{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_nutrition_iguana_safe_greens","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_nutrition_iguana_safe_greens\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Green iguana safe greens & vegetables — herbivorous folivore; calcium-rich leafy greens, fruit limit\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding)\"\nsource_file: [\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/iguana_vca.txt\"]\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-05\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_pet_nutrition_iguana_safe_greens/01_exotic_pet_nutrition_iguana_safe_greens.md\nsource_document: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA/VCA\"\n  title: \"Green iguana safe greens & vegetables — herbivorous folivore; calcium-rich leafy greens, fruit limit\"\nurl: \"https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-05\"\nref: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding)\"\ndoc_type: \"animal-welfare-org / veterinary consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (RSPCA rspca.org.uk / VCA vcahospitals.com) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T4\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T4:welfare-org / professional-reference\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Green iguana safe greens & vegetables — herbivorous folivore; calcium-rich leafy greens, fruit limit\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Green iguanas are herbivorous folivores (leaf-eaters); 80-90% of the diet should be dark green leafy vegetables and under 20% fruit.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Safe leafy greens include calcium-rich collard greens, beet greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, alfalfa hay, bok choy, kale, parsley, Swiss chard, romaine, kohlrabi, escarole and dandelion — these compose 40-50% of an adult iguana's diet.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Other vegetables can make up 30-40% of the diet: cactus, broccoli, squash, bell peppers, green beans, sprouts, sweet potato, parsnips, okra, cucumber, asparagus, mushrooms, carrots, peas and corn.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Avoid nutrient-poor light greens (celery, iceberg/head lettuce); feed Swiss chard, spinach and beet greens sparingly (oxalates bind calcium); cabbage, kale and mustard greens contain goitrogens that can cause hypothyroidism if fed excessively.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Green iguana safe greens & vegetables — herbivorous folivore; calcium-rich leafy greens, fruit limit (retrieved 2026-08-05)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Green iguana safe greens & vegetables — herbivorous folivore; calcium-rich leafy greens, fruit limit","url":"","retrieved":"2026-08-05","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding)","verification_file":"[\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/iguana_vca.txt\"]"},"source_document":"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/iguanas-feeding)","source_file":"[\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/iguana_vca.txt\"]","trust":{"authority_tier":"T4","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":200,"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."}