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[[Image:Renomegaly1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Massive renomegaly in an iguana. Note the possibility of colonic obstruction.''' (Copyright © RVC and its licensors, Sean Bobbit, Sue Evans, Andrew Devare and Claire Moore. All rights reserved)]]

[[Image:Renomegaly1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Massive renomegaly in an iguana. Note the possibility of colonic obstruction.''' (Copyright © RVC and its licensors, Sean Bobbit, Sue Evans, Andrew Devare and Claire Moore. All rights reserved)]]

Main causes include gout, infectious agents and toxicoses. It may also be associated with metastatic calcification (calcium is deposited in many tissues throughout the body).

Main causes include gout, infectious agents and toxicoses. It may also be associated with metastatic calcification (calcium is deposited in many tissues throughout the body)leading to a renal osteodystrophy. Kidney disease is common in iguanas and is a frequent cause of death in captive iguanas and most occur between 2.6 and 5.8 years, with 4.2 being the mean age with equal sex ratios. Associated terms include renal osteodystrophy, paradoxial metastatic calcification, metastatic mineralisation syndrome in green iguanas, tubulonephrosis of iguanas.

==What is renal disease?==

==What is renal disease?==

* hypervitaminosis D or diets too high in protein, or

* hypervitaminosis D or diets too high in protein, or

* visceral gout (tophi deposition [tophi= crystals of uric acid. They may be deposited in joints (periarticular gout) or in subcutaneous and internal tissues (visceral gout)]), which may occur secondary to dehydration.

* visceral gout (tophi deposition [tophi= crystals of uric acid. They may be deposited in joints (periarticular gout) or in subcutaneous and internal tissues (visceral gout)]), which may occur secondary to dehydration.

==Dealing with renal disease==

==Dealing with renal disease==