Letter: Letters : No flies on iguanas

From Anne Marsden

Via the Internet

Iguanas are obligate folivores, and in captivity should only be fed carefully
selected leaves and vegetables rather than your suggested diet of flies
(Feedback, 26 October, p 92). Thousands of captive iguanas die every year from
kidney disease, gout and other conditions caused by animal protein in the
diet.

Some books still misleadingly state that juvenile iguanas should be fed
crickets. This is not the case, although malnourished or otherwise sick iguanas
may attempt to eat them.

An excellent Website with further details is at http://www.sonic.
net/~melissk