Re: Emergency rescue help - suddenly, I have an Ig

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Posted by Kate on October 15, 2002 at 21:07:01:

In Reply to: Emergency rescue help - suddenly, I have an Ig posted by bexley on October 15, 2002 at 20:05:37:

I'm glad to hear you were able to rescue the ig. How big is he (she)? A 50 gallon tank is not ideal for an iguana, but if he's still small it will do okay for awhile. The important thing for the substrate is that the ig can't eat it, or, if he does, it will be okay for him. Iguanas can eat rabbit pellets with no problem, so you're alright there. Foodwise, stick to the greens and other veggies you might have around the house. The best greens for an iguana are collards, mustard greens, dandelion greens, escarole, turnip greens, and endive. If you've got a few of those, you should be okay. The other really important things (besides food) are UV lights and heat.

Since the ig is a rescue, he is probably somewhat stressed, and may not eat or otherwise behave normally for several days. Just make sure he's warm enough (you might want to make it a little warmer than 85 degrees in at least one spot, if you can) and has food and water available.

:I have a bearded dragon, and today while buying him crix I ended up with an iguana as a rescue. He had been dumped in a parking lot, and was very cold, and fairly skinny. His muscling still looks not bad, and he's now camping in my beardie's 50 gallon tank, while the beardie is in his smaller one (he's just a baby so he'll be ok for a while yet).

Best of luck to the both of you!

Kate

:Anyhow, I plan on curling up tonight with lots of material printed from anapsid.org, but it will take me a bit to get through it all. I'm looking for basic information, fast, so I can keep this guy comfy and get him on the road to being healthy. The tank is around 85oF in the warm end, substrate is rabbit pellets, with several flat rocks and a hiding place he should be able to get his whole body under. The lower half of his tail is a different colour, at the store they said he'd lost it at some point. I have adult crickets, assorted greens for the beardie, and some big kingworms, will he be ok for at least a day or two like this? Poor guy hasn't even moved :(

:Reply here, or feel free to email me. Thx!

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