I don't mean the dial type thermometers. Those aren't very accurate I know. I threw those away. I mean the ones that have liquid in them that expands. They are really reliable and I am currently using them.

I see some digital thermometers that have "in" and "out" temperatures. Is that what you are referring to? Does that mean it measure max and min temps?

Are you talking about the spring greens from the bag, or the 'spring green' that is commonly called Collared greens? Because the stuff from the bag isnt very healthy for them, it is mainly water. You might try introducing some new foods to see if he likes those more.

The guages that have 'in' and 'out' on them measure the temperature in 2 places. They are intended to measure the inside and outside temperature, so you can have the probe outdoors and the base indoors. One temp is taken with the probe on the end of the wire and the other temp is taken with the base that gives the temp readings. Many of these models have a 'mode' button that you can push the tell you what the min and max temps were for both locations.

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As far as the amount of food your ig is eating, my little iguana ate very little when he first came to live with us-maybe a tablespoon a day. As weeks passed he ate a bit more, and once he had become more comfortable with us
he became a big fat piggy. He eats two or three heaping bowls of food every day now. It has only been three months, and it was maybe a month and a half before his eating habits changed to what they are now. Some factors that definately helped us were 1.) bigger enclosure! 2.) megaray uv light 3.) getting to know his food preferences and eating schedule. He eats in the morning around 8am and again around noon and he wont touch fruit or swiss chard...I give him quite a varied diet but his favorites are definately collards and dandilion greens. I dont know if this helps?

[quote=Moshpitrockchick]Are you talking about the spring greens from the bag, or the 'spring green' that is commonly called Collared greens? Because the stuff from the bag isnt very healthy for them, it is mainly water. You might try introducing some new foods to see if he likes those more.

Moshpitrockchick, I'm actually talking about collard greens, big cabbage looking things its the closest we get in the uk to any of the greens we are supposed to feed.

I've tried every food going but still he turns his nose up.

Roynan, this problem has been going on for months now. I've had Odin for about 6 months and other than his eating he is quite settled and friendly.

Although he is not eating he still has loads of energy and zooms about the cage all day.

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Does your iggy have normal/regular poops?

Yeah almost every day and contains both urates and poop

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A bit off topic, sorry, but referring to the hygrometer issue.. I have a digital In, Out, Hygro unit from radio shack.. In the manual it says if the humidity is above 70% it displays 'WET' and under 40% it displays 'DRY'. Is this a sufficient range to measure?

I wouldn't think so... that doesn't sound very accurate to me.

The accuracy isnt a problem at this point. My question is about how much moisture I need to be able to measure. Should my hygrometer read to 80%? 90%?

Ideally you should be able to monitor humidity in an accurate manner. For instance, knowing that 30 minutes after misting the humidity is at 80%, but an hour after misting it's down to 50%. If your meter says "wet" or "dry" you have no way to track how often you should be misting (other than misting when you fall into the "dry" range).

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