Why is my iguana slightly sticking his tongue out like he's licking his lips nonstop? I'm worried.?

anybody know why my iguana keeps licking his lips or slightly sticking his tongue out? He's been doing it the past few days nonstop. He's never done it before, I don't know what to do.Why is my iguana slightly sticking his tongue out like he's licking his lips nonstop? I'm worried.?
Whats your heat/ humidity, what's the igs diet, how large is he/her, does it have access to water, are you feeding it everyday, whats your heat source, what is the ig inside of?





Iguanas need a wide variety of foods, due to the fact they dont sweat they pant like dogs when over heated, keep the gradient temp of the enclosure at 80 -82f with a basking spot of 90f, also keep humidity around 70%. Make sure you have at least one hide box and branches for the iguana to climb, substrate should include reptibark, or astroturf, stay away from shredded substrate dust will clog nostrauls.





For food stay away from all live, feed things like:


Collard greens, butternut squash, parsnips, snow peas, bok choy, stay away from acidic fruits, and throw away that commercial food, it hurts more than helps. Also, be sure to add B2 vitamin found at walmart, just crush one pill and sprinkle over food, also add 2:1 calcium phosphorus powder made by T-REX found at Petco.





Also you may have problems with shedding, check your igs nose, see if there is white buildup by it, if there is he has retained shed around his nos. vents and that needs to come off because it is clogging up his airways, the best thing you can do for that and actually I would do this monthly any way, is put about 2'; of water in the bathtub, make sure the water is around 85-90 degrees and put povidon iodine in the water just enough to make it like a dark tea color, this will help remove the retained shed as well as help future sheds come off easier, make sure when you look into the igs mouth while it is open the mouth is not white but rather a nice pink/red fleshy color, and not alot of slim/mucus. If it is white colored then he has a respitory infection, at this point you need a vet like yesterday.





The best book you could ever own being an IG owner is, Melissa Kaplans ';Iguanas For Dummies'; this will be your iguana keeping bible, trust me and everything is super easy ready and put into lamens terms so that way any one can read it.





I hope this helps.Why is my iguana slightly sticking his tongue out like he's licking his lips nonstop? I'm worried.?
its how they smell. but if u r really worried call a vet
if you just moved, just got him or moved him from a different location then that is normal. he is just trying to get used to his surroundings. if you've had him a while and haven't done the things i listed then you need to see about taking him to the vet.





hope i helped!
sounds like hes panting, is he too hot?

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