Sleven, The Green Iguana
ACRES 
Jan 21, 2014 
ACRES, NGOs 
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Early 2013, we were alerted to rescue a Green iguana found inside an industrial area in Kallang. She was named Sleven, and sadly, we realized something was wrong with Sleven, starting from her bloated stomach, malformed jaws to her very awkward gait. She was diagnosed gravid, along with a lot of gas and fluids, followed by constipation. Her blood analyses did not reveal much, leaving us with a lot of symptoms to address to ensure her survival. She had also developed sores on her limbs from inactivity. With all of the above, she was put under intensive care and we hoped for the best. Thanks to meticulous follow up of treatments provided by Dr Karthik and team from The Pet Doctors Clinic, Sleven has now lost (and losing) over 600 grams of urates and feces that has caused the bloatedness (Trust us – we can see the relief in her face!); her sores have healed; her eggs have been resorbed and she has started eating! Our care-givers also give her regular warm water soaks, expecting a good release of gas or poo or pee and recently she has started urinating and defecating on her own. It may be rather new to some of our new care-givers when they exclaim, “I can see why you all rejoice over her poop picture” in our team’s group chats.
While she has shown some improvements, she is still under close monitoring until she can walk and climb like the other iguanas, eat well and gain weight.
Green iguanas are native to Central and South America, and fall victims to the wildlife trade all around the globe. They are prohibited from being sold or kept as pets in Singapore. Sleven is one of our seven iguanas who have been rescued in Singapore by ACRES, in poor health conditions from various reasons.
We truly hope Sleven gets better over time!
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