How to Identify Iguana Injuries

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Nicole, and I'm here to tell you about iguanas. When looking for an iguana at the pet store, you don't want to choose an iguana that hass excessive scarring on his body. This could mean your iguana is agressive, and having conflicts with the other iguanas in there. You also don't want one that was wild caught, which is definitely more likely to have scars than a captive raised iguana. Now scarring will indicate that they've been infected by some sort of disease, if the other iguana was carrying anything. The toes of the iguana should be long, have several joints, should bend properly in all directions, and no dark tissue, no dying or dead looking skin on the toes. And they should have all their nails as juveniles. Now some adults do lose some of their toenails, and this is a somewhat normal process. They do have a tendency to be a little bit skittish. And when they do get frightened. they can catch their toes easily on things, and rip the nail right off. This usually doesn't pose a problem, every now and then it will cause an infection though. So keep your eye on it, and make sure it's not getting red and swollen, or pussing, or leaking any sort of matter from the toenail itself. "