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esoteric
at Sun Nov 13 21:16:53 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by esoteric ]
>>they are much better than mine. He is at 8 inches and about 66
>>grams. I am doing my best. I know he was imported, but i'm not
>>sure whether he was captive or wild. Judging from his demeanor
>>i'd say he is captive, but i just don't know.
8 inches and 66g, nothing wrong with that unless you're seeing signs of emaciation like tail-bones, muscle loss, etc. Just because it's not gettign bigger doesn't mean you're doign something wrong. I've got four males and a number of females, here are values for the "wakeable" males:
8inches, 44g (recent shed)
10inches, 117g (shedding)
10.25inches, 148g Plus another one abotu the same proportions
The first is a juvenile that I've had since early in the year. only 5g change for the entire time. Second is an LTC adult I've had for a little longer and no real change in him. Third is a pair of LARGE males (big wide heads) I picked out mid-summer when the big shipment of them hit the states. No real change in them, either.
These guys just don't get "very big" and I'm not seeing them in a hurry to grow, like my ocellated and hardwickii, unlike my geyri who have up to doubled in mass in slightly more time. Consider your critter is wild all the way, no real hope for it being a captive-anything based on their rarity to start with. As a species I find them to be very sweet and easy to deal with (socially). The youngest is the friendliest while the two largest are the most skittish but also shortest-term captives.
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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi
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RE: Somalis??? - esoteric, Sun Nov 13 21:16:53 2005
