Re: Raylene - please read.........

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Posted by nanci on December 03, 2001 at 18:02:00:

In Reply to: Re: Raylene - please read......... posted by Raylene on December 03, 2001 at 13:11:53:

: : : Hi all,
: : : I really need some help here. My son has recently gotten a baby green iguana. We rescued it from a man selling them at a market. Now, I have gone out and bought all the books etc but, seriously there are some questions I still have that need answering.can anyone help me??
: : : 1. I have recently been told that avocado is poisonous for them? Is this true and are there other foods I should stay away from?
: : : 2. We have had Godzilla nearly 2 weeks now and yet he still has not drunk any water,,,not that I have seen, No matter what I do to try and coax him to drink he just will not.
: : : 3. Poop and pee....lol...sorry but gotta know! He has only done this twice since we got him, or that I know of, and the once was on my shoulder! eeeeewwww!! Should this be a daily thing or what?? help? (need to know things like texture color etc??? )
: : : 4. His nails are really long but dont know how old they should be before clipping them (and how) dont they need the nails for climbing?
: : : 5. Are there any plants or tree branches that I should remove from his area(he has free reign at the moment!)
: : : thanks I would really appreciate a response

: : Raylene: I saw your question on the other message board and I wrote you a rather long response. However, my computer is freezing up when I try to send it, so I put it in the file to be sent later. I'll try to mail it today.

: : nanci

: thanks nanci, got your e mail - will take the advice. he is allowed free roam of my patio and apartment , so he goes all over the place, he seems to have taken a liking to my Yukka plant and sleeps there at night.
: He has developed and extremely bad habit of only wanting to eat paw paw (*my fault - someone told me to try it!*)But he is eating broccoli leafy stuf (Never seen it before in my life - but the oriental man at the vegetable market told me it is very good for them, it is a little similar to spinch but very white stalk and very green leaf)
: Once again I have to say, we have definitely not seen him drink, not even when we gave him a bath last weekend.
: And again, are there any plants I should stay away from?
: thanks for your reply though! lol I just went to every iguana message board I could find this morning and posted!

I know if you search the 'net, one of the sites does have a list of good plants and bad ones. I used to refer to Melissa Kaplan's quite often, but it's being revamped and isn't where it used to be. She said it will be up in a little while. She wrote the book "Iguanas for Dummies" and there is quite a lot of up to date information in it. Unfortunately, the only ones I know are okay -- dandelion, marigold, geranium, hibiscus, ficus, rose petals. There are many more, but offhand I don't know them.

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: : : : Hi all, : : : : I really need some help here. My son has recently gotten a baby green iguana. We rescued it from a man selling them at a market. Now, I have gone out and bought all the books etc but, seriously there are some questions I still have that need answering.can anyone help me?? : : : : 1. I have recently been told that avocado is poisonous for them? Is this true and are there other foods I should stay away from? : : : : 2. We have had Godzilla nearly 2 weeks now and yet he still has not drunk any water,,,not that I have seen, No matter what I do to try and coax him to drink he just will not. : : : : 3. Poop and pee....lol...sorry but gotta know! He has only done this twice since we got him, or that I know of, and the once was on my shoulder! eeeeewwww!! Should this be a daily thing or what?? help? (need to know things like texture color etc??? ) : : : : 4. His nails are really long but dont know how old they should be before clipping them (and how) dont they need the nails for climbing? : : : : 5. Are there any plants or tree branches that I should remove from his area(he has free reign at the moment!) : : : : thanks I would really appreciate a response : : : Raylene: I saw your question on the other message board and I wrote you a rather long response. However, my computer is freezing up when I try to send it, so I put it in the file to be sent later. I'll try to mail it today. : : : nanci : : thanks nanci, got your e mail - will take the advice. he is allowed free roam of my patio and apartment , so he goes all over the place, he seems to have taken a liking to my Yukka plant and sleeps there at night. : : He has developed and extremely bad habit of only wanting to eat paw paw (*my fault - someone told me to try it!*)But he is eating broccoli leafy stuf (Never seen it before in my life - but the oriental man at the vegetable market told me it is very good for them, it is a little similar to spinch but very white stalk and very green leaf) : : Once again I have to say, we have definitely not seen him drink, not even when we gave him a bath last weekend. : : And again, are there any plants I should stay away from? : : thanks for your reply though! lol I just went to every iguana message board I could find this morning and posted! : I know if you search the 'net, one of the sites does have a list of good plants and bad ones. I used to refer to Melissa Kaplan's quite often, but it's being revamped and isn't where it used to be. She said it will be up in a little while. She wrote the book "Iguanas for Dummies" and there is quite a lot of up to date information in it. Unfortunately, the only ones I know are okay -- dandelion, marigold, geranium, hibiscus, ficus, rose petals. There are many more, but offhand I don't know them.

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