New Uromastyx

[Justus85]

Walked away with this little guy from Repticon Greater Memphis. He will be my resident vegetarian. I haven't named him, ideas?

 

[Jiffy]

Congrats, very cute!
Since the orange color and it is near halloween also.

 

[Beardie_Mommy3991]

Ares. With all the firey colors, he looks like he'd be a god of war

 

[crypticdragons]

cute
just make sure you keep it quarantined from tink and rex as many uros are wild caught and could carry a ton of parasites. Be sure to clean your hands and any surface the uro touches before letting your dragons in the areas.

 

[Justus85]

Oh, I know for fact that he is captive bred and raised. But yes, there was one vendor at the show selling "wild caught" uro's. Plus I have to keep Rex quarantined form everything lol. I was cleaning tink's viv today and the curtain fell down. Rex saw Tink and blackbearded. Then I put the partition back up and he started head bobbing like "hey you're obstructing my view!" Lol, I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[beardielover17]

How about pumpkin? It's Halloweeny and matches his vegitarian ways and color

 

[Justus85]

I actually like the god of war name Ares, definitely a consideration thank you! Pumpkin would be funny considering he will be full orange as an adult.

 

[DaniNPickle]

He is so cute! What kind is he?

 

[Justus85]

he is a uromastyx geyri, aka the Saharan Spiny-tailed Lizard, they originate from North Africa and are vegetarians that turn solid orange as adults

 

[hanfon]

He's very cool, how big do they get?

 

[Justus85]

Just a little bit smaller than beardies

 

[Debbe]

I am envious. That will be my next baby. I moved, and it is just Marley and Lizzie. and Poppy the spider wrangler and I. I like the Zeus for a name. And he is BEAUTIFUL! I want to come over and play with him.

 

[Justus85]

Come on over hehe. I named him Haji which is a middle eastern term I picked up over in Iraq, meaning somebody that is on the Haj (pilgrimage). I gave him that name because he originates from Egypt.

 

[crypticdragons]

that is sooooo wrong lmao. I dont think I could name a animal that term lmao

 

[Justus85]

Haha well i just call him haj for short, it's actually not a derogatory term as popularly believed, only when you use it to stereotype.

 

[Justus85]

Also don't you call your cat turd nugget?

 

[BigDaddyDragon]

Very cool uro man, I have two myself, and they are tons of fun. I have an Egyptian named King Tut, and a golden named Wally. Your Haji is REALLY tiny, I got mine when they were a little bit bigger than him. Best of luck!

 

[Gail]

My mom has a trio of those orange uro, I kept the male for awhile and I called him Radish. Unfortunately hers are wildcaught and we never could get them tamed down enough to hold.

 

[Justus85]

Ol Haj just died. I don't know what this dudes deal was. Fed him right, bought a dang 40 dollar MVB and he just went. He was never friendly despite the breeders statement about his disposition being like a beardie. I dont want condolences because I didn't like this dude just letting people know so they dont ask for updates on Haj. Just found him dead curled up under his hide. Tink and Rex are doing splendidly.

 

[BigDaddyDragon]

That's strange dude. My king tut is really friendly, but Wally is really skittish, he runs into his hide as soon as anybody walks into the room. I think he was wild caught. Maybe your haj was too? I hope he doesn't die.