Re: New Iguana!!!

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Posted by John-Paul on May 31, 2002 at 06:35:46:

In Reply to: New Iguana!!! posted by JenniferLM on May 31, 2002 at 02:08:30:

Sounds like you've covered everything pretty well. As far as the UV tube goes, i'd get the Zoo Med Iguana Light, but the Desert 7 is a close second in my opinion. I have both and am currently using an Iguana light. Don't use regular carpet unless it's indoor/outdoor carpet, you know, the kind that isn't too high, and it's usually blue or green in color. Otherwise your iguana will eat the carpet which in turn will get him sick. I use indoor/outdoor carpet that isn't possible for him to bite at and eat. Good Luck with your new iguana.

John-Paul
: Hi, everyone. I am back. I just got a new baby ig yesterday. He is only about 18" stl or less. I dont know the sex yet but I'll just call it him.
: He did belong to my sisters friend but she decided to sell him because she is a teenager and is never home to give him the attention that he needs.
: He came with a 24" ESU Reptile combo light, 1 flourescent uvb tube and 1 75 watt incandescent night light. He came with a daylight too but it was broke. I have hime in an aquarium that is 4'L x 18"W x 18"D. It is plenty big enough for him now but I am going to build him a cage soon that will be 6'Lx6'Tx3'D. His substrate is newspapers with a towel over them. He has a long shallow tupperware dish big enough for him to get into safely for water. He has been eating peas, green beans, and collard greens. I am going to get him more of a variety of veggies and some fruit for snacks tomorrow. I am converting a home made dog kennel into an outdoor cage for the summer for him by replacing the fencing that covers it now with some 18 guage plastic mesh. I will also have to build a knew one of those by next summer :-).
: I am going to go shopping for him and buy him some knew stuff this weekend. He needs a knew UVB tube. The one he has now only provides 2.0 uvb. I am going to get the Iguana light 5.0 tube or the dessert sun 7.0 tube, a 150 watt incandescent day light and night light, human heating pad for under the tank, and some indoor/outdoor carpet for substrate. His basking area is slightly cooler than I would like it to be but that stuff should get it up there.
: Do you guys think I should get the 5.0 or 7.0 uvb tube? Should I put the heating pad under the substrate or under the whole cage? Could I use regular carpet for substrate??? My husband is a carpet installer and we have a garage full of new scrap carpet. How can I increase the humidity in the cage? Right now the humidity guage is at 60 and when I mist him it jumps to 70.

: Oh, I am going to take him to a vet for a check up once he is well acclimated. The vet I am going to take him to is Micheal Jones at Jones Animal Hospital in Tacoma, WA. He is about one and a half hours from where I live but only about half an hour from my in-laws house so I am going to take him to the vet when we go up there for the weekend.

: Sorry for such a long post. I just wanted to give you all the details.

: Any advice is greatly appreciated.

: Thanks,
: JenniferLM

: PS- I need help coming up with a name for him/her.

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: Sounds like you've covered everything pretty well. As far as the UV tube goes, i'd get the Zoo Med Iguana Light, but the Desert 7 is a close second in my opinion. I have both and am currently using an Iguana light. Don't use regular carpet unless it's indoor/outdoor carpet, you know, the kind that isn't too high, and it's usually blue or green in color. Otherwise your iguana will eat the carpet which in turn will get him sick. I use indoor/outdoor carpet that isn't possible for him to bite at and eat. Good Luck with your new iguana. : John-Paul : : Hi, everyone. I am back. I just got a new baby ig yesterday. He is only about 18" stl or less. I dont know the sex yet but I'll just call it him. : : He did belong to my sisters friend but she decided to sell him because she is a teenager and is never home to give him the attention that he needs. : : He came with a 24" ESU Reptile combo light, 1 flourescent uvb tube and 1 75 watt incandescent night light. He came with a daylight too but it was broke. I have hime in an aquarium that is 4'L x 18"W x 18"D. It is plenty big enough for him now but I am going to build him a cage soon that will be 6'Lx6'Tx3'D. His substrate is newspapers with a towel over them. He has a long shallow tupperware dish big enough for him to get into safely for water. He has been eating peas, green beans, and collard greens. I am going to get him more of a variety of veggies and some fruit for snacks tomorrow. I am converting a home made dog kennel into an outdoor cage for the summer for him by replacing the fencing that covers it now with some 18 guage plastic mesh. I will also have to build a knew one of those by next summer :-). : : I am going to go shopping for him and buy him some knew stuff this weekend. He needs a knew UVB tube. The one he has now only provides 2.0 uvb. I am going to get the Iguana light 5.0 tube or the dessert sun 7.0 tube, a 150 watt incandescent day light and night light, human heating pad for under the tank, and some indoor/outdoor carpet for substrate. His basking area is slightly cooler than I would like it to be but that stuff should get it up there. : : Do you guys think I should get the 5.0 or 7.0 uvb tube? Should I put the heating pad under the substrate or under the whole cage? Could I use regular carpet for substrate??? My husband is a carpet installer and we have a garage full of new scrap carpet. How can I increase the humidity in the cage? Right now the humidity guage is at 60 and when I mist him it jumps to 70. : : Oh, I am going to take him to a vet for a check up once he is well acclimated. The vet I am going to take him to is Micheal Jones at Jones Animal Hospital in Tacoma, WA. He is about one and a half hours from where I live but only about half an hour from my in-laws house so I am going to take him to the vet when we go up there for the weekend. : : Sorry for such a long post. I just wanted to give you all the details. : : Any advice is greatly appreciated. : : Thanks, : : JenniferLM : : PS- I need help coming up with a name for him/her.

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