Feeding is a great way to get your rock iguana’s attention and teach it to be comfortable around your hands. It is normal for very young juvenile rock iguanas to be afraid of your approaching hands. They see your hands as…
Rock Iguanas Eating Birthday Fruit Salad 2014
October is a month we celebrate our rock iguana’s birthdays and always give them special fruit salad as an annual special treat. This year I got papaya, mango, persimmon and fig. The plate was served and all adults head a…
Juvenile Rock Iguanas Eating Salad
Only 3 weeks old, but already learned feeding routine! Our 2014 rock iguana babies emerge from the hide to go eat breakfast salad one at a time. They are adorable and cute. Just watch the video below. When rock iguanas…
Juvenile rock iguana learning behavior
Observation on learning behavior of 6 months old juvenile rock iguana baby Gamma. So, he lives in the dining/kitchen area and he is the first one to wake up in the morning and goes to bask and watches me work…
Adult Rock Iguana Casanova inspecting greens
Casanova loves hanging out in the kitchen when I am preparing food. Check out this video. Our iguana greens come form the local organic farm that sends us variety of seasonal greens, vegetables and fruit. This makes it very easy…
Cyclura Birthday celebration with fruit salad 2013
Every year in October we celebrate our adult Cyclura Birthday. And this year wasn’t any different. I prepared a huge bowl of freshly chopped fruit salad from papaya, persimmons, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Each adult rock iguana gets a hefty…
Calcium supplement with or without D and how to use it.
I hear questions about the Calcium supplement with or without vitamin D3 and how to use it for your cyclura and other iguanas correctly. So, here is explanation and suggestions from the experienced iguana owners. What’s the difference between Calcium…
Figs are healthy fruit for your Cyclura
Every summer when the fig season starts our Cycluras just can’t wait to get the treats in the morning. Figs have been known as one of the best fruits that you can feed to your iguana. They are very high…
Hand-feeding your Cyclura
So is it just me, or does all food for Cycluras taste better to them when it’s being hand-fed? Our cycluras all loooooooove to eat from our hands. Although sometimes you have to really watch your fingers when they’re excited.…
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…