I-iguana ngokuqinisekile iyilinye lezintuthwane ezidumile kakhulu eziye zagcinwa njengezilwane. Kukhona inqwaba yemithombo ye-intanethi etholakalayo kubanikazi be-iguana noma abanikazi abangase babe khona kodwa ukubaluleka kwabo kuye kwabonga ngokunciphisa njengezilwane ezifuywayo kule minyaka.
Ukudumile kwe-Pet Iguana
I-iguana yayingenye yezilwane ezifuywayo zamuva, "zitholakala kalula ezitolo eziningi zezilwane, ngokuvamile zihamba ngamanani aphansi kakhulu futhi zisencane kakhulu.
Ama-iguana amancane namancane abonakala sengathi ayengaphandle, enhle, atholakala kalula futhi kulula ukuwunakekela-i-myth evame ukuqhutshelwa phambili ngabathengisi bethemba ukuthengisa isilwane esiningi.
Yiqiniso, zihle kakhulu kodwa, njengezo zonke izilwane ezinwabuzelayo, i-iguana inesidingo sokudla ngokuqinile kanye nezindlu. Futhi ziyakhula (empeleni zibe izimbungulu ezinkulu uma zisinda isikhathi eside) zingase zibe nzima ukunamathela futhi zibe nobudlova uma kungenjalo ukuphathwa njalo.
Lokhu akusho ukuthi i-iguana ayikwazi ukwenza izilwane ezifuywayo ezinhle kodwa zidinga ukunakekelwa okufanele kusukela ekuqaleni futhi abanikazi kudingeka babe nokulindela okuhle. Abaningi abakhiqizi bezilwane zasendle abaqapheli ukuthi izidakamizwa zabo zokuzikhethela zikhulu kangakanani, zihlala isikhathi esingakanani, nokuthi zidinge kangakanani ukudla ukuze zihlale ziphilile. Njengoba abantu abaningi beqaphela ukuthi i-iguana yinto enkulu yokuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside (bahlala iminyaka engu-15 kuya kweyama-20) baye bahlaselwa ekuthandeni.
I-Salmonella ne-Iguana
Njengezilwane ezinwabuzelayo eziningi, kutholakale ukuthi i-iguana ithwala i- Salmonella , okusho ukuthi ikhona emgqeni wokugaya ngaphandle kokubangela izifo.
Ukulandela ukuziphatha okuhlanzekile kwengqondo lapho ukuphatha i-iguana kufanele kuvimbele abantu ukuba babe nezinkinga ezihlobene nale mabhaktheriya kodwa uma kunabantwana abancane, abesifazane abakhulelwe, abantu abangenakuzivikela, noma abantu asebekhulile abaxhumana ne-iguana, kuzodingeka kuthathwe ukunakekelwa okwengeziwe Salmonella izifo.
Uma i-iguana ihlala emakhaya nabantu abawela kunoma yiliphi lamaqembu ashiwo ngenhla, i-reptile kungenzeka ingabi isilwane esifanele emndenini wakho.
Izindlu ze-Iguana
I-iguana ingakhula ingaba yizinyawo eziyisikhombisa ubude lapho umsila wayo ufakwa esilinganisweni futhi izoba isisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-20 (amakhulu kakhulu kunabantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi i-iguana ithola). Ngakho-ke i-aquarium noma i-reptile encane ye-reptile yindawo encane kakhulu ehlala i-iguana eluhlaza. Izindwangu ezenziwe ngokwezifiso, futhi kaningi kunalokho, amakamelo okulala noma ama-closets amakhulu, asetshenziselwa ukugcina i-iguana encane iphephile futhi ifudumele.
Izindwangu ezinkulu nazo zisho ukukhanya okukhulu. I-UVB nezibani zokushisa kudingeka zihlinzekele amazinga okushisa afanelekayo nezindawo zamahora akho angu-10 kuya kwangu-12 e-reptile ngosuku. Iguana yisilwane esishisayo. Ufuna ukusekela ku-95 F ne-tank yakhe noma igumbi lakhe akufanele liwehlise ngaphansi kwe-75 F. Ungasebenzisa izibani zokushisa kulokhu kunamatshe ashisayo. I-Mercury bulbs bulbs ingasetshenziselwa ukuvalelwa okukhulu noma amakamelo. Ungasebenzisa izibani ezikhanyayo ze-fluorescent noma amashubhu we-enclosure encane.
Amagatsha amakhulu kanye namashalofu asezindaweni ezivaliwe kuzovumela i-arboreal iguana ukuba ikhuphukele phezulu iphinde ijabulele ukusikhipha imfudumalo yalezi zibani (okumele kufinyelele ku-120 F).
Ukudla ama-Iguana
Ukudla okusha kuyisihluthulelo se-iguana enempilo. Izindlela zokucabanga zakudala zazihlanganisa nokudla ukudla kwekhasi ukusiza ama-iguana amaningi ngokushesha kodwa abanikazi bathola ukuthi wonke lawo maprotheni abangela ukwehluleka kwezinso emaphileni abo kanye nokuphila kwabo kwanciphisa kakhulu. I-iguana endle yizinhlayiya eziqinile, ngakho aziguquki ukuze zidle amaprotheni wesilwane futhi azidli izinambuzane ngaphandle kwengozi.
Imifino emifino emnyama, izithelo ezithile, kanye ne-calcium supplementation kumele zonke zihlinzekwe ukugcina iguana yakho iphilile. Izithelo kanye ne-calcium supplementation kufanele nje zengezwe kanye ngesonto ekudleni. Gwema ukudla okuphezulu amaprotheni ne-iguana yakho. Ungase uhlole ukuqapha igazi lakho le-iguana ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola i-calcium eyanele kanye nezinye izakhi.
Ama-iguana adinga amanzi ahlanzekile lapho edla futhi ephakathi kokudla.
I-iguana idinga ukushisa okungaba ngu-85 F ukuze igubhe ukudla kwayo ngendlela efanele.
Ukuphatha i-Iguana
Ama-iguana ngokuvamile athengiswa njengezigqila ezincane ezilula ukubhekana nazo kodwa njengoba zikhula ziba namandla futhi zingaba nzima uma zingaqeqeshiwe. I-Iguana izofunda ukuqaphela abanakekeli bayo futhi ingaba njengamantombazane ababalandelayo.
Zihlakaniphile futhi uma zijwayele ukuphathwa zingabanikeza izilwane ezifuywayo ezivuzayo kakhulu. Ama-iguana amakhulu angaphenduliwe ngaso sonke isikhathi angakhipha ukulimala kabi futhi ahlabe imisila yawo. Ama-iguana ama-hormonal angakwazi futhi ukungazibikezeli (ama-gravid abesifazane).
I-iguana ayiyona yabathandi abaqalayo bezintambo kodwa bangakwazi ukwenza izilwane ezifuywayo kakhulu kumuntu ofanele.
Ihlelwe ngu-Adrienne Kruzer, i-RVT