The iguana although it is not in route of extinction yet, is threatened, since the constant traffic of species; the majority of South America and Central America, made the world authorities to put in the close sight the entities do this type of commerce.
That's why there are laws in different constitutions and several international agreements as of CITES, that project a threat or the entry of the iguana, to species in route of extinction in 2012.
The maintenance of this types of animals adverse all kinds of care, which perform vital importance at the time of supporting this reptile. The first occupation that you must take when you have an Iguana pet consists of the enclosure where it will live, to take care of him, to support him and to feed him; this includes a completed commitment so the conditions are most adequate to your iguana pet needs.
So for the Iguana do not miss the natural environment in which it was living with that you will provide to him, the new habitat that we will give to him must seemed as much as possible to natural habitat in which the Iguana was living. This way we will grant him an agreeable existence where his development could not turn limited.
Maintenance
Basically; iguana pets only needs a space and a good temperature. The heat that is needed to provide him naturally or artificially has to be ranged between 68 and up to 87 F grades, simulating the temperatures of his native habitat.
The green iguana is almost in the whole Latin American region where there is tropical rain forest, from Center America up to the forests of the Brazil this species lives.
Another important thing at the time of supporting an Iguana is the space in which there must live; because the majority of people who possess an iguana pet think that a fishbowl of reasonable proportions is the most appropriate solution for the housing of this reptile.
But the iguana needs a much bigger space where at minimum, is possible to add, sufficient sand, there should be a shrub, water and also they need to receive the solar beams at least between 2 to three hours per day, which provides to them the ultraviolet light absorption which the iguana uses to implement the basic functions of his metabolism.
In absence of natural sun light, is recommended the use of fluorescent light or ultraviolet lamps.
Feeding
At the time of feeding to the iguana pets there is no fruit or vegetable that it should be restricted, since the green iguana is clearly an herbivorous animal. His feeding can be wide and changed from what it is possible to include all kinds of fruits and vegetables: lettuce, cabbage, carrot, cabbage, fruit-bearing flowers or pumpkin, also the fruits as: apple, grape, tomato, orange are an excellent complement to the diet of these animals.
Reproduction
The Iguanas in captivity do not reproduce with facility, although if you have a good space in which the female feels comfortable we can achieve captivity reproduction. The impediment basically is that the female iguana deposits his eggs, which can have a diameter of up to one inch; they do a hole in the ground of at least 8 inches deep for what a fishbowl or the place in which she lives at least has to fulfill this characteristic. Also as in their natural habitat, iguanas pair in summer the temperature it must rise at least up to 68 degrees. The period of incubation lasts around 100 days and the babies, on having been born, do not measure any more than a foot long.
Caring
The Iguanas are animals very resistant to the illnesses if you make a special effort in his habitat hygienic measurements. A good symptom of bad care taken in an iguana pet will always be an illness, since these reptiles rarely fall ill and, when they do, it is because inadequate conditions of maintenance.
The most common causes of illness in an iguana in captivity are because: absence in moisture, respiratory problems and skin illness; burns for the excess of exhibition to UVA light. Also a poor exposition to the sun light causes avitaminosis (lack of vitamins).
The breaks and possessiveness are between the most common issues for what it is advisable to make your iguana work out.
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