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Galapagos land iguana

Conolophus subcristatus

Natural diet Galapagos land iguana

Fruits
Insects
Leaves

The Galapagos land iguana has a primarily herbivorous diet. They mainly eat leaves, fruits, and flowers such as prickly pear cactus, shrubs and guava tree leaves. They are also known to occasionally eat insects, centipedes and carrion, but these make up only a small portion of their diet.

Feeding advice Galapagos land iguana

Feed quantity per day

1% of body weight

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 10 kg and eats 1% of its body weight, it will get

10 x 0.01 = 0.1 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

1% Supplements
60% Leafy and cabbage vegetables
39% Other vegetables

Proportions (fresh product)

0.01 x 0.1 kg = 1 g supplements
0.6 x 0.1 kg = 60 g leafy and cabbage vegetables
0.39 x 0.1 kg = 39 g other vegetables

Diet suggestions

In moderation

Variety of insects

Not recommended

Fruits

Additional advice

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at one feeding moments per week.
Supplement the diet with a diverse range of vegetables (read more about differences between vegetables).
Feeding fruits might lead to might lead to gastro-intestinal disturbances because of the high sugar level and low fiber level in cultivated fruits compared to wild fruits (read more about nutritional values of (wild) fruits and vegetables).
The supplements should be given according to the appropriate dosage that is mentioned on the labelling.
Stimulate foraging behaviour by stacking, hanging or hiding the feed (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).

Common diseases

An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:

Metabolic bone disease
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Obesity
Fatty liver disease

Feed quantity per day

Sample percentage calculation

Feed composition

Proportions (fresh product)

DK Multi-vit

Meelwormen

Hermetia

Calcitec (Calciumcarbonaat)

Marieke Post

Manager R&D & QA