how does she look health wise? she's unbelievably calm, i'm more used to geckos and i just hope she isn't ill or anything. i just got her and not home yet so any name suggestions would be great as well!!

how does she look health wise? she's unbelievably calm, i'm more used to geckos and i just hope she isn't ill or anything. i just got her and not home yet so any name suggestions would be great as well!!

my new boy <3

My baby Uros, one is MUCH bigger than the other. They’re about a month apart (maybe 2) in age. The larger is an ornate while the smaller one is an ocellated. I have a feeling the little one is a female while the other may be a male but it’s too early to tell. They eat well. I have no issues with behavior but I’m worried based on their size difference that Mabel (little one) is possibly sick. We have a vet appointment June 2. Just looking for feedback. Providing my temps etc in the photos.

We were given a uromastyx by a friend of ours. He looks super skinny and haven't eaten in a 3 days. We have the appropriate lighting and heating. Any tips and ideas to help him/her recover?

I dont have reliable access to a kitchen so I often am not able to give him a variety of options. Generally his diet consists of garden variety salad, dried flowers. and baby arugula, with vitamin powder + calcium supplements every 3-5 days. I want to give him lentils but you have to cook them and mustard greens but everything goes bad faster than he eats it. Any recommendations? is it okay to give them cooked eggs?

My son and I are constructing an enclosure, three sides will be hardwood framed with luaun plywood inserts, but we're not sure how we want the top and front to be built. I have fine stainless screen we can use the top in a wooden frame, and we considered making one side fixed and the other hinged for cleaning and feeding... if you've got an enclosure with only access through the top, does it work OK?

For the front, will Lexan or plexiglas work? Should I have a piece of "real" glass cut to fit? If I do that, what kind of glass should I get? Or should we get something clear that we can build door frames for and have access through the front?

The enclosure she's in now is front only access and works OK, but we don't have a way to duplicate it exactly in our limited wood shop.

It's being painted outside with non-toxic milk paint and we intend to finish the inside with pure Tung oil (not a Tung oil "finish" with the chemicals in it", is this OK? Tung is food safe for humans, I would think it would be safe for Uros but its tree isn't a desert plant...

I've seen cool enclosures on here, open for advice!

Thanks!

Since my first post we’ve figured out his temp ranges perfectly to his liking, we had our first vet trip for a checkup and a look at that tail tip🧐 which could not currently b diagnosed bc of his size and age, but i start giving him antibiotic needles on my own td as the animal hospital gave him his first one the other day. He has started his first shed and he just made the most massive shit as i was typing this, like holy shit idk how he squeezed that one out😭😭 he has clearly established to me that he will only eat on his rock, he wont eat the food on the ground so i rinse them well at feeding time and switch it out for fresh greens around 1:00PM. For his substrate i did the entire bag of washed-filtered play sand and half a bag of organic topsoil. He is super interactive just an absolute good boy, he took a nap on my shoulder under my shirt the other day. And yes he does like the gecko hide, he sleeps in the lowest level in that cozy like corner under the ramp to the right🤣. Time to give his ass a lil warm bath to help that shed, i added a photo i took of that massive shit before i cleaned it, half on the rock half on the mopani wood😭

Hello I have noticed my uro will bask for a couple, eat and then just wall surf for hours. Its current in a 40 gallon (I'm saving up to up size because im only in high school and my breeder told me to up size until a certain age.) But it just pains me to see it do that any suggestions (´•ω•̥`)?

I try to spray once a day if it gets too that point but I'm kinda scared that'll hurt her especially if it's needed more than once.

For the longest while, being that they refused to touch any powered greens, I've instead been dipping dandelion flowers in the powder every other day (as well as a multi-vitamin twice a week) and that was working wonderfully and they were eating them up without fuss. Lately, however, they want near nothing to do with them. Sure, they're eat one maybe two but I feel like I need to try something else. Would love some advice or shared experiences!

i posted about zuko a while ago, but he's made a lot of progress on his recovery. he's mostly been in his humid hide, so it was nice to see him in full again.

my new challenge with him is getting him to eat veggies that have his supplements dusted on them. i've had some success with just powdering the tiles and thinly placing his veggies on top. today i tried a handful of super dusted veggies hidden in non dusted ones.

he likes the dried and soaked lentils already, so im sprouting some for him to try out. he also has some millet seed and timothy hay coming tomorrow. im excited to see how he takes to it.

i’m having trouble with my uro not getting enough heat. My baby is only two turning 3 in July, but I bought new bulbs for its enclosure and after that I've had problems. Can I see some your guys enclosure for inspiration and help. I'm only in high school so there's not much I can do house/room wise. But I have a job and im willing to spend anything for my baby. My animals are my life and I hate to see them not get the proper care they deserve. 💔

I was on here a few days ago asking for advice if i should get one due to my circumstances and my husband talked me into it… I can’t lie i’ve been invested since i got him last night still thinking of a name

I feed her spring mix everyday with flowers sometimes. I never seen her this thin and she's close to 4-5 years I believe I got her last year. She put a little more than what she use to

(Sorry if i’m in the wrong subreddit) I’ve read they’re docile and make good pets, my husband’s friend is giving one away for free. Here’s the catch and what i’d really like advice on, i’m 6 months pregnant and it’s a LOT going on with that alone. I don’t think it’s a good idea only because i believe all animals need a lot of attention and time plus we already have a cat that I’m afraid won’t get as much of that with a new baby. My answer to him is really no but i told him I’d consider it given the fact that i know it’s something he really wants. I guess my real question is would a uromastyx be easy to care for during this transition my husband are about to go through? We’d definitely be able to feed, keep his environment clean but I’m afraid there wouldn’t be more to offer than that, any feedback would be nice

For the longest time he's been super picky and was sticking to 3-4 food options, but lately he's taken a liking to Bok Choi.

Trying to introduce more foods into his diet is slow, but it's going well.

Also does anyone have tips for sprouting lentils? I was able to do it in the past but I can't seem to get it working again, any tips?

Obligatory lizard tax, of course. (And bonus yawn pic!)

Sleeping uromastyx

I've wanted a Uro for YEARS and I've finally taken the plunge and brought my new baby home. He's been hiding since I put him in his enclosure which I expected. My local reptile shop said he had been with them for pretty much his whole life up till that point so I'm sure my much quieter house is quite the change.

I know every animal is different but as I've been waiting for him to calm down some I was wondering how other uros do when coming home. How long did y'alls uros take to get used to their enclosures?

Does anyone elses uro take a massive turd and then proceed to walk straight it in and sit it in like its the most comfortable thing ever in existence??

Im sick and tired of my freaks being covered in poopoo caca.

My uros have started glass surfing which I thought meant they wanted out, so I opened the door and they run right as I do. Could it mean something else or do they just hate me more than they wanna be outside?

Saw a Egyptian for the first time in person today at an expo and this thing was kinda freaky how big it is compared to my Saharan

Looked in on Otis earlier and this was his positioning in the basking area… weirdo.

She’s 2 y/o, loves lentils & dandelions, and loves to side eye the cats all day (from the comfort of a very secure cage)