Iguana Facts - What Should You Feed Your Pet Iguana

Are you interested in owning an iguana but don't know where to start with what food they like and need? The following will help you answer those questions and give you some useful iguana facts regarding food.

Like all animal purchases, prior to adopting a pet iguana, you need to have looked into exactly what types of food an iguana can eat, and what types they can't.

An iguana is a herbivore. This means you should never feed them insects or any animals. No matter what you are told, iguanas and insects do not mix. You may think it's cool to see your iguana eating an insect, but the fact is they never mean to eat an insect on purpose. If they happen to be on a vegetable they will get eaten, but not deliberately.

Water and food is required to be completely fresh for your iguana. If you try and leave your iguana with old water and old food, it will only encourage bacteria and result in a sick iguana.

One of the interesting iguana facts regarding food concerns overeating. An iguana is a smart animal. No matter how much food you pack in his cage, he will not overeat! He does, however, need new food/water everyday of his life. You cannot simply get away with leaving yesterday's food and water in his cage because you can't be bothered or you're too busy. This will result in deterioration of the iguana's health.

In order to give your iguana the level of water it actually requires, you may have to play a trick on it. First, monitor how much water your iguana takes in; if it's not much then try the following. Place some nice food in the water bowl and through several days decrease the amount of food you put in. The iguana will hopefully continue to eat and look for the food, all the time taking in more water than it realizes.

Paying attention to your iguana's diet which is vital in keeping your iguana healthy. You can try and keep to 50% green beans, peas and carrots etc. and 50% water cress etc. in order to keep your iguana fit and ready to go each day.

If you want to keep an iguana, then you must have a healthy iguana. Apart from not feeding them insects, don't give them foods like eggs. Some iguanas can grow to 6 feet long so a big cage is desired. Have fun with your pet iguana and give it a nice lifestyle through following my iguana facts and food tips.