This is sooo discouraging to me! I'm the only Canadian(that I'm aware of)who is trying to focus solely on the propagation of captive uromastyx species. After several years of searching I have aquired 2.2 ornates, 2.2 Saharans, 0.1 somalian(Can't find a male to save my life!),1.1 mali. I will add that I'm not in this game so much to make money as to make captive bred uromastyx available in Canada. IF you can find any species of uros in Canada 99% are wild caught imports that, as most uro addicts know, are often challanging to acclimate. My issue is I have produced captive bred saharans for the past 2 yrs and have a hard time finding homes for them, which is also very discouraging. I don't see any reason why uromastyx shouldn't be as popular as the common bearded dragon or even more so! Genetically, the colour and pattern possibilities seem to be endless. You Americans are so lucky to have access to such a great variety of uro species through breeders like Lindsay Pike & Doug Dix who have put so much effort in to captive breeding the species. Judging by the # of posts on this forum uromastyx are kept and loved by many in your country. So nice to see!
Anyway, I needed to vent. This seemed like a good forum to do so. Thanks for reading!




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1.1 U.maliensis
2.1 U.geyri
1.1 U ornatus
0.1 U. macfadyeni

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