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In reptiles, especially during their early stage of life when reared undercaptive conditions, nutritional deficiencies are the most common problemsreported in them affecting the spinal cord and the musculoskeletal system. Moreoften green iguanas and snakes are very much vulnerable to it. Casedescription: A three and a half months old green iguana (Iguana iguana) wasbrought to the Avian and Exotic Pet Unit, Madras Veterinary College with thehistory of dragging hind limbs and not passed faeces for the past four days.Findings, treatment and outcome: On examination of hind limbs, it was foundthat perching reflex was absent and the abdomen was distended. It wastentatively diagnosed for hind limb paralysis but the radiological examinationrevealed that the iguana was suffering from Sacro-coccygeal compression. Thecondition could have been aggravated due to poor nutritional management also.In order to reduce the pain, the iguana was treated with Meloxicam orally @ 0.1mg/kg for a week. In addition, it was successfully treated orally withmultivitamin syrup and calcium syrup simultaneously for a month. The iguana wassubjected to infrared therapy of 3 minutes for a period of one week. Thereptile showed complete recovery without dragging its hind limb after 2 months.Conclusion: It could be concluded that prompt intervention and dietarymanagement may be necessary for musculo-skeletal disorders in Iguana. .

Therapeutic Management of Sacro-coccygeal compression in a Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)