Re: Diet?

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Posted by Wendy on May 16, 2001 at 18:12:46:

In Reply to: Diet? posted by Wendy on May 16, 2001 at 14:13:45:

Thanks for your response everyone! It�s a huge help! For an enclosure (until about two weeks ago when I finally got the best of the teacher) he was in a square, homemade cage that was about 2 ft by 2ft. It was covered with extremely rough screen. It was full of holes that were covered with duct tape. The iguana�s nose often got bloody and raw from trying to get out, and his jaw is slightly lopsided which gives me the impression that he had mouth rot before. His nostrils were almost covered over flesh after being rubbed raw. Now he has plastic covered, light and soft screen that it much better for him, it doesn�t hurt his nose and he can�t tear through it, the cage could still be much better though. For a substrate he has �wood� shavings, it doesn�t say what kind on the bag. His water is often full of shavings and it only gets changed about twice a week. He has a heating pad right in his cage (bad, bad, bad!) and I don�t think it is hot enough because he lies on it almost continuously, only venturing off to eat and occasionally climb up the side of the cage. What Diana said about him not being able to process nutrients right, his poop has flakes of lettuce in it. It is black and really watery, is this normal? I�ve already spoken to my teacher about adoption, and he said that he would consider it, but I don�t really feel he is. I belong to a herpetoculture society that has a kind of adoption agency for unwanted herps, so I mentioned that to him. One of the main foods the iguana was on before was broccoli, I told my teacher about why that was bad and gave him a handout that I had gotten at a herp meeting and he seemed genuinely concerned, so I don�t think it is intentional, he just doesn�t know how to take care of his pet. I�ll show him the diet and ask him to put the iguana on it right away, or do you need to wean them on? If he doesn�t because he �doesn�t have time� then I will offer to help him with it, and if all else fails, then I will get some people that he will HAVE to listen to help me. Being a teacher, money can�t be a major major concern, so that can�t be an excuse. This iguana�s cage was so filthy that you could smell him clear down the hall, but the teacher is starting to do a better job at cleaning it more often. Thanks for listening, this teacher is one of the kid�s favorites, and they also don�t have the interest or knowledge to see that the iguana isn�t being cared for, so I haven�t really been able to talk to anyone about this! Thank you guys so much! Wendy

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: Thanks for your response everyone! It�s a huge help! For an enclosure (until about two weeks ago when I finally got the best of the teacher) he was in a square, homemade cage that was about 2 ft by 2ft. It was covered with extremely rough screen. It was full of holes that were covered with duct tape. The iguana�s nose often got bloody and raw from trying to get out, and his jaw is slightly lopsided which gives me the impression that he had mouth rot before. His nostrils were almost covered over flesh after being rubbed raw. Now he has plastic covered, light and soft screen that it much better for him, it doesn�t hurt his nose and he can�t tear through it, the cage could still be much better though. For a substrate he has �wood� shavings, it doesn�t say what kind on the bag. His water is often full of shavings and it only gets changed about twice a week. He has a heating pad right in his cage (bad, bad, bad!) and I don�t think it is hot enough because he lies on it almost continuously, only venturing off to eat and occasionally climb up the side of the cage. What Diana said about him not being able to process nutrients right, his poop has flakes of lettuce in it. It is black and really watery, is this normal? I�ve already spoken to my teacher about adoption, and he said that he would consider it, but I don�t really feel he is. I belong to a herpetoculture society that has a kind of adoption agency for unwanted herps, so I mentioned that to him. One of the main foods the iguana was on before was broccoli, I told my teacher about why that was bad and gave him a handout that I had gotten at a herp meeting and he seemed genuinely concerned, so I don�t think it is intentional, he just doesn�t know how to take care of his pet. I�ll show him the diet and ask him to put the iguana on it right away, or do you need to wean them on? If he doesn�t because he �doesn�t have time� then I will offer to help him with it, and if all else fails, then I will get some people that he will HAVE to listen to help me. Being a teacher, money can�t be a major major concern, so that can�t be an excuse. This iguana�s cage was so filthy that you could smell him clear down the hall, but the teacher is starting to do a better job at cleaning it more often. Thanks for listening, this teacher is one of the kid�s favorites, and they also don�t have the interest or knowledge to see that the iguana isn�t being cared for, so I haven�t really been able to talk to anyone about this! Thank you guys so much! Wendy

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