I have noticed increased activity levels in my iguana. It is actually leaving its platform, which it didn't before.

When it didn't leave the platform, I was worried it would have lack of exercise. Now that it leaves the platform and climbs around, I'm worried again.
It climbs down to the floor, up again, and down again in the morning. It does NOT seem to dig at all, but just climbs around, sometimes jumping off platforms and grabbing the lower level with its fingers. But so far, no digging. It could just be that it is getting to summer weather, which it has just started to get quite hot in Hong Kong.

I do notice its appetite has decreased somewhat. It is not eating as much, although it is not starving itself by any means. It seems to eat lots when I give it the foods it likes but not as much when I give foods it doesn't. But on average it has eaten less. I don't know if it is because of a decreased appetite or that I have made extra effort to train it to eat some of the foods it doesn't like in recent weeks by giving and mixing in stuff she doesn't like.

It also isn't defacating everyday. It used to, but recently, every other day. It doesn't seem dehydrated as it pees a huge volume that overflows and makes a mess and it always eats fresh fruits and soaked veggies and is in a humid environment of 70%.

Its limbs are all healthy and strong, but not MDB thick or lumpy, just like it has always been, normal. However, its growth rate has slowed down. I know they have growth spurts but I don't know if this is one of the in between periods or other things at work here.

It is now 11 inches snout to vent length and 41 inches snout to tail length so it has reached that size that they can become gravid. However, even though I know its not related to age per se, it IS LESS than one year old, and that seems early because I often get quoted figures that on average they start becoming gravid at 2 - 2.5 years of age on average.

Yeah I'd take it to the vet, but as those who have read my posts know, if I take it to the vet every time I think it's gravid, I would take it everyday.
It eats a little less I think its gravid. It whips me with its tail I think its gravid. I'm a nutjob.

Old post...but no one has answered you...sorry about that...

It's perfectly normal behavior for a young ig to be very active. How big is the enclosure you have your ig in?

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Is this still relevant, or are we leaning towards it being a 'Tyler' rather than a "Liv"?

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