constipated iguana?

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Posted by ErinW on July 18, 2001 at 10:25:50:

I remember the vet saying something about if my iguana had a really bad calcium problem she might be constipated because the muscles might be really weak (that was Monday and my iguana wasn't constipated then). That night I moved her into her larger cage and had to clean the cage a few hours afterwards. Ever since then (late Monday night), the cage has been clean. My iguana's not tub trained yet, but I did try giving her a warm water bath and nothing happened (like always). Is she constipated? What should I do? As of night last (I'll feed her in an hour to two and if she doesn't eat then, then I'll update this) she was still eating like a pig. I haven't seen her drink anything, though (I usually don't).
---A little info---
She's still a hatchling (about 4-5" STV, but I haven't measured lately and I think the vet said she was 90gm). When I got her was really sick and wouldn't eat, but she seems better than that now. I've had her a little over a year and she's not too active unless I put my hand in the cage and her runs and jumps all over the place. Her new cage is 4ft tall, 4ft long, and 2ft wide. I had to clean her old cage about once or twice a day so this is really worrying me. She mostly eat zucchini, green beens, parsley, and a little bit of fruit. She's a very picky about what foods she likes so I'm going to start putting supplements on her food like the vet recommended.

Please help! I'm so worried that she's going to die or something.

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Re: constipated iguana? Shawn 07/18/01 (0)
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: I remember the vet saying something about if my iguana had a really bad calcium problem she might be constipated because the muscles might be really weak (that was Monday and my iguana wasn't constipated then). That night I moved her into her larger cage and had to clean the cage a few hours afterwards. Ever since then (late Monday night), the cage has been clean. My iguana's not tub trained yet, but I did try giving her a warm water bath and nothing happened (like always). Is she constipated? What should I do? As of night last (I'll feed her in an hour to two and if she doesn't eat then, then I'll update this) she was still eating like a pig. I haven't seen her drink anything, though (I usually don't). : ---A little info--- : She's still a hatchling (about 4-5" STV, but I haven't measured lately and I think the vet said she was 90gm). When I got her was really sick and wouldn't eat, but she seems better than that now. I've had her a little over a year and she's not too active unless I put my hand in the cage and her runs and jumps all over the place. Her new cage is 4ft tall, 4ft long, and 2ft wide. I had to clean her old cage about once or twice a day so this is really worrying me. She mostly eat zucchini, green beens, parsley, and a little bit of fruit. She's a very picky about what foods she likes so I'm going to start putting supplements on her food like the vet recommended. : Please help! I'm so worried that she's going to die or something.

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