| As an owner, you can prevent most iguana diseases | | | | increased salivation, mouth swelling, and accumulation |
| by providing a proper diet and environment. There | | | | of pus within the mouth. Your lizard will need to take |
| are numerous health problems that can result if you | | | | antibiotics, fluids, and vitamins to treat this problem. |
| fail to do so. Some of these include metabolic bone | | | | Paralysis |
| disease, blister disease, and mouth rot. This article will | | | | One of the next common iguana diseases is paralysis |
| discuss some of these health conditions. | | | | of the rear legs or tail. This problem usually occurs |
| Metabolic Bone Disease | | | | because of vitamin B1 deficiency. However, some |
| Metabolic bone disease is one of the most common | | | | cases are caused by mineral deficiencies such as |
| diseases of captive iguanas. The owner is commonly | | | | calcium. Your lizard will have to receive injections of B |
| to blame since it's usually caused by gross | | | | vitamins to remedy the situation. |
| malnutrition. The most noticeable sign is when the | | | | Blister Disease |
| lower jaw becomes swollen which may cause trouble | | | | Blister disease is also relatively common. This |
| eating. Other common signs include general lethargy | | | | condition occurs as the result of poor hygiene and |
| and swollen tail and limbs. The condition needs to be | | | | sanitation. This leaves your iguana exposed to |
| reversed by feeding a proper diet. | | | | bacteria for prolonged periods of time. This causes |
| Mouth Rot | | | | blisters to develop on the body. If left untreated, the |
| Another condition caused by malnutrition is mouth rot. | | | | blisters will become severely infected. Blister disease |
| Malnutrition leaves iguanas in a weakened condition | | | | needs to be treated with an aggressive course of |
| which makes them susceptible to a bacterial infection | | | | antibiotics. |
| of the mouth. Symptoms of mouth rot include | | | | |