Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Bleach or Ammonia
- Dish Soap
- Rags
- Pooper Scooper
- Bucket
- Plastic Gloves
Daily Cleaning
Step1
Remove feces with a scooper and discard. Clean up anywhere your iguana has gone to the bathroom.
Step2
Remove uneaten food and discard. Do not leave any food left over from the day before in the cage. Always prepare fresh food for your iguana to eat.
Step3
Take out the food and water dishes and clean them with a little dish soap and water. Do not clean them with anything else as this could be harmful to your iguana.
Weekly Cleaning
Step1
Dilute your bleach. You can do this if you mix four ounces of bleach with each gallon of water. If you don't have any bleach you can use ammonia. Ammonia can be diluted by taking three to four ounces and adding a gallon of water. This is going to be your disinfecting solution that you will need to clean your iguana cage.
Step2
Remove your iguana from the cage. The best thing to do with your iguana during this time is to let it play in your bath tub. Add enough water for the iguana to still be able to keep it's head above water. Make sure the water is lukewarm. Then let your iguana play in there while you clean it's tank.
Step3
Scrub the entire iguana cage and all it's toys with the solution you created. It is important to sanitize everything in the cage. Let the solution sit for about 20 minutes.
Step4
Clean the cage and toys again with dish soap and water. The cage has been sanitized, but the chemicals will be too harsh for your iguana so you will need to wash the cage with dish soap and water before you can return you iguana to it's cage.