Re: my new Iggy

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Posted by meagan on March 06, 1999 at 09:29:53:

In Reply to: my new Iggy posted by barbs on March 06, 1999 at 07:47:40:

its great that you are taking the time to get info about your new pet. i would suggest astroturf or plain paper not newspaper for a substrate. you can also use alfalfa pellets, but you need to clean out the soiled ones daily. also, don`t feed your iguana a commercial diet. you need to feed your iguana a balanced diet of fresh veggies. the commercial diets have not been shown to be nutritionally adequate yet, and i know that i would not want to use my iggy as a test to see if they were. stick to what we know can work. a good diet that i use is the melissa kaplans diet. you can find it at her web site. i don`t know the web address off the top of my head so i or someone else will have to get hat for you. don`t believe anything that the petstore has told you. so far i have not found one salesperson in 6 local stores who knoew an ounce of anything useful about iguanas. visit melissa kaplans site as i have found her info to be the most relaible. there is a bit of feuding going on right now as to which diet is best for your ig. the guy at the ig den keeps attacking mk but until i hear different, i am sticking with her recipe. see this site its is an argument for mk`s diet for iguanas.hope this helps, please write back if you need more info
meagan
: Hi folks, just love this iguana forum. I got an Iggy about 2 weeks ago. I have always loved lizards and turtles and finally was able to get a baby iggy. I took the time to read up on them and set up an enclosure before I bought the iguana. I named it "Kiwi" because it loves em. I need lots of advice, finding some information conflicting and the pet stores have tons of stuff for iguanas now, making Iguana ownership confusing. What substrates are you guys using? I bought a special reptile carpet for it. What do you think of those iguana leashes they sell, dont they hurt the iggys "spines" going down the back? What foods are best? There are so many brands of iggy food out there and all. Its confusing. Thanks for your advice!!

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: its great that you are taking the time to get info about your new pet. i would suggest astroturf or plain paper not newspaper for a substrate. you can also use alfalfa pellets, but you need to clean out the soiled ones daily. also, don`t feed your iguana a commercial diet. you need to feed your iguana a balanced diet of fresh veggies. the commercial diets have not been shown to be nutritionally adequate yet, and i know that i would not want to use my iggy as a test to see if they were. stick to what we know can work. a good diet that i use is the melissa kaplans diet. you can find it at her web site. i don`t know the web address off the top of my head so i or someone else will have to get hat for you. don`t believe anything that the petstore has told you. so far i have not found one salesperson in 6 local stores who knoew an ounce of anything useful about iguanas. visit melissa kaplans site as i have found her info to be the most relaible. there is a bit of feuding going on right now as to which diet is best for your ig. the guy at the ig den keeps attacking mk but until i hear different, i am sticking with her recipe. see this site its is an argument for mk`s diet for iguanas.hope this helps, please write back if you need more info : meagan : : Hi folks, just love this iguana forum. I got an Iggy about 2 weeks ago. I have always loved lizards and turtles and finally was able to get a baby iggy. I took the time to read up on them and set up an enclosure before I bought the iguana. I named it "Kiwi" because it loves em. I need lots of advice, finding some information conflicting and the pet stores have tons of stuff for iguanas now, making Iguana ownership confusing. What substrates are you guys using? I bought a special reptile carpet for it. What do you think of those iguana leashes they sell, dont they hurt the iggys "spines" going down the back? What foods are best? There are so many brands of iggy food out there and all. Its confusing. Thanks for your advice!!

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