🧴Care & grooming for the Green iguana
Green iguana : Regular lukewarm baths or showers are appreciated, claw trimming is essential, and successive sheds on the tail and dorsal spines need monitoring. UVB deficiency causes severe bone deformities.
Brushes, hygiene products, parasite control, habitat upkeep: your reptile’s routine care happens at home, with the right equipment. Our guides separate the essential from the gimmick — and say when the vet, not the shop aisle, should have the answer.
Reliable hygrometers and thermometers at both ends of the terrarium: without measurements, you cannot know whether your thermal gradient really exists.
The guides that apply to you
- Humid hide: DIY or store-bought, which should you choose?
Humid shedding hide for geckos and snakes: build your own for 3 € or buy a moist cave for 15-30 €, plus substrates and maintenance.
- Tortoise hibernation: the essential equipment
Equipment for hibernating a tortoise: insulated box, substrate, alarm thermometer, scales and a 5 °C room, with a budget of 40 to 120 €.
- Cleaning the terrarium: which safe products should you use?
Safe terrarium cleaning: white vinegar, steam, reptile-specific disinfectants, products to ban and a weekly maintenance routine.
- Calcium sand for reptiles: the false good idea to avoid
Calcium sand for reptiles promotes intestinal impaction: why this so-called edible substrate is a trap and what to replace it with.
- Second-hand reptile equipment: bargains and pitfalls
Buying a terrarium or reptile gear second-hand can halve the bill: what to check, disinfect or walk away from.
- Reptiles and children: what hygiene and safety rules?
A reptile in a family with children is possible: anti-salmonella hygiene rules, suitable species, supervised handling and the parents' role.