Iguana Facts Quiz
Here is a quiz that you can take to find out how much you know about iguana care. Answer the 15 questions on paper or just remember your answers. At the end, the questions will be repeated again with the answers highlighted. Good luck!
1. All of these foods are healthy to feed to your iguana except:
2. You should offer your iguana water:
3. Which one of these substrates is the best to use on the floor of your iguana enclosure?
4. How often should you offer your iguana vitamin and calcium supplements?
5. Which of these foods are harmful to feed to your iguana?
6. Which of these is the best combination of lighting and heating implements to use in your iguana enclosure?
7. True or false:
The long light that comes in a fish tank top when you purchase it is the proper flourescent UVB light that should be used in your iguana enclosure.
8. Your flourescent UVB light should be placed _____ inches away from where your iguana spends most of its time to be effective in supplying the necessary UVB rays?
9. True or false:
The round lights found in the pet store that are labeled "full spectrum light" can be used instead of the long UVB flourescent lights to give the proper imitation of the sun's natural rays.
10. True or false:
Heat rocks are perfectly safe to use in your iguana enclosure.
11. How many hours should your iguana be exposed to light and dark?
12. True or false:
Your entire iguana enclosure should be the same temperature.
13. How many degrees (F) should your basking area be?
14. How many degrees (F) should your cool area be?
15. How many degrees should your iguana enclosure be at night?
Now scroll down to see how well you did. Correct answers are red.
1. All of these foods are healthy to feed to your iguana except:
Some foods contain high concentrations of mildly toxic chemicals including: oxalic acid/phytic acid/goitrogens/saponins. Spinach is one of them.
2. You should offer your iguana water:
3. Which one of these substrates is the best to use on the floor of your iguana enclosure?
ANY kind of wood chips, gravel, sand, corn cob, reptile bark, lizard litter, etc. are NOT SAFE for your iguana. He/she will eventually end up ingesting some of it which will cause harm to the digestive system. Safe alternatives: artificial turf or linoleum-that can be washed or wiped up with a mild soap and water and rinsed thoroughly or butcher paper that can be easily thrown away when soiled.
4. How often should you offer your iguana vitamin and calcium supplements?
Too much of a vitamin and calcium supplement can be toxic.
5. Which of these foods are harmful to feed to your iguana?
See question #1.
6. Which of these is the best combination of lighting and heating implements to use in your iguana enclosure?
7. True or false:
The long light that comes in a fish tank top when you purchase it is the proper flourescent UVB light that should be used in your iguana enclosure. False
8. Your flourescent UVB light should be placed _____ inches away from where your iguana spends most of its time to be effective in supplying the necessary UVB rays?
9. True or false:
The round lights found in the pet store that are labeled "full spectrum light" can be used instead of the long UVB flourescent lights to give the proper imitation of the sun's natural rays. False
10. True or false:
Heat rocks are perfectly safe to use in your iguana enclosure. False
Heat rocks burn iguanas. Instead, use a heat pad with a rheostat (dimmer switch) to regulate the heat of the pad so it doesn't get too hot.
11. How many hours should your iguana be exposed to light and dark?
12. True or false:
Your entire iguana enclosure should be the same temperature. False
13. How many degrees (F) should your basking area be?
14. How many degrees (F) should your cool area be?
15. How many degrees should your iguana enclosure be at night?
How did you score?
