Does Your Iguana Look Like This?

THE BEST AND THE WORST

Which of these iguanas does your iguana resemble? With hard work and proper care, you can raise a healthy,
long-living iguana that looks like Dracul and not one that starts out like little Iggy (below).
For a look at iguanas with proper growth, click here.

Iguana Perfection:
Dracul

Dracul is a three and a half year old Green Iguana, five and a half feet long with a SVL (snout to vent length) of eighteen inches. He belongs to Judith of Simi Valley and is the poster boy for what a healthy adult male iguana should look like. Congratulations to Judith for raising such a healthy and
handsome guy!

Does Your Iguana Look Like This?

This iguana is suffering from metabolic bone disease or nutritional secondary hyperparathyrodism. If your iguana is showing signs of MBD or NSHP, you must get it to a reptile vet immediately. You must change it's diet to one high in calcium and low in phosphorus, make sure your iguana gets frequent sun exposure, and has a fluorescent UV tube light in it's enclosure. See Nutrition Requirements. Remember that just adding powdered vitamins to an all ready improper diet will not help. If your iguana's jaws seem to be swollen or some parts of his body seem bony and others fat, he or she may be in the critical stage of MBD or NSHP. Your iguana is trying to replace the needed calcium by taking it directly from the only natural source of calcium it has...it's own bones. This leads to brittle bones that fracture easily, deformities, and other life-threatening conditions.

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The latest printed issues ofIGUANA IGUANA Newsletter contain the following articles:

June - From Monster to Mouse and Back Again, Living with a (part-time) Mini-Monster, From the Mail BAg - What I Go Through Living with a Crazed Male Iguana (with photo essay), Nails are for Clipping, Spotlight on Vegetables - The Rutabaga, Ask Dr. Spike - When is it too hot for my iguana to be outside?, Keep Cool!

July - Taking a Bite Out of Summer, Reviewing Your Iguana's Health, A Pool for Your Outdoor Enclosure, Adding Humidity to the Outdoor Enclosure - A Mist System on a Times, An Iguana Picnic, Ask Dr. Spike - Why does my iguana eat dirt?, Happy Summer!

August - Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?, Breeding Season, Castration - Surgery and Chemical, The Presto Salad Shooter for easy meals, Ask Dr. Spike - My male iguana turns orange. What does that mean?

September - Dehydration - Dying of Thirst, Organ Damage Caused By Dehydration, Dehydration - Observable and Clinical Signs, Signs of Viseral Gout, Summer Fruit, Conversion Chart, End of Summer Iguana Salad, Lizards Living Large in Florida, Humidity in the Enclosure, Ask Dr. Spike - My iguana eats his feces - Ugh!, Happy End of Summer!

October - Skeletons in the Closet - Building a Closet Enclosure, Electrical Work in the Clsoet, The Third Eye, FallBack - Change your timers, Ask Dr. Spike - there are strange things in my iguana's poop!, Lots of Halloween Iguana Hats, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! and Happy Iguana Halloween!

November - Many Reasons for Giving Thanks, The Proper Way to Hand-Feed An Iguana that isn't Eating, Preparing the Blended Food, From the Mailbox - I Lost My Iguana in the House!, Autumn Torte Recipe and Fig Dessert for You and Your Iguana's Thanksgiving Dinner, Happy Thanksgiving!

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THE BEST AND THE WORST

Which of these iguanas does your iguana resemble? With hard work and proper care, you can raise a healthy,
long-living iguana that looks like Dracul and not one that starts out like little Iggy (below).
For a look at iguanas with proper growth, click here.

Iguana Perfection:
Dracul