{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_iguana_feeding","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_iguana_feeding\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Green iguana feeding — herbivore; daily dark-green leafy veg; fruit as treat; chop finely; fresh water\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-04\ntokens_estimated: 135\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-08-04\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_nutrition_iguana_feeding/01_exotic_nutrition_iguana_feeding.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA\"\n  title: \"Green iguana feeding — herbivore; daily dark-green leafy veg; fruit as treat; chop finely; fresh water\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-04\"\nref: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet)\"\ndoc_type: \"animal-welfare-org consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) is © RSPCA and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\n---\n\n# Green iguana feeding — herbivore; daily dark-green leafy veg; fruit as treat; chop finely; fresh water\n\nSource: RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk), a copyrighted animal-welfare organisation. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Iguanas are herbivorous and should be fed daily, with constant access to fresh clean water; because they are most active in daytime, feed the bulk in the morning.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A balanced diet consists mainly of dark-green leafy vegetables.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Fruit should be fed sparingly as a treat (for example mangoes, bananas, strawberries), because excess fruit causes unhealthy weight gain and gastrointestinal upset.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Iguanas swallow food whole without chewing, so all food should be finely chopped into bite-sized pieces; discard uneaten produce after about 10 hours.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Green iguana feeding — herbivore; daily dark-green leafy veg; fruit as treat; chop finely; fresh water (retrieved 2026-08-04)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Green iguana feeding — herbivore; daily dark-green leafy veg; fruit as treat; chop finely; fresh water","url":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet","retrieved":"2026-08-04","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet","verification_file":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet"},"source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet","source_file":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/green-iguana-care-sheet","tokens_estimated":135,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}