i got 2 smal iguanas (about a foot each maybe) and i have them in a 30 gallon and i was planning to get them a tank for more room...whats a good size...i was thinking a 40 gallon
Get the biggest tank you can afford, and personnally i would serparate them. You will eventually need to build them a custom enclosure.
they'll get separated when their older...but for now their just babies and i dont see any harm in keeping them together
You're better off building a custom enclosure. We've got a young female iguana that's about 18" long right now, including the tail. Once it warms back up outside again in a coupla weeks, she'll be getting a 4' cube to live in for a while.
well i live in michigan...and michigan is no place for an outside enclosure cuz theres rats/cats/coldness/dogs/and my mentally retarded neighbors to worry about...i feel safer with them inside even if a outside enclosure is better
Axe, since iggy's require high humidity, with an outdoor enclosure, how can you maintain a high humidity? I understand you living in Florida...you always have pretty high humidity, but i mean in another place, wouldnt it just be easier to maintain humidity in an indoor enclosure?
That depends on the place Iguanas are happily living in the wild here in Florida, so they can tolerate the climate here just fine. In other areas it may be a little difficult, but not impossible. How you would set it up would depend entirely on the location. For us, it's easier to maintain adequate temperature, humidity & UVB exposure outdoors. For others it may not be.
I previously bought an enclosure off of a guy who had it custom made by a local pet shop for his iguana, but when the iguana(male) got older and they couldn't even feed it without getting nipped at or tail whipped he got rid of the iguana and sold me the enclosure it measures 4'x2'x4' you can see a pic of it here if you want some ideas: PIC 1 PIC 2 It makes a really nice indoor enclosure but the humidy was always around upper 50's to 60's to high for my berdie, so for christmas my parents were kind enough to get me a 40gal breeder, and now I can free up this enclosure for some snakes I have been wanting to get. ps. I didn't build this enclosure so please don't ask me how to make it.
thats a cool tank setup. when my iguanas get older im planning on making something of that sort. what did you put on the bottom of it and how dod you put a light on?
I use non-adhesive shelf liner as the substrate and the top is about 1/4 wire screening to place the lights on
I have been told its melamine but am not 100% certain, I don't know what it weighs but I was able to push it up a flight of stairs by myself I'd say at most its 100 lbs
