Choosing The Best Cage For Iguana

For a baby iguana, up to 7" lengthy, a fifty five gallon aquarium works fine. You will have to purchase a "herp lid" which is a smooth meshed cover to keep the pet in.

You'll be able to pay many hundreds of dollars for a high quality ,commercial iguana cage. However a excessive price does not guarantee a sensible, effectively-designed cage.

The larger the cage you provide in your iguana, the better. At a minimum, the width and depth of the enclosure needs to be 3 instances the size of the iguana and the peak must be four occasions the pet's length. Iguanas are up-down, slightly than left-right animals. If in case you have 8' ceiling and a large iguana, make the cage wider. Iguanas don't like to be crowded. You probably have a couple of massive iguana, improve the space accordingly.

I want to assemble iguana cages myself. Three quarter inch, schedule forty PVC pipe and fittings make an excellent frame. There isn't any want to connect the fitting. Leaving them un-glued allows for later adjustments, growth and redesign.

I prefer masking the plastic pipe frame with black, vinyl-coated wire. Fourteen gauge wire with one inch squares is fine. The gauge of vinyl coated wire is measured after the vinyl has been applied. Giant iguanas can't escape from 1" x 2" mesh. In case you are housing immature iguanas, use 5/eighth inch openings. A pointy pair of diagonal cutters will snip the wire mesh panels.

Secure the mesh to the body with plastic cable ties. preserve the sharp, lower ends of the ties to the outside of the cage and cinch them tight with lineman's pliers . You too can construct the cage from 12 gauge vinyl coated mesh utilizing hog rings. For those who do it that means, it's inflexible enough without the plastic pipe frame.

Iguanas do not do properly in enclosures which might be made out of uncoated wire. This is because they rub their nose on the steel mesh until they injure it. Eventually, this distorts their face as on this photo.

Wooden is difficult to scrub and sanitize and it retains odors. Should you do use wood, don't use stress handled lumber.

You will see many free plans on the internet. Wear gloves when cutting mesh, if you don't want blisters.

Pure branch perches work well. They need to be not less than the diameter of the pets open palms. Trim off small branches, sharp points and the rest that pokes or will be swallowed.