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Posted by Kate on October 16, 2002 at 20:19:00:
In Reply to: Iguana food and size help posted by LeoxOM on October 16, 2002 at 20:06:28:
It's hard to say how big a one year old iguana should be. It depends on diet, prior care, and genetics. A REALLY big one year old might be as long as 3 ft. But you shouldn't expect that size...
The diet should be largely comprised of greens such as collards, mustard greens, dandelion greens, escarole, turnip greens, etc. Also include other veggies like snow peas, green beans, butternut squash, bell peppers, etc. Spinach is not toxic to iguanas, but it shouldn't make up much of their diet. It's an oxalate (like you said). Oxalates bind calcium so the ig can't absorb it. Other greens/veggies that you shouldn't feed much are brocolli, bok choy, cabbages, beet greens & beets.
If you want a good book about iguanas, you should get either James W. Hatfield's "Ultimate Green Iguana" or Melissa Kaplan's "Iguanas for Dummies." (I think I left off part of Hatfield's book, but you should be able to find it with that info.)
Kate
:About size... How long should be a 1 year iguana??
:About the food... Which are the best vegetables to feed iguanas?
:Which are the worst (poor nutrient)? and What about toxic (dangerous) vegetables for iguanas?? and some ideas to prevent iguanas to select certain veggies in the salad.
:For example some people say spinach is toxic because of oxalic acid, but what i read is that oxalic acid is present in plants like Philodendron, Tradescantia, Singonium, pothos...
:really thanks!!
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