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feeding baby ig

21 15:02:52

Question
No one says how many times a day should they be fed? I Have 2 baby iguanas and 2 or 3 times a day I give them dandelion greens. When I feed them by hand they ussually eat 2 or 3, sometimes 4 smaller leaves and then stop(to digest,I believe). I put some more leaves in the tank. Sometimes I see they've eaten again, but ussually the leaves just dry and shrink. Often they sill have green leaves in the tank, but if I offer them by hand they start eating(spoiled brats :). I get the feeling that if I hand fed them more often they would eat more..
And also, I don't know the difference between the 2 of them, but it seemes one of them is sometimes eating less than the other, but other times no. Maybe it gets scarred and stops until I go away?

Answer
Hi Stevan, the food items should be changed up a bit. I will give you a link at the bottom with an example of food items.

You need to just leave the food in there, or else you will find yourself hand feeding for the rest of their lives. Its ok if it takes a few days for them to get it. Just dont give in to them.

I hope that helps,
Best of luck
Yexalen


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