Hi Tom,



Nice to see you posting here ... welcome.



Let me say a little about the U. a. nigriventris (moroccan) uromastyx.



Most of my produced cb moroccans offspring are pretty tame and easy to handle. I do have to admit though that there's always a small few in say ... an average dozen size clutch that become shy and would rather run/hide than be caught up and handled. I have yet to produce a biter or tail whacker as far as I know. Could be because most of my breeders are so easy going? I believe you mentioned that you don't socialize much with them. Maybe you've answered your own question ... who knows for sure? Another thing which may be causing them to be somewhat shy could be the change in weather/climate. I've found most of mine that aren't presently brumation are acting similar to yours. Matter of fact, LP mentioned the same about his young pair lately. They'll likely be back to 'business as usual' come spring ... lets hope so.



I have BTW found that most of my adults and juvie U. a. nigriventris (werneri) are more often than not quite flighty and skiddish. Some of those that don't run or hide are either somewhat tame or else would rather hiss, snake wiggle and may even try tail whip you if given the chance. For example, my female werneri are either sort of nice or down right nasty. My males are similar with the exception of one recently acquired male breeding prospect whose quite the puppy dog.



BTW Tom, your 2002 pair are half siblings to Phil Mc's 2000 nice male. Although I used different males with that particular yellow female, both males were quite similar in color, temperament etc.



Here's a pic of one of those 2002 moroccan offspring I'll likely keep as a breeder. He's an unusual creamy cheese color with some nice banding/reticulation on his back which appears to be turning yellow. He also displays some blue pigmentation on his shoulders and around the neck area (hard to see in pic though). I just happen to have an unrelated adult female with similar blue pigments so they'll likely be paired up in 2004? or 2005.



John

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