What do you Feed a Iguana It And Dose It Need A Heat Rock Or Lamp If He Will Be Living Outside In Florida?

Answer 1

Iguanas do not eat insects despite what some of these morons are telling you. They are strictly vegetarians. And they can live in Florida outside no problem with no additional heat source. Thousands of iguanas live in the wilds of Florida because of people who released them, probably because they didn't realize these inexpensive lizards get pretty big, and are not always the tame lizards they see on TV. Now, if it gets unusually cold in the winter, it wouldn't hurt to bring it inside until the weather improves.

Answer 2

I would say that you don't need to have these IF and ONLY IF the temperature is already within its temperature range and there won't be any glass, plastic, ot acrylic between it and the sun.

Iguanas need to have a proper temperature range in order to digest their food properly, and they need to have access to UVB for calcium absorption.

Heat rocks shouldn't be used under any circumstances, since the animal needs to be in direct contact for heat transfer. If there's a chance when the nights may be too cool, you will have to decide whether to bring him in for the night, or have an enclosure you can he him in outdoors with a heat source (preferably infrared or ceramic heating element he can't reach directly that can be turned on or off as needed to regulate the temperature inside until the next day when the sun would warm his enclosure.

Answer 3

They are herbivores. [palnt eaters]

They eat leafy greens, fruit, and fresh, uncooked vegetables that are grated and chopped to a size appropriate to the size and age of the iguana.

Watch the size of the food chunks you feed it. Think about the size of your his stomach and how much more food he can get in there if it's in small bits. Grated food is best but if you chop into tiny, bite-sized pieces. Leafy greens can be torn into the appropriate size. And you can grow greens in your garden for your iguana

DO NOT use heat rocks. They reach VERY high tamperatures and can easily burn ur pet

Answer 4

We feed kale as it has the highest source of calcium. Also they love shredded zucchini and crookneck squash. If it is a baby iguana it needs baby food also. They are not fruit eaters.
The lamp is twofold. For heat, to aid in digestion of foods, and for UVB rays to change food into calcium rich food.

Answer 5

Iuanas are omnivores, they eat both live insects, and veggies.

They will usually eat Large-sized crickets, there is a special calcium powder you should put on them before feeding, just keep themin the container they come in, add powder, and shake for a good coating (see link).
We used to give them veggies every day, these should also have the calcium powder on them. Veggies should be finely chopped. They will eat lettuice, sweet potato, alfalfa, broccoli, ect..... experiment with different veggies, not all iguanas like the same ones! You can also give them wild growing plants such as clover, and dandelions, just be sure to wash them VERY good, you don't want ant pesticides in there.You should also try a variety of fruits, ours liked papaya, and mango... but again, experiment!

for heating requirements see link:
http://www.reptilecare.com/igheating.html


Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Your iguana should be fed live crickets, flies and I've known a few that have a liking for mealworms. It is most likeley you will need a source of heat for your iguana, because if their body temperature gets too low, of course, they will die.