This page is just giving you a quick run through on how you can set up iguana cages. You can read on the sub pages for more about the specific part of keeping.Cage:Fiji iguanas do best as single or in pairs. Fiji iguanas normally grow to a total length of about 70-80cm, the tail make up for 2/3 of the lengh.
The cages i use measures 90x125x185cm ( WxDxH). The cages are made so the iguanas have a big active surface( the active surface is the total amount of space the iguanas can physically use), It can be the bottom of the cage or the branches.To max out the active surface area, the cages are made with thin branches on the walls which give the iguanas the possibility to use all the walls to climb on. Branches are added in different sizes and angles all over the cages, and all have rough bark. A fake Weeping fig/Ficus tree is also added in all cages to give the iguanas a place to hide if they feel like it. Its hard to keep live plants in the iguana cages because the iguanas either destroy them because the climb in them or they simply eat them. All in all this gives the iguanas a total active surface of about the7-8 square meters. It is more important to have a big active surface then a big cage, since a big cage don’t automatic mean alot of surface for the iguanas to use.
The bottom of these cages are made with 4mm plastic sheets. This way makes sure no water will leak from the substrate and that the iguanas can’t destroy the bottom when they dig to lay their eggs. Substrate:Bio active substrate can be used in adult and baby cages. The bio substrate is made of 50% forest floor and 50% compost. All the bugs that live in these two types of substrate are added to the cages, which mean that we have alot of different types of bugs in the substrate. In the substrate there are bugs like woodlice, springtails, earwigs, centipedes, milipedes and a few snails. The dept of the substrate is only about 15cm, it is deep enough for the females to lay there eggs( they normally dig under a branch or a log in the cage). I check the substrate once a week to see if water need to be added. Try to keep different levels of humidity in different areas of the substrate so that when the females are ready to lay eggs, they can choose what level of humidity is perfect for them.Same go for substrate temp. The temp insubstrate should be around 22-28c depending on where in the cage. This temp difference is not a problem the the bugs and microbes that live in the substrate.
