I think, too many keepers do not keep Uros in apt enclosures-no possibility to dig tunnels, no moist places, no massive rock piles etc. In too dry enclosures, soaking may be necessary for complete shedding, but any soaking gives an unnatural excess of liquid, any blowdrying is a risk of overheating and still may leave humidity under the tail scales.

I do not know, why nobody seems to keep Uros the way I do, but I am very happy with my solution:

I have several PVC Tubings extending 1-3ft from my Uro tank and ending in easily controllable hide boxes. One of these boxes is filled with dry sand, two are filled with very moderately moist sand and one is fileld with a bark/Mulch mixture, which is kept relatively moist. Uros change between hidings and obviously from time to time, especially in pre shed, prefer more humid sleeping places. Also the tubing system gives them a replacement for the tunnels which they can hardly dig in any enclosure. I never experience shedding problems, tail rot or the like and the scales of my Uros are bright and shiny.

I think its an easy solution which relatively closely mimics nature.



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