What is the best type of dried iguana food?

Question

I am a soccer player and when my season starts I will have to travel to alot of away games and will have to have somebody else look after my iguana. Knowing my friends I don't think they will be too keen on grating and chopping a varitety of fruits and vegies like I do, so I want to get some dried food so they can just fill his bowl but I really don't know which to buy.

Answer 1

This article discusses the pros and cons of a number of available brands


http://www.greenigsociety.org/commercial.htm

Answer 2

Well, rep-Cal Adult Iguana Food is a 100% complete diet that eliminates nutritional guesswork. It is higher in apple fiber than other brands of pelleted diets to maintain a healthy digestive tract. This food has been extruded (cooked) which improves taste and digestibiltiy; pellets can be moistened in water or fruit juice.

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What you feed your iguana will be directly related to their overall health and well-being. Green Iguanas are herbivores, that is, they are plant eaters. Animal proteins, such as dog food, cat food, and various "people food" treats should be avoided completely if possible. Iguanas do tend to like junk food, like pizza, but it is not good for them, and feeding them alot of food like this can lead to kidney failure at a young age. If you do feed your iguana "treats", we'd recommend keeping it at a once per month MAXIMUM to be on the safe side. Kale, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and other cabbage-related vegetables should be fed only in small amounts. These vegetables can cause thyroid problems if they are fed to your lizard frequently. Spinach should not be fed at all to an iguana, because it binds calcium.

Iguanas require a diet that is high in calcium, low in phosporous, and contains Vitamin D3. Greens should be the staple of the diet. By greens we mean, Collard greens, Mustard greens, Dandelion greens(you can pick these right out of your yard as long as they are not treated with pesticides and washed before feeding), Turnip greens, etc. Mixed vegetables, squash, zucchini, yams, raspberries & blackberries(high in calcium), bananas, and other fruits and vegetables or commercial iguana food can also be added, but the large majority of the diet should be greens. If your iguana is getting a proper diet than no extra vitamins really need to be added to the food.

Take care :)

Answer 3

depending on what stores are around you i would suggest either pet smart or pet co they are both good stores and would have the staff that could answer your question personally i never feed mine anything but fresh food

Answer 4

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