My husband and I recently adopted a juvie Iguana that a local pet store had found (apparently someone left the poor thing on the floor in a cold bathroom of the pet store and no one knows how long she was in there before pet store personnel found her)...
We happened to have been in the area that day and had what we needed to care for it at home already, so we adopted the poor thing right away.
We have had her for about a week now and she hasnt eaten anything at all
We have tried every type of fresh green imaginable and she just wont touch it... And she is drinking some, but very minimal amounts... She is "bathing" in her pool and we will find her climbing up the walls and top of her cage, but she spends more time huddled in a corner sleeping...
I realize she wasn't well taken care of and just pretty much left to suffer, so I would imagine she is under a ton of stress right now...
But I am wondering if there is anything at all we can do to help her adjust or get her to eat and drink more?
She is only a bit skittish and she does let me hold her and pet her and appears to really like the attention... Im just so worried about her drinking and eating habits right now... In just the week we have had her I can tell she has lost quite a bit of weight and I can almost see her ribs
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Also if anyone has any insight on how old she may be that would be awesome! She is about 18in long right now (mostly tail of course) and only a few inches around maybe? So still quite small...
We happened to have been in the area that day and had what we needed to care for it at home already, so we adopted the poor thing right away.
We have had her for about a week now and she hasnt eaten anything at all
I realize she wasn't well taken care of and just pretty much left to suffer, so I would imagine she is under a ton of stress right now...
But I am wondering if there is anything at all we can do to help her adjust or get her to eat and drink more?
She is only a bit skittish and she does let me hold her and pet her and appears to really like the attention... Im just so worried about her drinking and eating habits right now... In just the week we have had her I can tell she has lost quite a bit of weight and I can almost see her ribs
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Also if anyone has any insight on how old she may be that would be awesome! She is about 18in long right now (mostly tail of course) and only a few inches around maybe? So still quite small...
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