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How are baby iguanas born?

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The female green iguana will dig a deep nest, and lay around 20 to 71 eggs. She will then fill the nest in with dirt and pack it down to disguise the nest site, then leave. read more

After the emerging from the shell, the yolk sac will still be attached to the baby iguana’s body. Yuck! It sounds gross, but the yolk sac is important because it provides the iguana with vital nutrients. The sac will stay attached for a couple days, but then the baby iguana will need to eat food to stay alive. read more

They are born from clutches of eggs, like most reptiles. Before laying eggs, the female digs a burrow and waits to lay. Within a couple months of mating, the female will lay a clutch of about two dozen eggs in the burrow and then seals the entrance and leaves for good. read more

Best Answer: My iguana was as big as my thumb and 5 days old when he came to 'take over' our house. They grow extremely fast and you cant buy a cage suitable for a baby because you will have to upgrade every 3 months. Iguanas do not adapt well to habitat change and it will stress him severely. read more

See, the sea iguana is called that because it lives near (and in) the sea. But it can’t be born in the ocean. So it must race there. Immediately after being born. That means out-running, out-maneuvering, and out-distancing snakes who live their whole lives as the masters of speed. Those iguanas have to be ready to run in the eggshell. read more

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