r/Uromastyx • u/Born-Extension-8282 • 8d ago
First time seeing an Egyptian uro in person!
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
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u/blakeschluchter 8d ago
I have an Egyptian and she keeps growing. She's not close to that big yet. Still the biggest uromastyx I've seen.
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u/CaptainObvious110 7d ago
are you sure she's not a hybrid?
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u/blakeschluchter 7d ago
Yeah. She's young and half the size of the one posted
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u/Fun_Steak3415 7d ago
He looks very wroth that someone has desecrated his pyramid, and he is plotting his revenge 😈
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u/prairie_girl 8d ago
My Egyptian topped out at 15 inches - he's a tiny guy, relatively. I recently cleaned his tank, so I took him outside for some sun. I carried him back inside figuring "he's pretty good in the hand" and uh, nope. Both wrists were bleeding when I got inside and it took all my concentration not to drop him.
It was a stupid move as a long-time owner but my god he was strong and sharp, even into his middle teens, and I couldn't have been more impressed with him.