This book is the largest, most comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate, scientifically documented, helpful, fun, easy-to-read iguana pet care book ever published. It's the ULTIMATE!

It's hard to resist a friendly dinosaur, and the green iguana's enormous popularity rests on that amusing truism. This large lizard presents few difficulties and for keepers and can live for a couple of decades. One of the authors' purposes of The Green Iguana Manual is to promote responsible ownership for this noble lizard that can grow to be the size of a medium size dog with an unusually long, leathery tail! The Green Iguana Manual takes a close look at the characteristics of this species that have made these attractive lizards so amazingly popular in the pet world as well as their lifelong requirements. Author and herp expert Philippe de Vosjoli is joined by iguana specialists Dr. Roger Klingenberg, Dr. Susan Donoghue, and David Blair, who each contribute special chapters to this up-to-date and authoritative guide. This colorfully illustrated guide provides excellent general guidelines for keepers who wish to add a green iguana to their vivarium and maintain their "prehistoric" pet in excellent health and condition. The authors provide an introduction to basic iguana characteristics including distribution, size, longevity, and varieties and morphs, to help beginners better understand the anatomy and behavior of these fascinating lizards. This Advanced Vivarium Systems title includes information about selecting a healthy green iguana, handling, housing needs, breeding, and life stages. Dr. Donoghue provides the chapter "Diet and Feeding Management," which discusses food sources, supplementation, and feeding guidelines for green iguanas of all ages. Dr. Klingenberg provides the chapter on diseases and disorders, which covers nutritional and metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, reproductive disorders, parasites, and environmental issues. The chapter concludes with a very useful five-page troubleshooting chart for common disorders. The book also discusses the iguanas of the West Indies (chapter by Blair) as well as seven other iguanid lizards, such as the spiny-tailed iguana, Fiji Island iguana, and chuckwallas.

The pages in this book contain two of the most controversial solutions to a what I see as a manmade problem in South Florida and the Florida Keys. The introduction by humans via the pet trade of non indigenous invasive species to an eco-system that is unprepared for it. This particular species if left unchecked has the potential to explode to epidemic proportions which could cause the extinction of several indigenous plants and animals that have thrived here for thousands of years. This a beginners guide to the sport of small game hunting and also a cook book which advises using Iguanas as a viable food source.

Describes the most common exotic animals on the loose in Florida--species like green iguanas, Burmese pythons, Nile Monitor lizards, and Rhesus monkeys.

Have you ever wanted to own an iguana but just don't know where to start? Look no further, as this informative and easy to follow book will guide you through every step of ownership, from creating and building the ideal habitat, daily care, feeding, cleaning and everything you need to have a happy pet iguana.

For everyone interested in reptiles, "Green Iguanas Pet Owner Manual" is the definitive resource. Explore these colorful species' diet, needs for conservation, anatomy, breeding, and life cycle as you delve into their complex world. This in-depth guide offers priceless insights and useful advice to preserve the health and happiness of your green iguana, regardless of whether you're an experienced owner or thinking about getting one as a new pet. This book is the ultimate guide to everything iguana, from designing the ideal housing to comprehending their distinctive behaviors.

A practical guide to caring for iguanas that covers their history, conservation, selection, taming, cages and other equipment, food, health care, behavior, and breeding.