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Only to say that my 2 Malis, Muffin and Brioche, are doing fine although they live in a 100% humidity weather.I also keep a huge bowl of water inside both cages and i soak both in warm baths and i put them outdoors without driyng them before. Until now they never became sick, not even a runny nose! Both are fat and healthy (around 400grs each)But where i live the temp is never below 80F and can even reach 120F for several hours during the day.So imho uros do have problem with cold weather, not with humidity.

PS I have been keeping both my uros in such a high level of humidity since i bought them almost one year ago.

What's the actual humidity? Humidity doesn't guarantee problems, just increases their likelihood... When keeping pets, it's kind of our responsibility to try to get as close as possible to their natural environments.
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(¯`·.¸¸.·´Kane`·.¸¸.·´¯)

yeah, wire cages in such a humid environment isn't very natural. In nature, they have sort of a humidity gradient. They stay on top of the ground for completely dry, and underground for lots of humidity. You can accomplish this easily in an indoor terrarium with the use of humid hides or deep, burrowable soil. I'm not usually one to critique husbandry though. As long as the reptile is healthy I guess. Environment does play a huge role on the long term health of these guys though.

When i started raising uros, almost one year ago, i read in ALL the sites i visited that UROS could not tolerate ANY humidity at all! As i had already bought/rescued my babies, i thought they would die soon! Anyhow i tried to raise them, first indoors, in wire coated birds cages(huges ones)in my kitchen.Then, little by little, i started to put them outdoors.As they continued to be healthy, i gradually increased the time they spent outdoors.One month ago i moved them outdoors for good.Now, even when its raining i keep them outdoors!They dont seem to mind!
Im living in Malaysia, a warm tropical country where the temp is NEVER below 80F and where it rains 267 days a year.I think the average level of humidity must be between 80 and 90, when its not raining!

Im posting those messages only to say to people that wants to raise uros that the level of humidity is not very important IF ( a BIG IF) the weather temp is always above 80F!
I know several people that bought their uros after i did it, that used to keep their uros in a very dry husbandry and their uros have already died!!

Flavia

I'm really glad your uros appear to be healthy, but you are NOT an expert, and it is not right to give advice so contrary to known husbandry techniques without appropriate experience.

ONE YEAR of care for an animal that should live 15-20 years, is NOT ENOUGH to be able to say that your method will work. In twenty years, when your animals are still healthy and have had no problems, ONLY THEN will you be in a position to make this recommendation. Just because they've lived one year doesn't prove anything.

How will you feel when some newbie reads your recommendation, and his uros die?

I'm glad you are sharing your opinion, but PLEASE state it as an opinion, because you are not a successful breeder or keeper of uros, so your method is NOT proven successful.
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Nicki and...

0.0.2 Uromastyx geyri (Saharan Uromastyx) - Dragon and Belle
1.1.0 Uromastyx dispar maliensis (Mali Uromastyx) - Spike and Lizzy
1.0.0 Cordylus mossambicus (Girdled Lizard) - Fidgit
1.0.0 Liasis mackloti savuensis (Savu python) - Bazzi
1.0.0 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri (Variable (Thayer’s) Kingsnake) - Kavi
0.0.1 Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli (Pueblan Milksnake) - Callia
0.2.0 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Red-Sided Garter Snakes) - Spot and Fluffy
0.2.0 Bufo Paracnemis (Roccoco Toads) - Red and Miss Hissy

Ontario, Canada

settle down for a second. It has been proven that in the wild uros spend the majority of their time in high humidity burrows. I would say it's best to off gradients of humidity. Put some humid hides in or something. I don't think that having them in constant humidity is going to be good for them, but constant dryness is not necessarily good either.

I never said im an expert.Im just sharing my personal experience with my uros here, in this Forum.I suppose Foruns are made with that purpose: an exchange of experience between people that really love their pets.