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How old is our iguana2007-11-24 1:59:55

We have a female iguana, she is approximately a total of 11 inches long. Her body is about 3 - 3 1/2inches, the tail about 7-8 inches. Sorry she won't sit still for an accurate measurment. Anyway how can you tell the age of an iguana? I'm not sure how fast they grow but we saw some at a pet store that were labeled as being 2 yrs old and they were about 4-5 inches longer than ours.

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Using the tables for average Iguana size, your iguana should only be a few month as old. I doubt those larger Iguanas were 2 years old as they then should be close to 3 feet in length. Iguanas can reach their full size of 6 feet by the time they are 4.

As an Iguana owner myself (31" at 16 months) I am curious what kind of care instructions you were given. Hopefully you were told that Iguanas are vegetarians and eat greens (NOT lettuce). They should never be feed any kind of animal protein. Iguanas also need high quality UV lighting to prevent diseased caused by insufficient calcium. Their cages have to be large enough to allow then a basking area at about 95 degrees and temperatures at least 10 degrees lower as well. Iguanas are arboreal (tree dwellers) so they usually manage their temperatures by climbing to perches where the temperature is right.

For information on how to raise your new friend I would recommend that you visit anapsid.org. This is the home site of the author of Iguanas for Dummies. I have also included a link to a baby iguana support group on Yahoo groups.

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From the size she sounds to be about 1, to 1 1/2 years old. Has any of her colours come in? they start off completly green but as they mature silver,blue and yellow scales appear.

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well it will take them about 6yrs to get their full length. they grow pretty quick when they are fed everyday. so the more you feed them the faster they grow. but with yours it sounds like she can be around 6-7 months, but it is pretty hard to tell the age if i can't see them. but she may be around 6-7 months old, i hope this helps.good luck.

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O.K.first off.There is no way to sex an iguana this small. If someone told you that's what she was.they're lying.