Re: Hi....I need to enlist some help for a fellow Ig owner.

Posted by BabyHerp on April 28, 2001 at 01:37:57:

In Reply to: Hi....I need to enlist some help for a fellow Ig owner. posted by JNelson on April 27, 2001 at 20:22:40:

What are the temps in his tank? Has he had this juvie to the vet for a fecal? My first thought after reading yer post is he's a free roamer...perhaps he's cold and going off feed. Nix the dried food..I'd try handfeeding at this point. I would soak pieces of bread, papaya, greens in a big bowl of water and handfeed after he's warmed up a bit. (May want to use like a chopstick or fondue (wooden ) skewer to feed chunks of papaya...Iguanas like COLOR (maybe why he wants to eat clothes & couch!) and aromatic foods. You might want to suggest Stimulap...a liquid Vitamin B (appetite stimulant) get it at pet stores...put some on a piece of wet folded bresd when handfeeding him sneak it in there in between bites ...for a few days and see if he doesn't come around. Igs gotta have that HEAT! Stimulates appetite...and necessary for digestion...that's the first place I'd start.

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: What are the temps in his tank? Has he had this juvie to the vet for a fecal? My first thought after reading yer post is he's a free roamer...perhaps he's cold and going off feed. Nix the dried food..I'd try handfeeding at this point. I would soak pieces of bread, papaya, greens in a big bowl of water and handfeed after he's warmed up a bit. (May want to use like a chopstick or fondue (wooden ) skewer to feed chunks of papaya...Iguanas like COLOR (maybe why he wants to eat clothes & couch!) and aromatic foods. You might want to suggest Stimulap...a liquid Vitamin B (appetite stimulant) get it at pet stores...put some on a piece of wet folded bresd when handfeeding him sneak it in there in between bites ...for a few days and see if he doesn't come around. Igs gotta have that HEAT! Stimulates appetite...and necessary for digestion...that's the first place I'd start.

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