The pad that Robert Allen is using and what I used for several years is called a KANE pig blanket for wet application, completely water proof, made of heavy...
My personal experience several years ago with Kane heat mats was that, even using their rheostat, I wasn't able to lower the temperature enough to protect...
There are few points about the Kane mats that are important to know, based on my phone discussion with the factory rep: 1. These mats are designed to give...
I am in cozumel on a visit and, amongst all of the mexican spiny and black igs everywhere around the house, is a 4 ft iguana looking fellow that is brown with...
... out. ... get so ... look ... Was he ... idesways ... maybe?) ... ... physical ... normal or ... I just joined this group last nite and it was male ig that...
hmm i was going to say maybe a tego? but they dont have spikes.... would love to see a picture of it when you get home, its always cool to see pics of wild...
... years ... would ... you ... cost ... good ... reason ... same ... heat ... blanket ... have ... greenies? ... I still recommend the heating pad that is...
Hi Sabine! Thanks for emailing me. Yes, all 3 of my iguanas have their own specially made caging. They all have been seperate from day 1. However the can see...
I have two waterdragon girls that are siblings and clutch-mates but they hate each other with a vengeance and I have them in cages across the room and they...
Hello Group! My paycheck FINALLY cleared and I going to order a new UVB Tube Light for my Iguana asap. We just moved her into her new 75 gallon tank that is 4...
Hi all: My female ig Liz has been walking stiffly lately so off to the vet she went today. He examined her and took x-rays. He said if she were a dog, the ...
Two weeks ago someone brought me a tiny (135 gm.) Chinese water dragon that was found in a street. The vet used that same term about his/her twisted back....
As far as I know spondylosis is usually caused by an infection of the bone in the spine and the inflammation causes the vertebrae to fuse.It is very...
Hi Christine I've had iguanas for almost 15 years now and i used reptisun 5.0 and then later 10.0 but in the last couple years a new blub has been on the...
Hi Christine I've had iguanas for almost 15 years now and i used reptisun 5.0 and then later 10.0 but in the last couple years a new blub has been on the...
We took in a 21 year-old ig with spondylosis (this was about 7 years ago) - She appeared to get some relief from an acupuncture treatment initially, but it...
Jonathan, how do you evaluate the level of pain? ... We took in a 21 year-old ig with spondylosis (this was about 7 years ago) - She appeared to get some...
The more pain she was in, the more she tried to bite us! She also began to move noticeably less over time. During the acupuncture, she really seemed to relax...
This is the condition I retired from back in 1999. Do a search on SPONDYLOSIS in humans. Has to with bone slippage. With me, the one bone in the 4th and 5th...
The tiny water dragon that I received is probably not more than 2 years old. Her body forms almost a 90-degree horizontal curve in the middle. The vet thinks...
I thought scoliosis was a *vertical* distortion, like slumped shoulders in a human. Maybe I'm not describing the situation in the proper terms. The WD has...
If you look in Dr.Freye's book he describes it as both kyphosis and scoliosis.I have hatched waterdragons that had it when the eggs got too hot during...
Hi Kathy I haven't had to go through this problem yet with one of mine but i did have a female rescue who was left for dead (she was skin & bones, burned all...
Can you give me some information on snow blindness? I did a quick search and didn't find anything on this in reference to iguanas. I use the 10.0 bulbs. I need...
... each thats alot every > year but the mega ray cost me $40 and its already lasted twice as long and is still putting ... ballasted so it puts >out heat for...
Well the internal puts out heat which is good for a basking spot too as long as it doesn't have to be too close. Make sure the light is the right distance from...
My ig, Kermit, is great he/she's about 5 months, I've had him for 3. Kermit would walk onto my hand when I went to pick him up and fall asleep each evening as...