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I havent been in this argument before but i do wish to settle it. Uros can take basking temps off 120-140. Beardies only about 105.(my gurl prefers 102)usually anything above that can cause stress and neuro disorders. Yes u can make different levels of basking but then the ambient temps are to high for the bearded.Again uros dont have that tail for decoration.(ive startled my mali and even though stunnted he wacked the $!?# out of my hand. Also from what ive heard malis have very powerful jaws. Another thing is u have obvious dietary discretions as one has about half its diet as protien/insect matter and the other only around 5% of the diet if that on a weekly basis. Also my mali loves peas and birdseed while my beardie wont touch anything but collard and other greens no veggies or fruits. Personally i think both species should have atleast 50 gal to themselves if not more, so this would mean anywere from a 90-120 gal tank also to get the right temp gradient.Yes in most cases they arent aggressive but also considering they have two oceans between them(pacific and indian)with the fact they are from different continents.U can do what u want but respect the fact that ur animals probably would prefer to have there own space and im sure they dont mind being alone. REPLY. I dare u.
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0.1.0. Green Iguana (Ziggy)
0.1.0. Bearded Dragon (Dina)aka Ms.Piggy
1.0.0. Mali Uromastyx (unnamed)(rescue)
1.0.0. Crested Gecko (Ilik)
1.0.0. Leopard Gecko (Kirby)
1.0.0. Veiled Chameleon (Diablo)
0.0.1. Eastern Painted Turtle (Piccasso)
0.0.1. Common Snapping Turtle (Spike)
0.0.1. Red Eared Slider (Yoda)(rescue)
0.1.0. Amel Corn Snake (Lattice)
0.0.1. Pixie Frog (Tank)
1.0.0. Chinese Dwarf Hamster (unnamed)
0.0.11. Hermit Crabs (unnamed)
0.0.2. Goldfish
0.0.2. African Dwarf Frogs (unnamed)
0.0.7. Assorted Tropical Fish
0.2.0. Dogs(Brandie & Molly)
1.1.1. Birds

Good post. I think a lot of people under estimate the differences between bearded dragon care and uromastyx care. You have to compromise one for the other, and that's just not acceptable. There's a local reptile shop around here that houses uros with beardies, but more like just puts uros in with beardies. The beardie setups don't really have hiding spots, so therefore neither do the uros, so they are obviously going to be pretty stressed out. Also, like you said, the basking temps were too low for the uros, so they were fairly lethargic looking.

Not to mention parasitic problems and whatnot.

Yeah i just get tired of ppl trying to put them together. There is just to many undisputable differences in there husbasndry to try to say its acceptable. But thanks for your support and yeah i didnt get started on parasites since alot of older malis are wild caught or captive hatched. There is just so many differences...
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0.1.0. Green Iguana (Ziggy)
0.1.0. Bearded Dragon (Dina)aka Ms.Piggy
1.0.0. Mali Uromastyx (unnamed)(rescue)
1.0.0. Crested Gecko (Ilik)
1.0.0. Leopard Gecko (Kirby)
1.0.0. Veiled Chameleon (Diablo)
0.0.1. Eastern Painted Turtle (Piccasso)
0.0.1. Common Snapping Turtle (Spike)
0.0.1. Red Eared Slider (Yoda)(rescue)
0.1.0. Amel Corn Snake (Lattice)
0.0.1. Pixie Frog (Tank)
1.0.0. Chinese Dwarf Hamster (unnamed)
0.0.11. Hermit Crabs (unnamed)
0.0.2. Goldfish
0.0.2. African Dwarf Frogs (unnamed)
0.0.7. Assorted Tropical Fish
0.2.0. Dogs(Brandie & Molly)
1.1.1. Birds