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I am fairly new to keeping uros, but not new to lizards. My two charges are doing great, eating well, and are very colorful under their megarays.

I have a question, though, about feeding insects. I have read more care sheets that say do not feed any insects than those that advocate feeding insects, yet I see ads in the classifieds and see threads in which uros are being fed some to mostly bugs. Should I feed my guys any bugs, or just keep them on the salad, beans, flowers, etc.?

It's a highly debated topic, depending on who you talk to. A long time ago, I tried offering the occasional cricket or super to my uros. Only one would even accept them - and only crickets at that. After more reading, I've decided not to offer any insect matter. My uros have been bug free for a few years now and get their protein from plant sources. If you do choose to feed bugs, keep it to a minimum (only a couple insects once in a long while) as large amounts of animal protein can lead to problems like gout.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.0 Green Anoles (Bowser and Sprocket)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

Yeah, the more trusted sources that I read say no, so I am going to refrain.

I do have a question about protein, though. I feed my uros and birds a good bean mix, and remove the kidney beans for the uros. The mix has cracked cooked corn, a variety of beans and peas, some rice, some seed, some fruit, and pasta. I feed the uros some of that on their salad about three times a week, removing most of the pasta, and all of the kidney beans. Then I feed small seed, spring mix, dandelion, some hybiscus as I can snip leaves, bok choy, some collards and some turnip greens daily. Is there another readily available high protein food or plant that I can feed them? My Ngozi is a baby, so I do worry about the protein levels.

No bugs.