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Not sure if she is Gravid, but hoping so!

Phil

Dandelion!

Hi , I have not been to the forum for some time but I was looking at the picture that was posted . Looks like there is seeds all over the sand . I would be very worried that it might encourage the Uro to eat the seeds along with some sand . I would clean out the cage and find a better food bowl so that the seed does not get mixed in with the sand so much . Impaction would be a big consern if this was my uro .

As long as it isn't calcium sand I wouldn't worry too much. I've seen my mali lick and eat the sand even if there's no food in it at all. In the wild they would be picking food out of the dirt anyways.
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Ethans Den

It's not a big worry. I keep all my Uromastyx this way. I used to try to keep the seeds in a bowl, but they would always flip the bowl over and eat the seeds out of the sand. They do not get much sand when foraging, not to mention the sand is super fine so in my large egyptians it is not likely to cause any harm.

Phil

I have the same set up. I would not stress it in the least.
They are amazingly diligent in just picking out the seeds.
Impaction is always a concern, but unless she was in poor health, I doubt an issue.
I would watch for mad digging and an increase in aggression. Make sure you have deep enough substrate, and get the incubator ready.

Hope it's that instead of a really large download.
Good luck.
E

>>It's not a big worry. I keep all my Uromastyx this way. I used to try to keep the seeds in a bowl, but they would always flip the bowl over and eat the seeds out of the sand. They do not get much sand when foraging, not to mention the sand is super fine so in my large egyptians it is not likely to cause any harm.
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>>Phil

I know what you mean Ed, they have real dexterity.

Thanks for the tips, I will let you know what she does, if anything.

Thanks

phil