Iguanas are built to be in the trees and to be agile and strong. Providing your companion with the good quality climbing is important to their health (which is why tanks are not a good fit for iguanas but I'll get into that another time).
Its nice to have big shelves and flat ramps for your iguana to easily climb up and down on but it doesn't give the iguana the natural exercise they need to keep them as strong and healthy as they could be. Providing your iguana with natural limbs, multiple shelves and different ways to get the same place will allow your ig to climb naturally and keep their legs as well as the rest of their body strong. This is extremely important when it comes to breeding age females. Females who don't have the chance to climb and build strength aren't as strong as those who do. This means when they become gravid they need to be strong enough to last through and actually lay they eggs when the time comes. Dystocia (Egg binding) is a huge reason many females die in captivity each year.
So give your iguana some good climbing materials and if you can't inside the enclosure build something they can explore on when they are out. Its very important that your iguana use the muscles they have for what they were intended for to be healthy and strong.
Robin
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