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Posted by ErinW on July 18, 2001 at 15:07:45:

In Reply to: over a year and 4-5" SVL?? posted by alisha on July 18, 2001 at 14:11:16:

I just measured her and she's 5.5-6 inches STV and she's about 1 year old. I also feed her yellow squash, some other occasional stuff with the stuff I mentioned before all with vitamin supplement on top. I try to put mustard greens, collard greens, etc. in her salad, but she picks them out and when I make it so she can't pick it out she won't eat it at all (parsley seems to be the only green she'll eat). The vet said she'd be fine if I used a different brand of supplement (I don't know why the brand matters, though).
-Now I'm really worried! What should I do? She's only 90gm :( Can I make her better?

: Are you sure?? My ig is 9 months and is already 7" SVL. My baby which is about 4-6 weeks is 3" SVL. My 9 month old was about 5" SVL at 5 months. Are you sure on the measurement and the age? If so what else are you feeding? I noticed in the diet you described none of the important greens were mentioned.

: : 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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: I just measured her and she's 5.5-6 inches STV and she's about 1 year old. I also feed her yellow squash, some other occasional stuff with the stuff I mentioned before all with vitamin supplement on top. I try to put mustard greens, collard greens, etc. in her salad, but she picks them out and when I make it so she can't pick it out she won't eat it at all (parsley seems to be the only green she'll eat). The vet said she'd be fine if I used a different brand of supplement (I don't know why the brand matters, though). : -Now I'm really worried! What should I do? She's only 90gm :( Can I make her better? : : : Are you sure?? My ig is 9 months and is already 7" SVL. My baby which is about 4-6 weeks is 3" SVL. My 9 month old was about 5" SVL at 5 months. Are you sure on the measurement and the age? If so what else are you feeding? I noticed in the diet you described none of the important greens were mentioned. : : : 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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