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i know this is not a uromastyx forum but its 1 in the morming and i need help and this is the most active group.

i checked on my uro spike and he looked like he had just died. but was still warm and not stiff. i rubbed him ,nothing, i soaked him in a warm bath, nothing. so i figured he must have just died but to be sure i put hm back under his heat light to wait for him to stiffin up before i burried him. well its been a few hours and he is the same way. he does not seem to be breathing and odly feels like jello. he is not stiff at all! is he dead? its 1 in the morning. i dont know what to do. is it possible that he went into hibernation? wouldnt he wake up from me rubbing and soaking him if he was? the temps have went down a little with it being cloder but not a whole lot. i dont know what to do. i love him so much.
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brandy

Uro's usually come alive quite well after being placed under a heat lamp for a while. Never owned one BUT: I used to observe great numbers of them, (ssp. Aegyptius) in the wild in Kuwait and Iraq, and it would only take them about 30-45 minutes to get warm enough to move around . . . After about an additional hour, they would start foraging around and begin eating desert plants and were very quick to dart into their holes if disturbed - even from great distances. So, I am sorry to say, but would assume that your URO is most likely dead (and since he feels soft like Jello, he must have just recently passed on)

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Even if the lizard was in burmation, it'd still be breathing. Sounds like it recently died, but I hope for your sake that I am wrong. Good luck
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