Over the time I have heard several different stories from the iguana and cyclura owners telling how their iguanas escaped while outside one way or another. Some stories were about iguanas squeezing out through the tiny holes in the outside…
Why iguanas are picky eaters and how to train cyclura to eat healthy greens every day?
Some baby and adult cyclura can become very picky with their food. They will eat the “tasty” things like fruit and perhaps some vegetables and ignore the greens. Why iguanas are picky eaters and what can be done to train…
Watercress – a must for your cyclura and iguanas
Watercress – a must for your cyclura and iguanas. A super food that is packed with vitamins and calcium. Watercress contains significant amounts of iron, calcium, iodine, and folic acid, in addition to vitamins A and C. Watercress nutritional value Leafy green has tremendous health benefits. Our cyclura show…
How to prevent snout rubbing and tearing in outside cage
The subject of iguana snout rubbing and tearing came up when somebody mentioned that their juvenile green iguana was having outrageous outburst while in the outside cage and was running into the cage and tearing up his snout extremely bad. We…
Cyclura harness and leash
We wanted to take our cyclura outside in the back yard on the leash and came up with this harness & leash combination. This is a small dog harness attached to the retractible leash that works very well for reptiles…
Cyclura in Puerto Rico
If you are visiting Puerto Rico and have an access to a boat, try to head towards Isla Magueyes. The island has a good population of cyclura. It’s a tiny island off the south coast of Puerto Rico. However you…
Cyclura male and female issues during nesting
So, how do you hadle a couple (male and female) of Cycluras that are in the same enclosure when female Cyclura is ready to nest and lay her eggs, but the male won’t leave her alone and consistently tries to…
Cyclura Eggs Incubation
Summer of 2013 was the first time we had fertile eggs from Yasha (female) and Casanova (male). Both are Cyclura lewisi hybrids. So we had to learn how to put together an incubator that would accommodate cyclura eggs. Best suggestion…