Well, I mentioned before that Isabella hasn't been feeling well. I noticed that Ferdinand has not been letting her eat. He's been pushing her out of the way and also sitting on her so that she cannot get up. Meanwhile he eats the food! He doesn't even eat it all but he continues to sit on her. I don't know why he started acting this way all of the sudden. He has not done this in the past. But I have an idea...
I noticed that he just recently started doing this after Isabella was looking down and out. About a month ago the UV bulb burned out. Not long after this Isabella started acting different. Today I just put that connection together. I haven't made the trip to Petco to buy the UV bulb but I will tomorrow. I feel so bad now because I'm thinking this is why she's acting different. And now that she's weaker, I think Ferdinand is taking advantage of it. Males are usually competitive with each other. Females stay out of it and seem to just do their own thing. This is why it's been okay to keep them together in the same cage. Also they've just always been together and I haven't really seriously thought about separating them. But Ferdinand has been bullying her all this week. I don't even know if he might be trying to mate with her. I was told that she laid eggs in the past but it has never happened in the three years they've been with me. So I just don't know what is going on right now and I've been looking on the internet to try and find answers. If anyone knows, please help!
(In case you didn't know, iguanas need UVB light to get their vitamin D3 and use their calcium. So I need to have a UV bulb that is supposed to put out UVB rays and the iguanas absorb this into their skin. If they don't have this they can get weak and ill.)
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