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Can mali's and niger's stay together?
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Michelle Bowles
Safehavenpets
Northern Virginia

2.3.0 Bearded dragon(reggie) A rescue
2.1.0 Iguanas(Miss T,Kupa,tiny) All rescues
0.0.4 rosey red corn snake(sam and 3 unnamed babies)
0.1.0 emerald swift(grettel)
0.0.1 red ear slider(fred) A rescue
1.0.0 nigerian uromastyx (Ivan) a rescue
1.0.0 veild chameleon (marty) a rescue
2.1.0 kids (kimberly,bradley,richard
and a husband

Everyone is likely to have a different answer for you on this one. Some people mix uro species and some people mix whole reptile species (uros and desert igs, for example). Some folks don't keep more than one critter per cage.

Personally, I would not mix uro species. No possibility of cross-breeding, which some people are *trying* to do, but I don't feel is a good thing. Also, different species are different species, even if they are all uros - there could be stress and domination problems that we don't recognize or understand.

BUT...

Doug Dix mentioned to me about a year ago when chatting at a reptile show that the species more closely related (Malis, Nigers (Saharans), and Moroccans) can usually co-exist.

So take what you will from this.
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Torey
Salem, Oregon, USA
1.1 Uromastyx Geyri (Joe and Arthur)
2.0.1 Uromastyx Dispar Maliensis (Tank, Turtle, and new neighbor Spike)
1.2 Anolis Carolinensis (Bowser, Leeloo, and Sprocket)
1.1 African Dwarf Frogs (Bruce and Sheila)
1.0 Betta Splendens (Mr. Miagi)
1.1 Felis Domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)
And several miscellaneous community fish

nb
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Michelle Bowles
Safehavenpets
Northern Virginia

2.3.0 Bearded dragon(reggie) A rescue
2.1.0 Iguanas(Miss T,Kupa,tiny) All rescues
0.0.4 rosey red corn snake(sam and 3 unnamed babies)
0.1.0 emerald swift(grettel)
0.0.1 red ear slider(fred) A rescue
1.0.0 nigerian uromastyx (Ivan) a rescue
1.0.0 veild chameleon (marty) a rescue
2.1.0 kids (kimberly,bradley,richard
and a husband

We have a Mali female and a Saharan(Niger)male that we introduced to a new cage at the same time.After a few minutes of getiing to know each other and the new environment they have been almost inseperable for the last month.They sleep together they bask together.We have been watching for signs of biting on there sides or feeding problems but there havent been any.We also talked with Deer Fern Farms and they said that different species get along better sometimes.Putting them into the new environment at the same time is a plus as well.