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Hey all
i have two uros
a geyri and a mali.
botharound the same age.
theyhave always been best pals, walking on eachother, eating the same piece of lettuce like Lady and the Tramp, sleeping one on top of the other.
as i said, best pals, lol.
anyways, one of them (geyri) has never been quite the fat one. even when i bought him, he was healthy, but not extra large.
anywyas, i was wondering if there's something wwrong ith him or what? ive had him for years, he has always walked a little slower than the mali, didnt run to the food as quickly (still at though) but always remained skinny. i dont knwow why.
hes kidn of a plump.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

i have the EXACT same problem with my yellow geryi. And he looks EXACTLY the same as yours in your photos. Exactly. Thin arms, very flat below. Mine can move little a cheetah, ...is yours a wild caught? Does he eat crickets? What food do you feed them? Hopefully for our sake some one will help us out!

...mine has the same chalky skin on its back as yours and hasnt shed. There must be a similar disfunction here.

get him to a vet. He may have parasites...get a fecal done..... what does the diet consist of?

I agree. A fecal will tell if he/she has parasites or not (my first guess). Chances are that, if this one has them, the other might have them as well. I'd say get them both checked. Just my two cents.

So, obviously something is pretty wrong with him, since he looks like a pancake. have you tested him for worms? Panacur is a great dewormer and fairly harmless to the lizard. here is a great web site with the dosage http://www.leaplizard.com/articles/dosage.html and i would take him to the vet.

one other thing, you may want to try seperating them. even though they have gotten along well with eachother, their relationship could have something to do with it, if he is worm free and still so skinny.

good luck.

I had the same problem with my Somali. Always very skinny and slower; though it didn't seem to hinder him. He was tested for worms after my baby mali died, but was parasite free. I don't know what it is either, but I'm pretty sure he was wild caught. That may possibly play into it. Maybe wild caught just don't thrive like CB's?

Hey, I posted above (Uro size) before reading this thread. After reading and seeing the pic, I would def consider my issues virtually the same. Like I mentioned on my post, eats like a horse, very active and attentive, but skinny and small.

It is not MBD, as mine gets plenty of supplements and has a strong UVB light on a 12 hr. cycle.

In your pic the uro seems especially skinny in the upper-thigh area. Mine is exactly the same. I'm going to get a fecal and take mine to the vet just to be on the safe side.
(Mine is a Mali BTW)

Would still like some info. on normal growth if any of you don't mind responding to the post. Thanks.
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2.0.0 water dragons, 2.2 crested geckos, 0.0.3 turtles, 1.0.0 5-line skink, 2.0.0 anoles, 0.0.1 giant millipede, 1.0.0 uromastyx, 1.0.0 armadillo lizard, 1.0.0 veiled chameleon, 1.1.0 bearded dragons, 1.0.0 pictus gecko, 1.1.0 CA banded gecko, 1.0.0 Hondo, 1.1.0 corns, 1.0.0 ball python, 0.0.2 red-leg walking frogs, 1.0.0 dog, 1.1.0 cats, 0.1.0 wife, 2 SW tanks - 20H, 55

There is nothing remotely healthy about that poor Yellow Saharan pictured above. A vet visit is a must! I would also give it some nice hot baths due to it looking dehydrated. You say you've it for years but it looks like a fresh unhealthy import. Uro's take a while to get into that condition as well, it does not happen in a week.
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1.1 Ornates (Lindsay Pike)(Doug Dix)
0.0.1 Mali
0.0.1 Egyptian
0.1 Weimaraner

If you go back and read the posts again (including mine), I think that you will see that all the animals are alert, active, eating very well, and have been for an extended period of time. That certainly does not quailfy as unhealthy. I believe that's why we all had questions regarding the appearance.
Thanks for your input, however.
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2.0.0 water dragons, 2.2 crested geckos, 0.0.3 turtles, 1.0.0 5-line skink, 2.0.0 anoles, 0.0.1 giant millipede, 1.0.0 uromastyx, 1.0.0 armadillo lizard, 1.0.0 veiled chameleon, 1.1.0 bearded dragons, 1.0.0 pictus gecko, 1.1.0 CA banded gecko, 1.0.0 Hondo, 1.1.0 corns, 1.0.0 ball python, 0.0.2 red-leg walking frogs, 1.0.0 dog, 1.1.0 cats, 0.1.0 wife, 2 SW tanks - 20H, 55

Hi again,
i agree
thank you very much for your input.
however...
i gave the geyri a bath the minute after i posetd the original message, and plan on giving him another tomorrow morning or tongiht.

FYI:
he is not wild vcaught. he is CB. As i kknow the man who i got him from. and have seen his breeding facility.

"If you go back and read the posts again (including mine), I think that you will see that all the animals are alert, active, eating very well, and have been for an extended period of time. That certainly does not quailfy as unhealthy. I believe that's why we all had questions regarding the appearance.
Thanks for your input, however."

I hate to break it to you but if your Uro was indeed "eating very well" as you put it then it would not look that that. I don't want to sound mean or rude but that Uro is knocking on deaths door based on the two pictures provided and if yours looks the same you should be worried about it's health. This is all just my opionion though so take it for what it's worth. Without some help these guys don't stand a chance.
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1.1 Ornates (Lindsay Pike)(Doug Dix)
0.0.1 Mali
0.0.1 Egyptian
0.1 Weimaraner

Thats one of the sickest looking uros I have ever seen. He looks like the leopard geckos that I see at some petsmarts.

Your mali also has a nice little tail infection. No spikes left, just like mine.

Get them off newspaper and try carefresh or another type of bedding out. I used to have mine on sand but its way too much effort for me to clean it and doesnt dry well after they poop on it. And newspaper just gets them covered in their own crap alot of the time.

Definitely seperate them too.

I'll post a pic of what my malis tail looks like in next message.

And do not ever feed them romaine lettuce ever again. Its just water. No nutrients really.

This is a pic of my uros tail about 3-4 months ago. It has improved since this time, but only after a year of silver sulfadiazine cream treatments and 2 or 3 molts.
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poor husbandry. You're keeping those uros like people kept lizards 10-20 years ago. Just by looking at the pics I can tell that the cage isn't bright enough, the temperatures most likely don't begin to reach 130 degrees F, and the newspaper is a very poor substrate choice! Try something else, like dirt. If that's too much of a stretch, try even just sand with a humid hidespot (rubbermaid full of dirt or something similar that holds water well).

Just try to create a better environment with higher heat, microclimates, and better food, and you should get a healthier reptile. If you're not willing to make any changes, then there is no one to blame but yourself.

By the way, be forewarned. I'll make a seperate post for this, but it's now opinion that captive reptiles should be inspected thoroughly on a regular basis. For the most part, my uromastyx likes to do her own thing, so I just leave her alone to do her own thing, but yesterday I noticed that the dirt on her nose (which she commonly gets from digging) was still there after a while...so I touched it lightly with the end of my index finger, and she thrashed, knocking the dirt, a small growth, and the skin off of the end of her nose. She obviously got this from an injury sustained on her nose that became worse when dirt was caked on it, but it could have easily been avoided if I had inspected her a couple of times a week....I would have noticed the injury before it got to such a point, and been able to treat it then, instead of treating it now, after she has suffered. So take note of that. I found the her rock cave had a sharp edge on the inside, and I suspect that might have played a role, but it could have just been an injury from bumping into something too hard.