When it comes to feeding your snake, you need to stick to pre-killed food.
There are a lot of reasons that people prefer to give their snakes live food. One of the most common is they feel that a snake in its natural habitat would eat live food so in captivity they should be given live food as well. I used to agree with them. However, it only took one incident for me to change my mind. read full article…
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Snakes (from Old English snaca, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base *snag- or *sneg-, “to crawl”), also known as ophidians, are cold-blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. There are also several species of legless lizard which superficially resemble snakes, but are not otherwise related to them. A love of snakes is called ophiophilia, a fear of snakes is called ophidiophobia. A specialist in snakes is an ophiologist. read full article…
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The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) is one of the species of the genus Iguana. Though belonging to the same genus as the Green Iguana, the Lesser Antilles Iguanas has a more blocky, shortened face than the Green Iguana and lacks the distinctive stripe pattern present along the Green Iguana’s tail. read full article…
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Although iguana can refer to other members of the lizard family Iguanidae, this article concerns members of the genus Iguana. For information on other genera, see Iguanas. For an article on the information on the species of iguana most commonly kept as pets, see Green iguana.
Iguanas tend to have tall, flat plates jutting from their back like spines, when adult. Several species of this genus are common as pets, especially the Green Iguana in the United States and Canada, which can easily grow to six feet long, even in captivity. When treated well they can be docile, affectionate, litterbox trainable, and even walked on a leash. Such pets are either crèche-raised, or harvested from the wild in Mexico. The average life span of a well taken care of pet iguana is usually 20 years.
Captured iguanas kept as pets tend to be thin and nervous, often dying from side-effects of the stress of adapting to captivity - though if they’re given a large swimming area in which to hide, their chances of survival improve, as they live on streambanks in the wild, diving in when alarmed or for other reasons. As they are cold-blooded creatures, they thrive in humid climates. The Green Iguana needs to be in temperatures of 75 to 90 degrees. If it is not kept under UVB lighting it can develop metabolic bone disease.
Iguanas can be considered as an invasive species, along the gulf coast of Florida, especially on Gasparilla Island (where there is an estimated population of over 12000). They commonly hide in the attics of houses, destroy gardens, and in beaches. As an introduced species, they contribute to natural habitat loss, spread salmonella, and could be responsible for the recent decline of the gopher tortoise. This is due to a combination of escaped and intentionally released Iguanas which have survived and then thrived in their new habitat.
Feeding
Iguanas are omnivores. They eat plants and meat, though usually tending to eat plants, mainly leaves and fruits. Sometimes iguanas (especially younger ones) will eat eggs, insects, and other smaller vertebrae.
Habitat
Iguanas live in the tropical rainforest area,usually in lower altitudes near a water source (lake, river. They spend most of their time in the higher forest canopy, 40-50 feet above ground.
Species of the genus Iguana
Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima
Green Iguana, Iguana iguana
Amblyrhynchus cristatus, “Marine Iguana”
Iguana Iguana, “Green Iguana”
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