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Posted by nanci on November 06, 2001 at 06:25:39:

In Reply to: Am I Giving My New Ig A Good Salad?.... posted by Gator on November 05, 2001 at 20:57:12:

: Hello all...Ive had him since saturday and have been feeding him everyday replacing his food every morning with fresh stuff...I am feeding him shredded yellow and green squash, shredded parsnip, escarole greens and a lil bit of grapes and pears...Is this a good diet for him on a everyday basis or should i add/drop some things...Any and all information will be greatly apprieciated...Thanx alot...

: Gator

Fruit should only make up about ten percent of an iguana's diet. Escarole/endive is okay. Try collards, dandelion greens, turnip tops, mustard greens. Green and yellow squash supposedly doesn't have what they need, but pumpkin, butternut and other squashes like that do, and are good for them. I read somewhere that figs are a great fruit for them (too bad mine doesn't like them). I also give mine cantaloupe. Berries are good. In the summer when it's warm and my iggie needs liquid, I add watermelon. That's not the greatest, but it's a good one for added water.

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: : Hello all...Ive had him since saturday and have been feeding him everyday replacing his food every morning with fresh stuff...I am feeding him shredded yellow and green squash, shredded parsnip, escarole greens and a lil bit of grapes and pears...Is this a good diet for him on a everyday basis or should i add/drop some things...Any and all information will be greatly apprieciated...Thanx alot... : : Gator : Fruit should only make up about ten percent of an iguana's diet. Escarole/endive is okay. Try collards, dandelion greens, turnip tops, mustard greens. Green and yellow squash supposedly doesn't have what they need, but pumpkin, butternut and other squashes like that do, and are good for them. I read somewhere that figs are a great fruit for them (too bad mine doesn't like them). I also give mine cantaloupe. Berries are good. In the summer when it's warm and my iggie needs liquid, I add watermelon. That's not the greatest, but it's a good one for added water.

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