Can I Feed my Iguana a Mouse?

Ok, today I left an uneaten mouse in my Medium Iguanas Cage and he chased it around and around his cage until he was able to catch it and eat it, Is it safe or him to eat?
or is it ok if he has one evry now and then, because I don't let him eat them often.
Answers:
Your medium iguana is going to be a really BIG iguana soon, if you keep feeding it meat. I also heard they get more aggresive on a protein diet. They are essentially vegetarian animals, %26 you should probably stick to what it would eat in the wild, veggies %26 fruits. I hope these are feeder mice you are putting in there!

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No, it could be infested.

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no you cant
because iguanas are to little

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that was a very irresponsible thing to do, because the mouse could have bitten your iguana and caused a bad infection...i had an iguana for 18 years, and never gave her mice. i was always told they were bad for them.

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silly answers above. there are conflicting thoughts on your question. at one time it was believed that some animal protein for growing iguanas was a good thing. it has since been revised that plant protein is sufficient and incurs less problems for the iguana. is it safe? that's a good question. rarely will animals eat something they know will intentionally harm them hence a python does not attempt to stomach a porcupine. just a far out example of how an animal tends to know what is healthy or should be healthy for them. an iguana in the wild will eat a good portion of it's diet as animal protein but they are not hand fed in the wild and are opportunist they must eat to survive and if a bug crawls by the ig is hungry he probably will get eaten. our goal as responsible pet owners is to provide the best diet and environment to promote a healthy and long lasting relationship with our pets. if your igs life expectancy is 20 years with a healthy diet of plant protein and 10 years with animal protein you can see why it is a better plan to feed your ig plant protein vs. animal. no it most likely will have no ill affect on your ig but you do increase the chance for impaction and other health problems for your big buddy. I have 2 igs neither of which do I feed animal protein to and they are both happy and healthy. and on the practical side greens are much cheaper and easier for an ig than mice are anyway.
ps.. size is not so much what you feed it they grow from birth to death whether animal or plant protein
aggressiveness because of animal protein in my oppinion is a myth igs are naturally agressive and take many hours of hands on care to become otherwise.
as far as the risk of being bitten thats a llittle silly the main staple of any diet for herps tends to be mice yes they can bite but rarely is it life threatening since we tend to feed reps hoppers and pinkies. larger snakes under 24 inches eat full grown mice all the time I cannot imagine your medium ig being less than 24 inches head to tail since one day he will be 6-7 foot in length. my beardies eat full grown mice and so does my pac man frog he is less than 6 inches across.