>>At least a foot long if not longer.

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>>They also eat wax worms, meal worms and crickets. Just basically omnivores.





I`m sorry but I just have to jump in on this statement.



Please don't use the word omnivores in relation to Uros. There is no way Uros can be considered an omnivore. To be an omnivore to most people means to be able to eat a large part of both animal and plant matter in a healthy diet.



Triad, I'll give you the benifit of the doubt and assume you just used the wrong word or misunderstood the word. While if a Uro ate one mealworm in its entire life it could technically considered an omnivore (one who eats both plant and animal matter) it is a disservice to them to call them that.



I am not so worried with that word being bandied about on a forum like this where most people have read one or two care sheets and have read the pros and cons of feeding insects (almost every care sheet I have read that suggests feeding insects says to do so in very small to moderate amounts). I am worried that someone might google a message like that then pass that info on as if it was true.



"Hey Bob I just found out those Uro thing you just bought at the pet store is an omnivore"



"Great I can just feed it some cat and dog food"



Whether or not you believe in your opinion that Uros should get a significant percentage of animal protein (and you can guess where I stand on that) please be careful with throwing around generalizations like calling Uros omnivores.




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