{"product_id":"2940014344609","title":"The Ultimate Iguana Care Handbook","description":"Table of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction...4\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Your Pet’s Home...5\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Planning Your Habitat...15\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Heating \u0026amp; Lighting Your Habitat...29\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Maintaining Humidity For Your Iguana...44\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: What Goes Into My Habitat...47\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Taking Care Of Your Iguana Correctly...52\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Cleaning And Maintaining Your Iguana...57\u003cbr\u003eConclusion...60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eYou want to own an iguana? Do you know what it takes to\u003cbr\u003emake that happen?\u003cbr\u003eOwning an iguana is not something simple. You have to\u003cbr\u003ebalance their living environment with their needs for the\u003cbr\u003emost natural levels of protection. If you don’t invest the\u003cbr\u003etime in finding the right type of living area for your iguana\u003cbr\u003eand give him the proper care, he will not be as healthy as he\u003cbr\u003eshould be. In fact, without the right environment, he will\u003cbr\u003eperish.\u003cbr\u003eThere are many people that don’t invest enough time in\u003cbr\u003edetermining the right living environment for their iguana. In\u003cbr\u003ethe first chapter, we talk about just how important this fact\u003cbr\u003eis. The bottom line is that without a carefully controlled\u003cbr\u003eliving environment, the iguana can become ill. The good\u003cbr\u003enews is that we’ve taken all of the guess work out of it.\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll learn how to properly build a home for your pet, how\u003cbr\u003eto maintain it, how to properly feed and clean your iguana\u003cbr\u003eand even how to begin training your pet. With these things\u003cbr\u003ein place, you’ll be able to bring home an iguana and call him\u003cbr\u003eyour pet. And, he’ll love you for doing so!\u003cbr\u003e5\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Your Pet’s Home\u003cbr\u003eEven before you consider purchasing an iguana, you must\u003cbr\u003econsider its needs for a proper home. Since the iguana’s\u003cbr\u003ehealth is dependant on the actual environment that he lives\u003cbr\u003ein, it is essential that this part of the process happen first,\u003cbr\u003ebefore anything else.\u003cbr\u003eIguana’s use their homes for more than just shelter. It is\u003cbr\u003eimperative that his home provides the necessary protection\u003cbr\u003ebut also the right heat for his well being. Unlike the dog or\u003cbr\u003eother mammals, iguanas must have a well maintained\u003cbr\u003eclimate in order to stay healthy.\u003cbr\u003eThis is due to the iguana’s need for the wavelengths of the\u003cbr\u003elight within its home. They will use these wavelengths to aid\u003cbr\u003ein their metabolism as well as in their body chemistry.\u003cbr\u003eWhat Was Home Like?\u003cbr\u003eIf you consider where the iguana is from, you can see what\u003cbr\u003ehis needs will be in the climate that you create for him. The\u003cbr\u003eextreme temperatures of that environment were also fairly\u003cbr\u003ehumid. This combination is what his body is conditioned for\u003cbr\u003eand therefore must be replaced in the shelter you’ll provide\u003cbr\u003efor him if he is to survive and be as healthy as he can be.\u003cbr\u003e6\u003cbr\u003eWithout an environment that is conditioned for the right\u003cbr\u003etemperature and humidity, your iguana will become ill, it will\u003cbr\u003esuffer and it may even die because of this one simple factor.\u003cbr\u003eWhat does he need, then? There are several key pieces of\u003cbr\u003einformation to consider. We’ll break them down for you\u003cbr\u003eright here.\u003cbr\u003eSize\u003cbr\u003eDo you need lots of room? The iguana is so small, how can\u003cbr\u003ethey even imagine needing so much room? No matter what\u003cbr\u003eyou thought about his size or the room he needed, this is an\u003cbr\u003eimportant consideration.\u003cbr\u003eFirst, they aren’t small. In many cases, an iguana will grow\u003cbr\u003eup to six feet in length. That’s a lot of iguana for you to\u003cbr\u003eprovide shelter for. There is one misconception out there\u003cbr\u003eabout this, though. Many think that if they limit the room\u003cbr\u003ethat they provide to their iguana that they will be safely\u003cbr\u003eprotecting it from getting extremely large. This is not true.\u003cbr\u003eHe will continue to grow.\u003cbr\u003eIguanas start growing at a faster rate then they will down\u003cbr\u003ethe road. But, he will grow his entire life.\u003cbr\u003e7\u003cbr\u003eWithin your first year of owning him, your iguana will likely\u003cbr\u003egrow out of the 55 gallon aquarium that you bought it. For\u003cbr\u003ethis consideration alone you should carefully decide on\u003cbr\u003ewhether this is the right pet for you. Space is necessary for\u003cbr\u003ethe animal.\u003cbr\u003eThe animal will need enough room to roam, not to just sit\u003cbr\u003estill. While they grow you can expand their habitat to make\u003cbr\u003eit larger to fit the iguana but you must take into\u003cbr\u003econsideration this often, as they will continue to grow\u003cbr\u003ethroughout their lifetime, even as they are older.\u003cbr\u003eThe rule of thumb is that your iguana’s habitat should be at\u003cbr\u003eleast twice the length of the animal and it should be taller.\u003cbr\u003eThe taller it is the better. The minimum size for a habitat is\u003cbr\u003ethat of six feet. It is minimum because this animal is likely\u003cbr\u003eto continue to grow. Without enough room, he will suffer\u003cbr\u003eneedlessly.\u003cbr\u003eWithout the right size cage, your pet will suffer. He may\u003cbr\u003einjury himself just moving around.","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080110031088,"sku":"2940014344609","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014344609_p0.jpg?v=1763606576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014344609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}