Thanks for the comments!
He is an ornate uro. His colours can be so bright.
I got him from a friend who owns a pet shop. He said Yoshi was taken into the pet shop about a year ago because the owner no longer had time for him and couldn't give him the attention he deserves.
He is handleable but a little jumpy. He does a little wiggle to warn me he has a big tail weapon but he is so much better than when I got him. He would just try run away and whip out but now he wiggles then lets me pick him up.
I wasn't exactly happy about being given wood chips as substrate as i know all about impaction (luckily from reading, not experience)
But he's never eaten any! and I put his food on a plate or in a dish so he can get it without eating the chip. Any advice on substrate for uros?
His favourite food so far is peas. But they must be frozen peas, that have been defrosted or he won't eat them (talk about picky eater)
Hey Brandon
I've heard a few people use bird seed but heard a couple of bad things also like you can't stop them from eating it so you don't know how much they've eaten and that they may accidentally eat their poop?
I'm tempted to give bird seed a go though. i think Yoshi would like it
Calcifer eats quite a bit of it a day. But, she only really eats it from two places. From inside her cave, and from around her food bowl. These two places are places she does not poo in.
If I wasn't housing on bird seed, I'd still leave a small bowl of seed in there for her to eat, uros seem to like bird seed.
Some people I see use tile, I couldn't do that. Calcifer lives to dig.
I do the same thing as Brandon and house my uro Doug on bird seed. He only eats the seeds around his cave, and he poops at the opposite end of his cage in almost the same spot every time! When he eats his birdseed he doesn't take a mouthful or anything, he actually finds the one perfect seed and eats that one, and then looks for the next perfect seed... it's funny.
Calcifer does the same exact thing! She will look for that ONE perfect seed, lick it up, then scan the area moving her head looking for the next PERFECT seed! LOL
Thanks guys I'll get some today
I have noticed Yoshi only poos in the cooler side of the viv. He's usually in one of his hides in the warmer side where he sleeps alot. (I love getting up in the morning and lifting his hide up, he's all tired and floppy haha)
I look at my watch before work every day and think "Yes, definitely got time for a quick cuddle with the big man"