Iguana rolling out of her cage and acting funny ? any help please?

Question

she is about 3 years old, she has a heat lamp her cage is two carpeted she;ves on the top with a carpeted ladder to a bottom shelf that has a hid box attached to it there is a cat tree that she uses to climb up to her shelves she is allowed to free roam . she doesn't eat any bugs just greens. she hasn't gone to the bathroom much and isn't eating alot.

Answer 1

This is too little information!!!!
How is she being kept? what is she being fed? Do you have any heating or UV light? How old is she? Can you describe the symptoms more clearly? How warm is she?
She needs to be at least 75F in the cool end of the tank and about 85F in the warm end.
An adult iguana is most probably purely vegetarian and a varied diet dressed with calcium and vitamins is esenntial as well as 12 hours of UV light every day.
I would think she is probably quite cold if she is falling off her shelves and out of the cage.
Have you got thermometers at both end of her vivarium?
She will also want water available all the time.

Answer 2

This is definatly not normal behavior. I would say take him to the vet. www.greenigsociety.org has a list of local reptile vets reccomended by the iguana society.
any of these things could be causing this problem:

1. improper diet
2. not enough UV
3. stress
4. temperature

If she is eating well, has UV, and the temps are good; then she may be sick; the sooner you take her to the vet, the sooner she will get better.

as for the constipation thing; put her in the bathtup with luke warm water. Fill it up to where it goes about half way up her body.... i don't know how big she is; make sure she can reach the bottom of the tub. If you give her warm baths, she will go to the bathroom. Constipation can be caused by parasites or improper heat. Get a fecal test done at the vet, when you go.

good luck with her!

Answer 3

Eating just greens is a BIG problem. Your iguana should have a much more varied diet with fruits and vegetables. Never feed dried iguana pellets! Iggys don't produce enough saliva to digest it and can tear the lining of their stomach.

The fact that you mentioned only eating greens, didn't mention a UV light and said she hasn't been using the bathroom much makes me think first that she might be constipated and second, that she could have metabolic bone disease.

You need to get her to an experienced reptile vet quickly. Reptiles don't show that they're sick until they're extremely sick. Be completely honest with the vet about caging, housing, lighting, temperature, and humidity so they can help you solve the problem. If constipation ends up being the problem, your iguana could be dead in only a couple days if you don't get her to a vet.

Answer 4

I truly have eperienced an same problem.My wager is that he's constapated, thats what occurred to my iguana .They wont eat reason there no longer hungry and wont bypass because they're 2 complete of "poop" to bypass.

Answer 5

sounds like your iguana is in breeding season they tend not to want to eat and like to sleep but you still have to spoon fed them water and food.