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Can Somali owners please share their Somali's weights and lengths with me please? I'm trying to compare mine, Tiki.

flbriaz,

I have a pair of macfadyeni which I purchased this past May as 'long term' captives. Judging from the fecals I saw and the battle I had to keep these two animals alive, I feel they were most likely new imports at the time I acquired them. They have improved immensely over the last several months but keep in mind these weights are based on animals which spent a large portion of this year struggling to survive and acclimate.

Male 9 inches 105 grams
Female 9.5 inches 118 grams

they are much better than mine. He is at 8 inches and about 66 grams. I am doing my best. I know he was imported, but i'm not sure whether he was captive or wild. Judging from his demeanor i'd say he is captive, but i just don't know. It's been a struggle with him, as well. My boyfriend has him at his house now because I'm beginning to feel like i give lizards bad luck. With Zazu passing away and now Tiki very skinny. He's had his fecal done and it's clean.

>>they are much better than mine. He is at 8 inches and about 66
>>grams. I am doing my best. I know he was imported, but i'm not
>>sure whether he was captive or wild. Judging from his demeanor
>>i'd say he is captive, but i just don't know.

8 inches and 66g, nothing wrong with that unless you're seeing signs of emaciation like tail-bones, muscle loss, etc. Just because it's not gettign bigger doesn't mean you're doign something wrong. I've got four males and a number of females, here are values for the "wakeable" males:

8inches, 44g (recent shed)
10inches, 117g (shedding)
10.25inches, 148g Plus another one abotu the same proportions

The first is a juvenile that I've had since early in the year. only 5g change for the entire time. Second is an LTC adult I've had for a little longer and no real change in him. Third is a pair of LARGE males (big wide heads) I picked out mid-summer when the big shipment of them hit the states. No real change in them, either.

These guys just don't get "very big" and I'm not seeing them in a hurry to grow, like my ocellated and hardwickii, unlike my geyri who have up to doubled in mass in slightly more time. Consider your critter is wild all the way, no real hope for it being a captive-anything based on their rarity to start with. As a species I find them to be very sweet and easy to deal with (socially). The youngest is the friendliest while the two largest are the most skittish but also shortest-term captives.
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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

I received my pair on May 11, 2005. The male weighed 101 grams and as of August 15, 2005, weighs 142 grams. The female weighed 75 grams and as of August 15, 2005, weighs 101 grams. I do not have their length. Both are little chubs. They were both wc. Hope this helps. The picture is from May 11.

Pam

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2.3 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado, Oro, Dora, Freckles & Amarillo)
1.1 varanus acanthurus acanthurus (Tabasco & Sprite)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba) RIP Ayana
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
1.1 u. ocellata (Zuhri & Ashai)
0.1.1 u. a. aegyptius (Zahra Urbi & Halima)
0.1 u. a. acanthinurus (Mandisa)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)