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Posted by Dara on April 20, 2002 at 23:14:49:

In Reply to: thanks for writing... posted by shanna on April 20, 2002 at 22:58:28:

When I brought my iguana home it took him aprox 3/4 days to poop.

When he broke his leg, it took him about a week and a half to start eating, and almost two weeks for a bowel movement. Thankfully he's starting to eat more now (almost month after the break) and he ate a full bowl of salad today =)

Anyways - is the log still in there from before? He may just like that thing, OR put a small blanket (i recently added a baby type blanket under Jade's basking light, he lays on it ALL the time) but since he's so small you could probably get away with a wash cloth. Oh yes, and someone also recommended putting a stuffed animal in there..if you can, buy one of the beanie babies that looks like an iguana or dragon type (i got the zodiac one that Jade lays on) and it's so adorable!

Also make sure he have something he can hide under if he needs to, sometimes that's the best way to let him overcome fear, by letting him feel like he's disieved you ;x

But if it keeps up for a week, OR you feel that he's just not acting the same, it could be deeper.

Anyways..hopefully some other peeps ont he forum could have some ideas. Don't fret too much =) You can do ALL the research in the world on iguanas, and when you get one, you'll STILL have milliions of tiny questions and things you'll worry about. Iguana's are all different and have very different personalities. You'll learn to live with him over time, as he will learn to live with you (hopefully =P)!

Okay now i'm going to bed, so don't expect anymore posts from me =P

Dara

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: When I brought my iguana home it took him aprox 3/4 days to poop. : When he broke his leg, it took him about a week and a half to start eating, and almost two weeks for a <good> bowel movement. Thankfully he's starting to eat more now (almost month after the break) and he ate a full bowl of salad today =) : Anyways - is the log still in there from before? He may just like that thing, OR put a small blanket (i recently added a baby type blanket under Jade's basking light, he lays on it ALL the time) but since he's so small you could probably get away with a wash cloth. Oh yes, and someone also recommended putting a stuffed animal in there..if you can, buy one of the beanie babies that looks like an iguana or dragon type (i got the zodiac one that Jade lays on) and it's so adorable! : Also make sure he <does> have something he can hide under if he needs to, sometimes that's the best way to let him overcome fear, by letting him feel like he's disieved you ;x : But if it keeps up for a week, OR you feel that he's just not acting the same, it could be deeper. : Anyways..hopefully some other peeps ont he forum could have some ideas. Don't fret too much =) You can do ALL the research in the world on iguanas, and when you get one, you'll STILL have milliions of tiny questions and things you'll worry about. Iguana's are all different and have very different personalities. You'll learn to live with him over time, as he will learn to live with you (hopefully =P)! : Okay now i'm going to bed, so don't expect anymore posts from me =P : Dara

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