RangoTheBeardie
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Hey everyone!! I'm not entirely new to the site, as a few of you may know Rango and Bailey, my beardies, a little. They are doing well, loving their new custom viv's, like a king and queen, of course. Well what I'm on this thread to do is introduce the newest member of our growing family. Meet Leo. He is a Mali Uromastyx. I got him off Craigslist, I talked to the lady before getting him to find out why she was giving him and his entire custom enclosure setup away for FREE. She said it's just because she wanted to "thin out" a little. She had another uro, and a ton of other tropical geckos, blue tails and the such. She said she got him after hurricane Katrina, making him about 5-6 years old now. I was kind of weary to get another herp as I've obtained 2 in the past month and a half and wasn't sure if I really wanted another. So I asked a few questions, like what he eats and his substrate and other herp questions. And when she told me that he lived on sand I knew right then that I wanted him, to save him from the sand. And she had told me he lived in a 40 long tank. Well it was actually two 10 gallon tanks with a side cut out of each and taped together. I took it to be polite of course but decided to house him in Rangos old 40 breeder tank 
so nonetheless his tank won't go to waste yay! 
She informed me that she wasn't giving him much attention anymore and you can definitely tell he's real skiddish right now, but also in the beginning of his brumation for the winter, so now I have a uro who won't come around till who knows when?!
Sorry about the story. Just wanted to fill everyone in on his life before today
So without further ado: **oh and he's shedding right now too** he's supposed to be black and gold-ish, perfect for my NOLA Saints team
here he is in my hand. I didn't measure how long he is bc he started to get fussy.
salt build-up around his nose,, is this normal? the lady said it was??
and him hiding in his new house, I knew we didn't make that one for no reason **he didn't have a blanket in this pic but he demanded one afterwards **
I will be honest, I didn't know that caring for a Uro was much different than caring for a beardie.. I have since learned this. I WILL do everything to get this little guy the perfect life he deserves. Any help from all of you would be SOO GREAT!! I'm a pretty quick learner, and I read, read, read, absorbing everything I can about these guys. In his previous viv his temps didn't get nearly as high as required as the same bulb isn't putting out near enough heat now. And someone told me that Uro's, unlike beardies, don't like to be held or have blankets.. well this guy here liked that blanket, because I just had it in the enclosure and he went and cuddled up on it, so I moved it to see what he would do and he followed it.. so I put it in his house where he's been sleeping, as the lady says he's beginning brumation.. she said his brumation time is from mid-october until late february!!!! gosh I don't like this brumation stuff.. is 4 months normal? I only ask bc I only have baby beardies and well they aren't gonna brumate just yet. Thanks again. I can't give temps just yet because well I just got him today and I know they aren't right yet so I'm going to get new bulbs tomorrow for him. Any suggestions for wattage for a 40 breeder glass enclosure that will reach 120+? The 50watts in my 4x2x2's for my beardies works for them but they are in wooden closed in enclosures.. soo I'm not sure what watt?
so nonetheless his tank won't go to waste yay! She informed me that she wasn't giving him much attention anymore and you can definitely tell he's real skiddish right now, but also in the beginning of his brumation for the winter, so now I have a uro who won't come around till who knows when?! Sorry about the story. Just wanted to fill everyone in on his life before today
So without further ado: **oh and he's shedding right now too** he's supposed to be black and gold-ish, perfect for my NOLA Saints team
here he is in my hand. I didn't measure how long he is bc he started to get fussy.
salt build-up around his nose,, is this normal? the lady said it was??
and him hiding in his new house, I knew we didn't make that one for no reason
**he didn't have a blanket in this pic but he demanded one afterwards **
I will be honest, I didn't know that caring for a Uro was much different than caring for a beardie.. I have since learned this. I WILL do everything to get this little guy the perfect life he deserves. Any help from all of you would be SOO GREAT!! I'm a pretty quick learner, and I read, read, read, absorbing everything I can about these guys. In his previous viv his temps didn't get nearly as high as required as the same bulb isn't putting out near enough heat now. And someone told me that Uro's, unlike beardies, don't like to be held or have blankets.. well this guy here liked that blanket, because I just had it in the enclosure and he went and cuddled up on it, so I moved it to see what he would do and he followed it.. so I put it in his house where he's been sleeping, as the lady says he's beginning brumation.. she said his brumation time is from mid-october until late february!!!! gosh I don't like this brumation stuff.. is 4 months normal? I only ask bc I only have baby beardies and well they aren't gonna brumate just yet. Thanks again. I can't give temps just yet because well I just got him today and I know they aren't right yet so I'm going to get new bulbs tomorrow for him. Any suggestions for wattage for a 40 breeder glass enclosure that will reach 120+? The 50watts in my 4x2x2's for my beardies works for them but they are in wooden closed in enclosures.. soo I'm not sure what watt?
