If you have an iguana or are thinking of adopting one, it is very important that you seek the care you need and need, these will vary depending on your species, size, age or sex.
Iguanas are very beautiful exotic animals that, unlike other species, need adequate habitat as well as temperature or food.Read this Animal Expert article to learn all about iguana care.
- The ideal measures for an iguana to be comfortable in your terrarium will depend mainly on its age.
- If we are talking about a young specimen.
- With a terrarium of 80 x 50 x 100 centimeters will be more than enough.
- But reaching adulthood.
- Knowing that they can reach two meters long.
- You will have to adapt the terrarium to your measurements.
- Looking for a larger one if necessary.
What should I have in your terrarium?
Alternatively, you can also include a container of water that gives way to a bathtub.
The temperature at which an iguana can grow in its terrarium in the best conditions throughout the day is between 27 and 33 degrees Celsius, however, at night it is necessary to lower the temperature to 22 degrees Celsius or 25 degrees Celsius.this factor with a thermometer that you’ll find inside the terrarium.
The iguana is an animal that changes its diet from young to adult, in the first two years iguanas are an insectivorous animal, so you will have to feed them with small insects.
When this period passes and becomes adult, it is when it becomes completely herbivorous, they stop loving insects and begin to eat leaves, flowers, vegetables and nuts.
It is important to note that iguanas should eat daily, among the foods you should never eat are all those made from animal protein, such as meat or animal feed, nor should they consume citrus fruits such as orange or lemon.
It is highly recommended to spend time with your iguana because being a wild animal can be aggressive and above all it can hurt if you attack it with its tail, to avoid this you have to play with it daily since you were little so that it gets used to you and knows you.
Among other iguana treatments, it’s also interesting that your iguana has air currents to lower your body temperature, and if you see ticks don’t worry because it’s normal, just remove them with tweezers.
Want to know more about iguanas? Then enter our article in which we explain how the iguana looks like a pet, if you have not yet chosen the name of your iguana, check out our article with the original names of the green iguanas.
If you are interested in other reptiles, such as leopard gecko, please refer to our article on maintaining a leopard gecko.
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