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08-12-03, 05:52 PM
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WC Uros?
I went to a reptile store today to check out the uro's, but the ones that they had there were wild-caught. The guy at the store told me that because Uro's were hard to breed in captivity, most specimens were WC. Is this accurate? I doubted it when I heard it.
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08-12-03, 06:38 PM
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Yes, that is pretty accurate. Select few have manged to have repeated success with a few Uromastyx species, though usually with Mali's and Indians.
Keep in mind that until the early 1990's the reptile trade had not seen any species of Uromastyx. They definately are an interesting lizard and I hope to see more captive breedings in the future.
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08-12-03, 08:17 PM
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Uromastyx or Uroplatus?...anyway, both are hard to breed.
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08-12-03, 11:20 PM
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Yes, they are hard to breed. They are really picky about temps and all that. Luckily im gettin a pair and the female is extremely near laying time so I may just have some available in the future.
Jeff
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08-12-03, 11:27 PM
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I've heard that often it isn't getting them to breed that's a problem, but getting the eggs to hatch. I guess a lot of people lose a lot of clutches before they get their method right, and since uros only breed once a year....
If you want CB, right now I think your best bet is the malis - they've been around a while, and a CB still won't break your pocket book (when you can find them, that is). Now, Saharans/Nigerians (geryi) have only been imported since 2001.... a very very few CBs are out there, but I believe they're primarily in the states.
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08-13-03, 08:48 AM
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yeah, the WCs that he had were nigerians. If their eggs are really picky about their temps, what about the uros themselves? Do you guys find them hard to maintain? It's pretty hard to find info on them.
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08-13-03, 03:28 PM
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Their care is a lot like that of maliensis... I keep my Nigerian/Saharan's basking spot around 135-140 F, and he seems to like it like that... he spends a fair bit of time directly under the light, but will also move to the next closest rock once he's warm enough. He rarely pants, so I imagine it's about right. Of course, this is his new 4'x2'x2' cage, so he has plenty of gradient to choose from... and he's also just starting to eat properly again after changing cages. That's one way they're picky, they don't always deal with changes well. Beyond that, I don't find him all that difficult. The hardest thing is finding good greens for him (my knigdom for some turnip greens!  )
www.deerferrnfarms.com has a general care sheet that applies to Uromastyx geyri.
Oop, I'm gonna be late for work!
Dawn
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various cornsnakes, 0.1 black pine snake, 1.0 uromastyx geyri, etc.
"The only thing worse than a human who had no respect for other animals was a human who assumed all other animals thought and felt just like he did." --Julia Ecklar, "ReGenesis"
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