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hey i have had a saharan for about 3 years and just added an egyptian. i never really paid attention to the saharans poop. i ussually see it when it is all dried up. today however i was home and watched him and it seemed really runny. like around 1/4 of a shot glass worth of liquid came out with the poop. is this normal. the egyption that i got last week was CB and i did not test him for parasites before introducing him. i never tested my saharan neither. any help would be appreciated. thank you Baruchi

You should always quarantine new animals before introducing them with your currently healthy ones. On the other hand I would not recommend housing the 2 together simply for the fact that Egyptians are very aggressive and territorial. There is a post by Artgecko about his hatchlings biting each other. To get to your poop question, I think as long as the poop itself is still solid then you are ok. There is always some wetness to follow a stool. If you are concerned it never hurts to take a stool sample to the vet for a check.
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1.1 Ornates (Lindsay Pike)(Doug Dix)
0.0.1 Mali
0.0.1 Egyptian
0.1 Weimaraner

I agree that you should not keep the two in the same enclosure . I also think it would be a good idea to take stool samples to a vet to be checked for parisites . They can pick parisites up on the fresh greens or from each other . I would have them checked once a year just to be on the safe side anyways .

thanx for the replies I am going to take stool samples to the vet as soon as i find one that deals with herps. i was originally gonna seperate them but they seem to be doing great together. i have a 55 gal tank with a patio block and an artificial cave. the pation block has 3 hide holes and the cave makes one. they both stay all night in a single hide hold when they have 3 other options. i am examining them when they eat and they arent getting competitive. it appears to me that they do well together. i want to build them a larger cage within the next few weeks.

Before you build the cage, you might ask around a little more. I think it was PHEve who had an Egyptian and a Saharan who got along famously for a long time until one day for no obvious reason the Egyptian picked up the Saharan in its jaws, shook it like a ragdoll, and flung it across the room. I believe there were no permanent injuries, but it just as easily could have ended with a dead Saharan.

Things can seem fine for years and then suddenly go horribly wrong. It's bad enough with similar sized species, but soon that Egyptian will outweigh your Saharan by about four times over, and the potential for injury or death increases greatly.

They don't need cagemates for "happimess". So, if you really care about the wellbeing of your critters, I would recommend permanent separate enclosures.
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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 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)