HELP! Just got an iguana!

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Posted by GB2000 on August 12, 2002 at 15:11:02:

I'm not new to the herp scene at all, but I am to the iggy scene...I know green igs require very specialized care and very large housing so don't think I'm just some uninformed idiot coming here looking for help. Okay? Here's my post from another forum:

Was at the county fair today and saw they had contests to win birds (budgies), dwarf hamsters, goldfish, rabbits, and iguanas. I didn't see many ig winners luckily, but we did a game where if you won a "grand" prize you could trade it for an animal. I decided to save one of the iguanas by trading one of my "grand" prizes which was a keychain. The guy in charge definitely was in it for profit only...he was some toothless dude and he never once mentioned their specialized care or how big an iguana gets. Plus he tried to sell me a "critter" keeper for it which was equal to about half a gallon.... ugh....makes me sick.

Anyway, on to my questions... I have a 65 gal reptarium for it for now. It's young and looks very healthy considering it was sharing a cage with about 20 other igs. It's a very bright green and it's tail is straight and it's quite responsive. It also has some really nice blue on it's head. The only thing wrong so far is it's got a tad bit of retained shed around its neck, but that's nothing. I need to know some good places to get info. I know anapside.org is very helpful, but anything else? What should I feed it? I know lettuce of any kind is bad and collared greens, mustard greens, etc. is good. The dude at the fair had a "salad" in there and it didn't include lettuce in it amazingly. Also how should the cage be setup? I'm using a reptarium for now, but I know that won't last for too long. I need to know temps and what kinda lighting to use... I know they NEED UV...would a bird light work? It is supposedly one of the best out there. They are the kind that fit into an incandescent socket, but they are sorta flourescent looking. I forgot what they are called though. Please, I will appreciate any info.

GB2000

P.S.
How should I go about letting my dad know I just got this thing?

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