I dare to disagree. 100g in 4 months! Thats everything but natural. Look at their growth rate in the wild. Thats what we shoult try to imitate. For most Uro species in the wild even 3 year old specimens have to be considered subadult and are significantly smaller than adults.

And look at the yearlings in the wild-even for the big species, htey hardly ever have reached 100g!

Uros are adapted to these growth conditions.

They are desert animals which very rarely experience lots of food.

Power feeding, skipping of hibernation etc can be very detrimental to their metabolism and I bet that such animals are much more prone to liver or kidney failure than those which were raised slowly.

Never forget, that food is everything but plenty for the most time of the year in any Uro habitat.

So my recipe is: Give them plenty of light (strong metal halides), heat and space and keep them short in food. For the first year increase relative portion of insdect food, but still keep dietary fibres high in the plant matter. Have a close eye on Ca/P ratios and D3 supplementation. Always hibernate-even the tiniest hatchling and:..... be patient.

Uros have the potential to live significantly longer than 20 years. I doubt that the power raised specimens will see their tenth year.



Just my 2 cts.



Ingo

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