green iguana feeding method. On weekdays, when people choose to raise pets, some people will particularly like alternative pets such as green iguana. Of course, when raising green iguana, everyone also needs to choose the appropriate method. Among them, it is extremely important to have a mastery of the feeding methods of green iguanas. So, how to raise green iguanas well? 
Green iguana feeding methods:
1. Feeding space Green Iguana is a large iguana. It grows from a seedling, and it grows nearly one meter in 2 years. It is not impossible to raise it until 6 to 7 years to 1.8M or 1.9M. Therefore, before purchasing, you should first pay attention to whether your own space has room to accommodate it. If the space is too small when raising it, it will become mentally depressed. Adult green iguanas should be kept in a field with a minimum size of 4×4×6 feet, that is, 1.2×1.2×1.8 meters.
2. Materials of feeding boxes are usually used by most people as feeding boxes for green iguanas, because it is the easiest to buy and the most ready-made. You can also use an iron cage to make a feeding box, and you can also use wood and glass windows to make a feeding box. If you use the fish tank directly, ventilation will be poor. Using an iron cage is not conducive to insulation.
3. It is best to provide branches in the toys in the feeder so that the green iguana can climb. The branches are better to be a little thicker than the body of a green iguana. Place branches diagonally in the box.
4. Heating and lighting Many people solve the two problems of heating and lighting at the same time. Use an incandescent lamp to heat and illuminate. Setting the lamp on one corner of the box can create an environment with temperature gradient changes in the box. Just below the lamp is equivalent to a sunbathing place, so that iguana can warm up the body here in the morning. It is best to place a thermometer in different locations in the feeding box to grasp the temperature of the entire box. Generally speaking, the coldest place in the box should be around 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Generally speaking, a green iguana needs at least 10 hours a day to have an internal temperature of 88 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure that it can perform normal digestive functions. It is best not to put the lamp directly into the box, because this way, the lamp is easy to climb on the lamp and cause burns. Green iguanas rely on bacteria in their bodies to digest food, and bacteria need to be relatively high in temperature to work, so they must ensure sufficient temperature, otherwise iguanas will cause malnutrition due to indigestion. The key points for feeding green iguanas:
1. Food diversity. Unfortunately, in case of artificial feeding, it cannot eat the food they eat in nature. So we must provide them with enough and the right food to ensure that they grow up healthy without getting sick. When providing food, you must pay attention to the diversity of food, so that the green iguanas can get balanced nutrition. If you feed a single food for a long time, green iguanas can easily become ill due to nutritional disorders, such as calcium deficiency. Therefore, providing the right food is very important in feeding.
2. How to feed the food should be cut into small pieces. As for how small it is, it depends on the size of your green iguana. In short, don’t choke them. In addition, the food should be mixed well, because green iguanas will be picky about food. If they do not mix the food well, they will choose what they like to eat, which will lead to malnutrition.
3. Feeding time Green iguanas should be fed every day. The best time to feed is from 9:00 to 11:00, because green iguanas need to bask in the sun (natural or artificial) in the morning to increase the body's temperature before they start eating. But in nature, green iguanas eat in the afternoon, but it doesn’t hurt to prepare food in the morning, so that green iguanas can eat food at any time.
4. Calcium powder Calcium powder is the best source of calcium for all reptiles and amphibian pets. Calcium powder includes phosphorus-free and D3-free. It is recommended to use calcium powder containing D3. Grind the calcium slices into powder and stir together with the food to feed.
5. The food pot is used to place the food required by the green iguana every day.What to eat when feeding green iguanas? Although green iguanas look very weird, they are a very vegetarian. In the wild, green iguanas usually eat some flowers and plants, but it is difficult to ensure that so many flowers are provided to them during our feeding process, so we need to try to provide some green vegetables and other foods to ensure the nutrition of green iguanas. So what foods can be provided during the feeding process of green iguanas? For example, tofu, purple cabbage (cabbage), Wuqing cabbage, mustard green , celery, dandelions, green beans, green peppers, leeks, snow beans, grapes, radish, pears, etc. are all foods that green iguanas can eat with confidence. Be careful not to give them one or two of the vegetables above. You should try to provide them with a variety of vegetables. Of course there are many other vegetables suitable for green iguanas. The key is to be diversified. If you only provide one or two foods for a long time, your green iguana will definitely experience various diseases due to nutritional problems. At the same time, in foods given to green iguanas, vegetables rich in oxalic acid should be avoided, such as spinach, rhubarb, beets, celery stems, etc. Therefore, it is recommended that this type of vegetables should not be used as the main food in daily feeding, and can only be supplied in small quantities. Otherwise, it is still easy to get calcium deficiency bone disease. There are goiter-cabbage, just like those with oxalic acid-rich, some vegetables cannot be over-feeded. Such as cabbage, cabbage , cauliflower, etc. can cause thyroid problems in green iguana. More pet feeding methods, follow us and update daily.
