Re: For Travis.Brown rice can be a possibility

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Posted by Travis on May 19, 2002 at 14:41:25:

In Reply to: For Travis.Brown rice can be a possibility posted by Flavia Guimaraes on May 18, 2002 at 20:43:03:

Rice ,noodles ,cauliflower ,broccoli and corn are not good sources of the things iguanas NEED to live a long healthy life . This things as a SMALL part of a diet are fine they offer nothing much in the way of promoting health . In fact they contain things that in high enough amounts can cause harm .

You continue to say how healthy your animals are . When was the last time you had blood work done or saw a vet ? Iguanas RARELY show signs of problems until it is to late . In addition to that while they may " Look healthy " now the point is not to simply make them look healthy . The point of a captive environment is to give them better then they are able to get for themselves . This is why captive animals kept in the proper environment tend to live so much longer then in the wild .

All that said If you continue to feed your animals this diet instead of a diet based on greens your iguanas will not be healthy long ..

Travis

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: Rice ,noodles ,cauliflower ,broccoli and corn are not good sources of the things iguanas NEED to live a long healthy life . This things as a SMALL part of a diet are fine they offer nothing much in the way of promoting health . In fact they contain things that in high enough amounts can cause harm . : You continue to say how healthy your animals are . When was the last time you had blood work done or saw a vet ? Iguanas RARELY show signs of problems until it is to late . In addition to that while they may " Look healthy " now the point is not to simply make them look healthy . The point of a captive environment is to give them better then they are able to get for themselves . This is why captive animals kept in the proper environment tend to live so much longer then in the wild . : All that said If you continue to feed your animals this diet instead of a diet based on greens your iguanas will not be healthy long .. : Travis

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