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Posted by amanda on July 15, 2001 at 20:31:01:
In Reply to: Very sick iguana posted by Beverly on July 15, 2001 at 13:48:54:
I hope he made it to the vets ok. Sounds like he is on deaths door to me. He definatly needs a vet at this stage but I might suggest that this started with a removal of the plant and thus interfereing with his sense of security. He then stopped eating and his illness is rooted in stress and starvation. Getting him better is not a just matter of getting him eating again tho at this point. You *need* to go to the vet to rule out all the possibilities. Then you will need to force feed him every day. For every 1000 grams of wieght I feed 20cc of baby food every day. If he is a little guy this will be less (you do the math) a mix of squash and green bean is my fav. You can add a little liquid calcium from the drug store to this (1cc for every 1000 grams of iguana) if he is low on calcium. After this you need to bath him *twice* a day for 30 minutes each. (a healthy ig should be bathed at least once a day or every other day). Sunshine for 1/2 hour a day is ideal but even 1/2 hr a week will help (and make sure your UV light is still good). As long as any illness he has is being treated properly this kind of supportive care will keep him alive. I have an ig with a brain tumour who lacks mobility in the upper half of his body and yet he still lives because he gets this care.
Amanda
: I have two iguanas, a 9 year old and a 1 year old. The 9 year old is great as always, but the baby has recently starting acting pretty scary. He lives in a 55 gallon aquarium and until a couple of weeks ago, he had a big plant in with vines strung about that he could climb on and he always played in the plant and ate well and was quite fiesty. I removed the plant and replaced it with a nice piece of driftwood that stretched across the entire enclosure. Around that time, he starting changing. He stopped eating as much and he stopped being as fiesty as you used to. It would have been great if he had just tamed overnight, but I could tell that he didn't feel well. He was also shedding so I thought maybe that was the problem. I continued to keep a close eye on him and he didn't get any better or worse. Last night I picked him up and he was really lethargic...I turned him over and he had feces halfway out and it appeared to be stuck. I soaked him a tub of warm water and it still wasn't coming out. My husband who has had a decade of experience with reptiles gently pulled it out, careful not to hurt him. Immediately afterwards, he began to eat some mustard greens I had given him. This morning, I checked on him and he wouldn't really do anything. I layed him over on his back and he just layed there looking at me. He's shedding again for the second time in two weeks. I put him on the floor and normally he would have ran as fast as he could and made a great game out of it all, but today he just tucked his front arms underneath himself and layed there. He didn't move much when I put back in his cage either. He'll be at the vet's tomorrow if he doesn't make a 100% recover tonight, but I would still like advise if anyone has any to offer. He has been wormed about 3 months ago, should I go ahead and worm him again? His main diet is collard green and mustard greens, fresh green beans, the occasional piece of fruit.
