So I attended the Reptile show in West Palm Beach, FL last weekend and while browsing around I came across a booth with a number of rock iguanas all varying in ages, sizes, and variety. I started up a conversation with the guy running the booth as I've been pretty interested in cyclura for a while and he ended up handing me one of his young cuban rock iguanas... well one thing lead to another and I fell in love with the little guy, next thing I knew I was going to an ATM and ended up with him in a pillowcase next to me in the car.
He was born in August of 2006, hasn't been handled much, but so far he seems to be taking to it pretty well... he also eats more than I could have ever imagined haha.
Enough of my babbling, on to the pictures!
This is him outdoors, I took him out in a mesh cage (under VERY heavy supervision since I'm sure he could make short work of it if he was so inclined) - which revealed some very nice colors!
I also read that iguanas tend to enjoy a soft place to rest their heads at night so I tucked a sock into a sock and placed it in his enclosure, lo and behold I discovered this in the morning.
Right now he's sitting on paper towels for substrate since I can't seem to get a straight answer on what he *should* be on. He's eating a salad consisting of butternut squash, green beans, figs, a little bit of carrot, a bit of cantelope pretty much liquified into the mix for flavor and moisture, collard greens, and of course vitamin/calc w/d3 supplementation. I'm looking into finding some mature alfalfa for some solid plant protein. I've also heard mixed things about providing them with any amount of animal protein, any more experience keepers have any opinions on the matter?
He was born in August of 2006, hasn't been handled much, but so far he seems to be taking to it pretty well... he also eats more than I could have ever imagined haha.
Enough of my babbling, on to the pictures!
This is him outdoors, I took him out in a mesh cage (under VERY heavy supervision since I'm sure he could make short work of it if he was so inclined) - which revealed some very nice colors!
I also read that iguanas tend to enjoy a soft place to rest their heads at night so I tucked a sock into a sock and placed it in his enclosure, lo and behold I discovered this in the morning.
Right now he's sitting on paper towels for substrate since I can't seem to get a straight answer on what he *should* be on. He's eating a salad consisting of butternut squash, green beans, figs, a little bit of carrot, a bit of cantelope pretty much liquified into the mix for flavor and moisture, collard greens, and of course vitamin/calc w/d3 supplementation. I'm looking into finding some mature alfalfa for some solid plant protein. I've also heard mixed things about providing them with any amount of animal protein, any more experience keepers have any opinions on the matter?