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I think just about anything they want. If I have it, they have it. I often catch them eyeballing me if I'm eating something they want to try, so I give them some. The female really loves my pasta sauce. I put some on the tip of my finger and she goes to town. I usually do give them a separate little plate of cut up fresh fruit along with their plate of veggies and their water dish is full of chopped greens. Try cutting a grape into 20 separate pieces. Their mouths are so tiny, they'd wrestle with a whole grape and never get any.



Tomatoes aren't really recommended for iguanas. I have a list of the best and worst veggies and fruits for iguanas, according to the Calcium/Phosphorus/Magnesium ratios, around here somewhere. My vet gave it to me. She is a reptile specialist. If I can find it I'll just copy it in a post for you.

Today, the girl was doing some kind of little jig in the middle of the floor. I was watching her. She was running in circles and kicking her back legs out sideways. I watched for a minute or two then decided to pick her up and see what's shakin. Hahahaha. I held her up so I could see her underside. Half her body was shedding. She looked like an old man peeling off his thermal underware. Hahahahaha. I helped her along by doing some peeling. Right down her belly to the tips of both back legs. She was fine after that. When they shed they get a bit cranky, even the male does. I am guessing they MUST itch something awful. Frequent soaks and misting facilitate the sheds. In the wild they'd be rubbing up against rocks and trees to get the dead skin off. All the branches I have for them have been stripped of the bark for cleanliness reasons.

Beardies seem to shed in much larger sections than iguanas do. Their sheds are more of patches here and there.

Look at those little scaly guys swarming over their salad! Thanks for posting this spectacular photo. They really look excited to get their veggies.

That whole shedding thing sounds like a lot for them to put up with -- kind of like pet birds molting. I'll bet it makes them cranky. That's good that you can help them out. I would guess they'd like to soak in water, too, for a soothing effect.

My sister and I saw a very tiny lizard, about a 2 inch long body and the tail about 2 inches, way out in the desert the other day. It was so cute and boy! could that little guy move fast. He did linger awhile just for us to take some pictures though. If my sister sends them to me, I will get them on here.

Hi, Phyllis, I'd love to see a photo of him! I wonder if he was one of those little blue-tail lizards we get in the southwest? Or a horned toad -- they're very cute.

Oops, I guess the horned toads get a little bigger than 2 inches, so it probably wasn't one of those!

Well, bad news or maybe not. My little male has gone missing AGAIN for the second time in as many months, 2. Last time he was missing for 2 weeks and 5 days then all of a sudden, There he was. This time he has been gone now since Monday, today is Friday. Going so long without food isn't good. SHE doubled in size last time and he shrunk. He keeps this up and he's going to die. WHY he keeps disappearing is beyond me. He MUST realize he has hit the Lizard Lottery here with me. But Noooo, he'd rather go live behind a radiator for a few weeks. DUH. To say they are Stupid is an understatement. Longest any baby iguana did this was 3 days, Many times. NEVER longer than 3 days!!!

Oh, I am so sorry to hear about your male missing, I hope he shows up very soon. I had never even thought a lizard could be such a wonderful pet.

My little female is such a mama's girl. She always wants to be with me. The other afternoon I layed down for a quick nap and she was laying on my shoulder. I must have rolled once I fell asleep because when I woke up most of her was sleeping ON my nose. Hahahaha. Now THAT'S Love. Not that I have a big nose now either. She is just so tiny AND she Loves me.

I am hoping he will turn up again and SOON. I worry about him. Last time I thought for sure he went out a window or jumped in the toilet and I flushed him. Last week he disapeared for a few hours but found him sitting on the RemoteBoat. Males, Yeesh. Them and their control issues. Hahahahahahaaaa.

It could have been a blue-tailed. If I remember right, he was a medium gray with light freckles and maybe some blue, very pale, on his tail. I hope the pictures turn out so I can show you. It was dark and overcast off and on that day. It could have been a side-blotched lizard. I am not too familiar with the different varieties.

Yes, when you mentioned the part about him moving along very fast, I thought of the blue-tailed lizards. It's amazing how fast they can scamper along for their tiny size!

I don't actually have any lizards, but I know that when my turtles go missing in the back yard, I can sometimes get them to reappear by putting out their favorite food (strawberries). Their sense of smell lures them in. They can smell water from miles away. Any chance you could do this with your little male?