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im a dragon owner and i came across uros while lookin up dragons and i was very interested. id like to know if their are very different needs of the two lizadrds. i kknow they both need the same size cage and are both desert lizards.i would like to get a uromastyx but would it be aggresive towards a dragon?
thanks for any help.

it is strongly recommended not to put a uro and a beardie together. there are lots of posts about this but to sum up the posts, as i remember them:
1. a uro's tail can be pretty painful, and their bite also, a beardie could get really hurt if a uro decided to turn on it
2. beardies and uros come from different parts of the world and need different fauna in their guts, the fauna of a uro could be harmful to the health of a beardie and vice versa
3. their needs are similar but not exact. i don't own beardies but i think the uros need higher temps and uros don't need much, if any, cricket or bug matter in their diets

i hope that helps you out. uros are great but it is best if they live with another uro or alone.
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vonnie
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Another thing, people think beardies are desert dwellers..... but infact they prefer semi-arid to arid WOODLAND habitats. Such as the Australian Outback

They spend time on the ground and in bushes, and trees, their temps are about 90- 100 for basking,

* uro's need temps of 110 - 120 and have a heck of a bite if they clamp down on another lizard.

They are both COOL lizards , but I agree not to live together. When my beardie was alive he did roam sometimes with his uro friends on the floor, with me there, and took warm baths in the tub with them too but always supervised, and each had their own enclosure.
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