Treatment by a veterinarian is usually dictated by the results of diagnostic testing. Minerals in the urine may precipitate and form stones within the urinary bladder of iguanas. The iguana may exhibit no signs of illness or may strain during urination and act listless. If the stone becomes very large, the abdomen may become enlarged. Droppings may contain blood.
Abdominal surgery is necessary to remove the stone.
It results when a pregnant female cannot expel 1 or more eggs from the reproductive tract. Though iguanas do not easily shed their tails like some other lizard species, tail fractures, dislocations and other serious injuries may occur. Care must be taken to firmly restrain the tall when an iguana is picked up and held. An iguana' s toes are very vulnerable to injury, especially when iguanas are housed in screened or wire enclosures. These injuries often occur during attempts to remove a panicked iguana from its enclosure.