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Has anyone tried to plant grass or edible flowers ina uro habitat? I am thinking about doing it and I want to know if there is a good reason not to. And if theres not a good reason not to and your not doing it then.. why!?
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1.3.4 Leopard geckos
(Normie, Optimus Prime, Rattrap, Megatron, Amanda Jr, Peaches, Cream, Jasper)
0.1 Mali Uromastyx
(Cleo)

I haven't tried for two main reasons:

The uros would destroy anything you put in there in a matter of hours - either eat it, tear it up, or dig it up.

And if you manage to keep it intact, you would have to keep it alive. The lighting and water requirements of the plants you're talking about aren't conducive to appropriate uro husbandry.

Just my thoughts. Some folk with very large enclosures might succeed with cacti, succulents, or something similar.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Tank, Turtle, and Spike)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
2.1.2 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Felis domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)

I have put in small pots of sprouted wheatgrass (aka catgrass) for my uros to devour. They ate it, and what wasn't eaten died in the heat.
You should assume that your uros will try and eat any plants put in there with them. Many cacti & succulents are toxic. You need to do careful research on which plants will survive the climate, nibbling & climbing.
I was looking into living plants for a while. But due to the aforementioned obstacles, not to mention the low clearance in the enclosure, I decided to use dried edible grasses (wheat & millet).
A while back I checked up with the Bronx Zoo about their enclosures. They told me their groundscrew sometimes digs up patches of grass from animal enclosures that they use, but mostly they use realistic looking artificial plants from Autograph Foliages.
I have included a snapshot I took at the Bronx reptile house.
Good luck.

How do you propose growing grass in a high-temp, low-humidity environment with lizards that will leave nothing left standing but heavy rocks????????