Sancho is a two-ish year old iguana who never had a UVB light in his cage. So his body robbed the calcium from his bones to keep functioning and his bones got curvier and curvier until his spine was shaped like an "S."
Sancho has SEVERE metabolic bone disease and will never be normal. His handicaps were totally preventable if his owner had given him a UVB bulb. But he was too "busy" and never got around to it. Now Sancho struggles to get around and do basic things like eating and climbing. He'll have this handicap for the rest of his short life.
Think UVB doesn't matter? Sancho says it does. A LOT!
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| His crooked spine |
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| He's a pretty little iguana |
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| Most of his fingers are bent and curled, making it hard to climb |
