Care Sheet for UromastyxAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.33 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/06/2006 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Uromastyx |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Dinger777 |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Mali uromastyx |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | mali uromastyx |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males are black with yellow backs and females are tan. you can only tell when the lizards get there color which can take up to four years. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Mali uromastyx live in the Saharan desert and do not need water. they get all there water from there food however once a week you should put them in a container with warm water for 20 minutes. |
Lighting and UVB: | Mali uromastyx need UVA/UVB lighting 12 hours a day. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Basking temps are from 100-130 degrees. at warm end 90 degrees and cool end 80. humidity should be between 5-10 percent. |
Heating and Equipment: | I recommend a 100 Wat heat bulb and a UVA light. |
Caging Provided: | I provide a 120 gallon for 2 and that’s a Lotte. 50 gallon for 1 Mali. |
Diet: | Herbivorous |
Description of Diet: | Mali uromastyx eat salad without the salad dressing, parsley, dandelion greens, collard greens, mustard greens, and violet leaves. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I use repti-cal calcium dust supplement. |
Maintenance: | Just spot clean every day and bath them once a week. |
Some Words on this Species: | I love my two Mali uromastyx they are awesome and when they get older i am going to mate them and write a care sheet on mating them. mine will play dead and loves to be held but when i had him at first it wasn’t as good because i had to just watch him for four days and could not touch him because you have to wait to handle them. i Love the coloring on males and females they are my favorite species in uromastyx and will probably be that way for my whole life. they are easy to care for if you live an hour away from a pet store because you don’t have to buy alive food. they are a very good beginner species. i love MALIS YEA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DINGER AND GODZUKY AKA MY MALIS!!!!!!!%2 |
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