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anyone ever try housing a uro and a beardie together?

if you search beardie and uro or other forms of their names you will find many posts about it
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

It's not a good idea. Doug Dix told me that Beardies carry some kind of parasite (I believe) that can be deadly to uros. Also, uros tend to be very territorial and an adult likely wouldn't tolerate another adult lizard in the vivarium. Of course, you could probably house some chuckwallas together in a vivarium no problem. I saw this at the Woodland Park Zoo as well as at Doug's complex.

Craigo

You can run, but you can't hide... unless you're a uro

>>anyone ever try housing a uro and a beardie together?

I believe this is where my experience in beardeds and uro's comes in.

My bearded, Hades, is quite tough. Ares, my uro, is the same way.

Although Ares has a love for anything moving, like the dog for instance, Ares loves Cheeka (family dog) and he loves sitting on her fur and he gets along with my brothers uro and also when I have him out and Kalypso (my leopard gecko out) he loves her also.

Hades on the other hand couldn't give a tiny rats @$$ about anythign else besides himself. He likes being handled but doesn't really like the other animals in the house.

My suggestion: don't put them together. Sometimes when beardeds hit "puberty/sexual activeness" they get quite moody at times. They'll puff out their black beards for no reason just because they can and they might stay that way for a day or two.
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2 Mali Uromastyx-Ares & Apollo
2 Bearded Dragons- Draco & Hades
1 Saharan Uromastyx-Iris
1 Leopard Gecko-Kalypso
1 Tokay Gecko-Sid Vicious
1 Tarantula-Peter Parker
1 Amazon Red Head Parrot-Pancho
1 African Gray Parrot-Keya
1 Dog-Cheeka
3 Fish-no names
1 Beta Fish-also no name
1 Zebra Finch-Beeps