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So, as some of you know i lost my yearling mali, Zazu about a month ago. Since then, I've become extremely paranoid about my somali, Tiki. Every day i worry that he isn't eating enough and isn't active enough. However, i have taken him to the vet had his fecal done again and given him dewormer as a preventative measure. So, i believe i have done what i can. Is there anything else i should look for? Has anyone else's uro ever gotten depressed when it's tank mate dies or has been removed? He just seems much less active, but it could be that I'm working more and don't see him in the day much lately.

it could also be the time of year. when the weather changes to cloudy or cold, my guys don't come out as often. i don't think helga has been out at all today. and your guy may seem like he is hiding more, but he is probably just shortening his day.
if he has seen a vet and the vet did not seem concerned, then he is probably just "slowing down" for the winter
BUT it is hard on us when one dies. walter the first died in a september and shortly after i got walter segundo. it wasn't the season for him to be as active and i was so paranoid that i got that poor guy poked and prodded for nothing. it was wintertime, he was lazy. as soon as spring hit, i had a whole new wild man on my hands
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vonnie
***The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
— Mark Russell***

Some of mine get moody or depressed when moved around or they don't get "normal" attention. My benti and macfads love interaction while my ocellatas seem to exist to watch me at work.
Then again, there are the ones that have been depressed with a set of cagemates only to become vibrant and active when moved to a different group or isolated. My vet has stressed that these are VERY much creatures of habit and you can almost set your watch to them. Change little things and it throws off their program... losing their main point of interaction is a huge alteration to a daily routine.

They also seem to get less active/eat less when they're starting to shed, which a number of mine (including a young macfad and ocellata) are doing right now.

Then there's the case of the macho hardwickii I had... he was moody/depressed/almost a runt in his original surroundings. After a relocation and new cagemates he became active, alert, and grew like a weed (but still small)... and then started picking on the bigger lizards. Banished to isolation after a few different combinations of species and gender, he's been moody again. He just got a new home today and Vonnie can tell you all about that
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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

i haven't had a chance to post about him yet! i guess i will go do that now since i can no longer concentrate on reading about US policy towards latin american leftist groups
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vonnie
***The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
— Mark Russell***

hahaha, very cool.