beneficial microflora : If they are constipated I give them a warm reconstituted prune slurry poured over their salad : For supplementation: : Tums Ultra (pure calcium carb), a generic equivalent or CitriCal w/o Vitamin D (calcium citrate) : Uncoated therapuetic multi-vitamins or use Miner-All O : powdered kelp : milk thistle : All crushed at a ratio of @ 3:1:1:1 mix it thoroughly put in spice shakers, sprinkled then mixed thoroughly in their salad. I supplement maybe 2 times a week right now.

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