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A beginner question, but curious....

-ryan- Apr 13, 2004 02:39 PM

when uros breath, do their throats move sort of in and out a little? I know that some lizards do, but I haven't actually seen many uromastyx outside of Sam and some malis I saw at a petsmart a while ago (nice petsmart... they had the uros in a 6' enclosure with basking spot bulbs). I am just trying to make sure she doesn't have respiratory infection, and I was reading a bearded dragon site that said respiratory in bearded dragons can result in "puffing of the throat", though that is in bearded dragons. I'm trying to make sure that she still isn't showing symptoms of respiratory. It doesn't look like she is though, so I might wait until it warms up a little to take her into the vet again.

Any other things I should look for? I thought she had some nasal drippings, but after further inspection I determined it to be salty discharge due to the fact that it isn't happening constantly, and when it does it turns into the white salt stuff on her nose. Overall she is seemingly very healthy right now. She eats all of her food, basks a good percentage of the day (on good days...today it's crappy out though), and defecates every day or two. She is also very active and alert. I'm happy that her weight problem is starting to go away too.

Replies (4)

azlunchbox Apr 13, 2004 03:23 PM

the throat moving in and out thing i believe is a normal behavior in Uros.....also the salty discharge from the nose is normal. i'd still get others opinions but it doesn't sound to me like there's a problem really.
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0:2:1 Bearded Dragon (Jimmy, Peach, Andre)
1:1 Yellow Nigerian/Saharan Uromastyx (Rhyno, Raven)
1:2 Red Nigerian/Saharan Uromastyx (Fire, Pyro, Bigshow)
1:1 Leopard Gecko (Mofo, Geckemo)
1:0 Columbian Red Tail Boa (Slash)

sunfox Apr 13, 2004 03:46 PM

My mali Ra does that throat thing too (makes him look like a frog ) and he's the picture of health. Maybe it's only malis that do this?
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1 Mali Uromastyx named Ra

azlunchbox Apr 13, 2004 04:15 PM

nopers.....all of my Saharans do it too.....It must just be a Uro Thing
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0:2:1 Bearded Dragon (Jimmy, Peach, Andre)
1:1 Yellow Nigerian/Saharan Uromastyx (Rhyno, Raven)
1:2 Red Nigerian/Saharan Uromastyx (Fire, Pyro, Bigshow)
1:1 Leopard Gecko (Mofo, Geckemo)
1:0 Columbian Red Tail Boa (Slash)

-ryan- Apr 13, 2004 04:35 PM

Thanks guys, that's what I figured. You can't be too careful with these tricky uros though.

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