Hello guys this post is a little different. While I do own an iggy this is about an iggy my grandma saw while on vacation. She was happily showing me pictures which brought up the issue… in my opinion this iggy is extremely underweight. I submitted reports to multiple authorities and I finally get a call today from the head veterinarian of the city where the exotic animal vendor is. By his words his only crime was not having a permit because the iguana is in perfect health after a thorough examination. I tried to explain why it might be underweight in my opinion, but he told me she isn’t for a reptile. I was also flabbergasted by the lettuce in the cage.. Here I am asking you guys.. am I tripping?

TLTR: reported a vendor for owning an iguana without proper care and it being underweight. Consensus: healthy iguana. Opinions?

My pectinata is getting bigger and his claws are painful now. I do enjoy him being on my shoulder but sometimes he'll climb my face. I try to react quickly enough to just put him uo on my head myself when he wants but if I dont act quickly enough I'm in a world of pain.

Should I just be keeping a hand over him while he shoulder rides? I'm hoping as he gets bigger he won't try and climb my head as much.

Hey Everyone,

We hired a reptile experience for our kids birthday party, was going great until one of the handlers wanted to show us how ‘fast iguanas can be’ by putting him on the ground where the iguana got spooked and climbed up a 60 foot tree in our backyard. The reptile company seems pretty chill about it (almost resigned to the fact that they won’t ever be able to catch him) but we wanted to try our best regardless. We’re in western WA, so not ideal climate for the little guy he’s only a foot or so long so still pretty young I guess. We’ve put some flowers out for him to nibble but it seems a little fruitless… Any tips?

Just want recommendations from experienced iguana owners . Anything I need to get / know to keeping them healthy. I have wood I got for the enclosure that I'm gonna be setting up here when it's done in the oven . And will be building a cage for when it's bigger but until then what's the best way to make sure it eats good and is stress free in the set up I have now ? When and how often to use calcium powder with food ? How to get the temps and humidity ideal . I keep the house set at 66degrees cool so I wanna make sure that the tank is what it's needing as well ! How to kno if it's eating good and getting water nutrients ? And also how to train or handle especially since it's my 7 year old sons ! Thanks Ik it's a lot but all reccomdations help !!!

She looks so cute when she lies like this 🦎

Hello, just want to share about my new iggy and its enclosure! It is a baby banana spiny-tail and my second type of lizard I ever kept after leopard gecko.

So far it has been acclimating and feeding well. I feed it some leaf-mix of mulberry, hibicus, and Bauhinia, as well as hibicus and butterfly pea flowers. I also got it to feed on crickets, dubia roaches, and mealworms dust with calcium powder and occasionally multivitamin.

Do you think I should consider including pellet into the diet as well for more variety? This is going to be my first big lizard (though it is tiny now) so I am a quite excited but also a bit nervous about this.

It’s still in quarantine, so no name yet. I usually name my animal only after the quarantine period passes.

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Hi all this is Rex’s 4th weigh in update
Last week he weighed: 88g
Our goal for this week was: 92g
His new current weight is: 95g 🎉✅
Our goal for next week would be:98g 💚

I'm so paranoid, im still like 5k in debt for the amputation and everything else, I'm being a helicopter mom until shes old and frail

bit by a juvenile spiky tail iguana should i do to a doctor? i was just gonna wash it off and go about my day but my friends telling me to just go to a doctor, im not from here and don’t wanna have to bother with my travel insurance, is a doctor really necessary?

Hello iguana family!
I was looking back to Rex when I first got him and I gotta say he’s doing an excellent job of putting on weight! I’m super proud of him!!

Juvenile lewisi rock iguana, following vets care instructions to a T.

She used to (4-6 months ago) eat so much food when I first got her. Like anytime she saw food she would get super excited. She always wanted to eat more.

Recently (past month) she’s started slowing down her eating. She doesn’t finish all her food. She doesn’t seem hungry and I leave greens out all the time for her but she ignores them. No signs of stress, she is normal otherwise and is free range (room is kept warm) and has lots to do and climb on. Seems healthy overall.

I just moved and had to switch from her usual organic Asian farmers market greens to regular collards and mustard greens. I recently was able to find some dandelion greens as well. Maybe she’s just picky about changing her diet? She used to eat collards all the time before I found the farmers market. I know collards are kind of bitter so maybe she’s doesn’t like going back to them once she had the good stuff.

I’m worried about her getting underweight with how active she is and how little she’s eating. She eats about 1/2 cup of salad a day, sometimes 1 cup, so it’s not like she’s dying but I am concerned about her behavior change. She used to be a little overweight and she’s a healthy weight now, but I don’t want her to start getting too skinny.

My girlfriend says she’s probably just maturing and doesn’t need as much food.

Im leaning toward female just because shes pretty submissive but not that it means anything lol. Is my iggy still too young to tell and does it really matter for me to know? Why or why not?

Should I be concerned? Here in the US, 31 states (mine included) have detected Cyclospora cayetanensis, AKA the "Explosive Diarrhea Parasite," in greens and other leafy vegetables. What can I feed mine in the meantime?

Hi all this is Rex’s 3rd weigh in update
Last week he weighed: 84g
Our goal for this week was: 88g
His new current weight is: 88g 🎉✅
Our goal for next week would be: 92g 💚
So close to our 100g goal :33

hi everyone! i have a baby rhino iguana and he is currently (very very temporarily) in a 40 gallon tank as i am researching good permanent options for an enclosure.

i live in the midwest, so an outdoor enclosure is not an option.

when he gets big enough to not be able to climb under furniture/get stuck in small spaces, i am planning on allowing him to free roam the house when my boyfriend and i are home, but when we are at work he will be in his enclosure.

since i am aware rhino iguanas get quite large, i was wondering if i should get him a really big tank? like a 4x2x2? but i also feel like that is still too small. i was thinking about getting him a catio to keep indoors and place hides/plants/climbing in there as well.

this is the catio i was looking at—

i need advice about this

Bronx Zoo

~3-4 month old rhino iggy. not sure if it’s too early to tell still but i’m wondering what you guys think he/she is. i suspect he is a male because his jowls are already quite prominent and his femoral pores are the same. but i am by no means an expert and he is my first iguana soooo.

also, i need to get him a larger enclosure. i want something he isnt going to grow out of (he will be free roam when he is large enough not to get lost under furniture).
i was thinking about purchasing a large catio (last slide is the exact one) but keeping it indoors since i live in the midwest. i would obviously place more branches/hides in there as well for clutter