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My friend has had a cb male Nigerian for about two years and got a small cb mali (sex unknown) about a year ago, too. They've cohabitted since without problems. Many times sharing dens and even basking upon one another. They were recently put through a brumation period.

About a month ago the mali began to put on weight and has continued to increase in size, but he/she is not obese looking like a few of the other pregnant pics i've seen. My questions are; how long are uromastyx pregnant for? and are there any other signs rather than weight gain that tip-off pregnancy? Thanks all.

If you do a google search for "uromastyx gestation" it pops up with all kinds of information about breeding, including that they will carry eggs around 4-6 weeks.

Your friend has a nigerian and a mali - two different species. I don't know if the two are close enough to reproduce. Maybe someone else knows this, but I kind of doubt your friend has a gravid mali.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.1 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, Tank, and Lilly)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.1 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Felis domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)

Hmmmm... After seeing a Woma/Carpet cross last year at Daytona & the mutt Honduran Milk/California Kings, I'm thinking most anything is possible!

I've seen crossbred uro's before.

My friend told me that they had a scuffle about a week ago. The only one ever and now the mali does not let the male niger into her hide at all.

Maybe the problem is that the Mali is a male and he has become the dominant one and is eating more.
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1.1 Ornates (Lindsay Pike)(Doug Dix)
0.0.1 Mali
0.0.1 Egyptian
0.1 Weimaraner

It's possible, maybe. However, the mali is about 1/2 the size of the niger (just getting wider), and both have very healthy appetites.

Does anyone know how to tell if a female is gravid?