Iguana Substrate.. Pine bark? cypress mulch? I echo Kim: Neither!

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Posted by Diana on April 20, 2001 at 09:28:22:

In Reply to: Iguana Substrate.. Pine bark? cypress mulch? posted by BillS on April 20, 2001 at 07:27:01:

: What is safer/better substrate for iguanas, Cypress mulch or Pine bark? these are about the only substrates i can find in the bulk quanities i need for my large cage.

Know what's even better than both of those substrates?
Put your iguanas in a Rubbermaid type plastic tub bin with a couple of inches of warm water in it each day at the same time. Iguanas seem to really like deficating in water, so you'll have them trained in no time to go in the tub of water.

Instead of having to worry about a messy, poopy substrate to clean out very often, you'll have much cleaner iguanas who do their thing in water. They're much nicer to hold when they've been bathed each day after a trip to the "Potty" (water bin) and you don't have to spend half a day cleaning out iguana poop from their cage.

Just let 'em go in the water, quickly wash them off in the sink with some mild soap and dry them off and voila! You have clean, good smelling iguanas and don't have to worry as much about their waste spreading disease, or germs to you or your family/friends.

Just my opinion, but having done it both ways now (first with bark substrate, and now the water bin) I'd definitely say that tub-training them is the MUCH better way to go.

Nice to meet you, by the way. My name is Diana and I am a regular! See you around on here...

Diana--adopted "owner" of Habib, 3yr female Iguana, and and Bobbit, a 3year-old male.

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: : What is safer/better substrate for iguanas, Cypress mulch or Pine bark? these are about the only substrates i can find in the bulk quanities i need for my large cage. : : Know what's even better than both of those substrates? : Put your iguanas in a Rubbermaid type plastic tub bin with a couple of inches of warm water in it each day at the same time. Iguanas seem to really like deficating in water, so you'll have them trained in no time to go in the tub of water. : Instead of having to worry about a messy, poopy substrate to clean out very often, you'll have much cleaner iguanas who do their thing in water. They're much nicer to hold when they've been bathed each day after a trip to the "Potty" (water bin) and you don't have to spend half a day cleaning out iguana poop from their cage. : Just let 'em go in the water, quickly wash them off in the sink with some mild soap and dry them off and voila! You have clean, good smelling iguanas and don't have to worry as much about their waste spreading disease, or germs to you or your family/friends. : Just my opinion, but having done it both ways now (first with bark substrate, and now the water bin) I'd definitely say that tub-training them is the MUCH better way to go. : Nice to meet you, by the way. My name is Diana and I am a regular! See you around on here... : Diana--adopted "owner" of Habib, 3yr female Iguana, and and Bobbit, a 3year-old male.

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