So, How many of you own Uromastyx?

I personally have 5 of them .. All Mali Uromastyx and I love them all !!!

They range in age from 1 yr to 4.5 yrs old. Pics in my signature.

Post yours ! :gj:

I used to own one. It was an epic lizard. I had a yellow sharan. I bought it for like 35 bucks at a herp show all super crappy looking. I got him into supreme health and he stayed there for years.


I miss that guy. I named him Karu after the finnish word for desert.

I wish I had some pics. I think I might be able to find them....... Give me some days.

I did have one but just this past week I traded it for my first ball python..I really did love my uro..But I never really handled him much and I just really see myself being more of a snake person..heh...Well here's some pics of my old uro Cyrax..I had him for a year and a half..I got him for free from a reptile convention cause he had a bad leg (that the guy thought was broken) and he seemed to have a bone dis-order of something (he was super thin)...I took him home determined to help him..a month later he started using his leg, and within 2 months had started gaining very good weight..He was such a sweet little guy when I first got him..then people on forums told me I should never handle him because he needs to be in hot temps at all times..so I stopped..so that is when he became aggressive..The person I traded him to has 2 other uros and she has promised to keep me updated on his health and his training (well..gentle taming..lol)...Here's some pics of him :0)

When I first brought him home:

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When he started looking better:

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He started showing some color:

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The pic I took of him the day before the trade :0(:

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We have one at my work and he's the cutest little guy ever! Every customer that comes in and sees him thinks he's just the best.

I have a male and female.... the male is a egyptian and the female is a Nigerian. I had a male Nigerian but he passed about 6 weeks ago :(

this is ours pic was taken by Heather Wong
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...z/P1080702.jpg

wow those are neat looking! just curious, but what is their temperament like in general?

I love my Mali, Ronin. I have had him since 2004. He is the coolest...Shell-less turtle :)

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wow those are neat looking! just curious, but what is their temperament like in general?

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They can be quite sweet and each have their own personality. I talk to mine and hand feed fresh flowers every few days. But, they are more of an "observation" pet as they only tolerate being handled, mine squirm and squiggle to get away from me when I try to take them out and weigh them. They require high temps and huge enclosures, even as babies, and can't be away from their heat source for more than a few minutes, their body temps cool down really fast.

My brother has a young Sudanese Uro for several months now. He's about 6"ish and is a very cool little guy.
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Well my boyfriend has 5 Mali Uromastyx's. So you can say our reptile room gets pretty hot with all those high temps for them. lol

Here is the adult male:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ays517/uro.jpg

The adult male and female:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ys517/uro2.jpg

The other three are a little camera shy. One is a male juvie and the other two are still babies. Anytime you go into the reptile room they run under their rocks. Of course my boyfriend doesn't handle them so they have never really gotten used to us. But the two adults just love us. They know we come to bring them food. lol

Personally I don't find them attractive at all.

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Originally Posted by SilverWolf

Well my boyfriend has 5 Mali Uromastyx's. So you can say our reptile room gets pretty hot with all those high temps for them. lol

The adult male and female:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ys517/uro2.jpg

The other three are a little camera shy. One is a male juvie and the other two are still babies. Anytime you go into the reptile room they run under their rocks. Of course my boyfriend doesn't handle them so they have never really gotten used to us. But the two adults just love us. They know we come to bring them food. lol

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I hear ya on the heat !!! My dining room has 4 Enclosures with Uro's and Beardies in them along with 2 snake tanks with lights. It's like a sauna in there.

Just a note ... Uro's shouldn't be fed Corn or Carrots... too much sugar and can cause digestive problems. Also, no canned or frozen veggies. They should be fed Endive, Escarole, Dandelion Leaves, bok Choi, Mustard Greens, Turnip greens and pesticide free edible flowers. Just FYI

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Just a note ... Uro's shouldn't be fed Corn or Carrots... too much sugar and can cause digestive problems. Also, no canned or frozen veggies. They should be fed Endive, Escarole, Dandelion Leaves, bok Choi, Mustard Greens, Turnip greens and pesticide free edible flowers. Just FYI

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Thanks, but he knows now. That was taken shortly after getting those two. I guess I should have put a side note under the picture. Funny thing is every time we go grocery shopping we get some greens, and the cashiers never know what the heck the stuff is. We'll be like it's escarole or endive or whatever and they'll give us a funny look. Then we get an even funnier look when we tell them it's for our reptiles. :D

But thanks for mentioning it as someone else might not have known. :gj:

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Thanks, but he knows now. That was taken shortly after getting those two. I guess I should have put a side note under the picture. Funny thing is every time we go grocery shopping we get some greens, and the cashiers never know what the heck the stuff is. We'll be like it's escarole or endive or whatever and they'll give us a funny look. Then we get an even funnier look when we tell them it's for our reptiles. :D

But thanks for mentioning it as someone else might not have known. :gj:

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Ha Ha !!! I have to tell my cashier what it is too, they usually ask me what I am going to make and I say "Lizard salad" :rofl: .. but in these hard times economically, $2.99 a bunch for endive and escarole, is outrageous, so I let them ring them up as 'greens' for .99 a bunch ! LOL I know, it's bad :colbert: