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Anybody else keep these?
There doing great for me.

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1.2 Bearded Dragons
1.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.0 Agrentine Blk & Wht Tegu
0.2 Leopard Geckos
0.1 Desert Iguana
1.1 Granite Spiny Lizards
1.1 Rosy Boas
0.1 Western Hognose

I have had them in the past, If set up properly they can be easy to keep. Otherwise in my experience they wither away and eventually die. I set them up like a desert spiny. 100 degrees at the basking spot, and somewhere in the eighties at the other end. I used a vita light on one end, wich never gets shut off until the cool down period. And I used a 100 watt basking bulb on the other end wich is the basking spot. That bulb was turned off every nite when I went to bed. And turned on in the morning. For subtrate I used to get sandy soil from the back yard and put it in a large pot and bake it in the oven to kill off anything in the soil. They love slabs of granite, stacked so they could hide in the cracks. I put in a tumble weed under the vita light side wich went all the way to the top and allowed them to climb right up under the vita light. After I did this there colors got intence. If you have anymore questions about them post here or email me at mtnsnakeman@excite.com. Can you get any more? I am looking to start a breeding program, so more of these gems will be available for others to enjoy. I am looking for 2.4. Or would you sell yours?

funny you should mention these,

I just caught a female to round out our trio. 1:2 right now. The females are very flighty, while the male is eating waxworms and crickets with fervor! I am eventually going to build a pen outside for them and some Chuckwallas. Just for fun, do orcutti cross breed with magister at all? Thanks!

-Phil

Thats cool. Ive had these for about 1 year now and I think they are really cool. Mine are doing good on crickets, roaches, and a variety of worms. It was so funny the other day. I had my desert iguana in with the spineys and the male spiney saw the iguana eating some veggies so he went over and started eating them also. Lol. So now i feed him veggies every once in a while. The male is trying to mate right now so im hoping for some eggs soon. Im also going to build an outside enclosure for my spineys and hopefully some chucks that i want to get. By the way, what area did youre spineys come from? Just curious. Mine came from Menefee California, near Temecula. And about the crossbreeding question, i dont know. Maybe someone else could answer that?
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1.2 Bearded Dragons
1.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.0 Agrentine Blk & Wht Tegu
0.2 Leopard Geckos
0.1 Desert Iguana
1.1 Granite Spiny Lizards
1.1 Rosy Boas
0.1 Western Hognose

Most of my Granites came from Lake Elsinore area. I saw a picture of a female on the net and I had to have some. I will try to atach a pic of that one I saw. As for crossing spinys, most spinys will cross out in captivity. I dont know of any wild crosses. The only cross I have seen personally is a Crevice spiny crossed with a Yellow backed spiny. I dont think crossing them is a good idea. But accidents do happen. I want some for my breeding program, can anyone help me get some?

Hey there,

My trio all came from the riverside area right off the 60 E.
Near the Box Springs area. The place is crawling with them, and my newest female actually had what appeared to be a balloon ring around her neck, so her capture was relatively simple. The other two were grabbed by what i can only describe as Bruce Lee tactics. My buddy was faster than they were....hah. Anyway,hope that helps. Your female has a much more colorful pattern than mine. My females aren't as yellow. Anyway talk to you guys soon.

-Phil

hey mtnsnakeman. I sent you an email.
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1.2 Bearded Dragons
1.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.0 Agrentine Blk & Wht Tegu
0.2 Leopard Geckos
0.1 Desert Iguana
1.1 Granite Spiny Lizards
1.1 Rosy Boas
0.1 Western Hognose

I just checked my e-mails and I have not yet recieved one today. yet!

I have a male and three femals. wo are gravid, I just put in a nest box, hopefully they will use it.
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Initially I would use bed-a-beast, take a block of this stuff and put it in a bucket or pot fill the pot with hot water and let the bed-a-beast soak up the water until its all broken up. Take the bed-a-beast in your hand and ring it out until no more water can be squeezed out. Add that to the deli tray (6" size) until you fill it up to 3/4 full. Cut a hole in the lid about fifty cent piece size, but cut the hole to the very edge so its easy to climb into. Just below the hole make sure there is a nice size divit for your female to climb in easy. I put my female in the container and put the lid on, this make the females climb out on there own, that way they know where the lay box is. Check the lay box every day maybe more often if you see her inside it( dont bother her if she is inside it). Once you have discovered that she has layed dont panic. The eggs will be fine for a day or so if your not ready for this part. Take a separate deli cup the 4" across ones, take a carpenter nail heat up the tip of the nail with a lighter and use it to poke 4 or 5 small holes from somewhere between the center to the top around the sides of the deli cup. Put the same mix of bed-a-beast squeezed out into the second deli cup until its almost full. As you find the eggs in the lay box gently remove the bed-a-beast off the top of the eggs one at a time.Take your index finger and make a divit in the bed-a-beast and place the egg same side up as you found it in the divit. Cover the eggs with the bed-a-beast untill you can just barely see the eggs. Place the lid on after your done and write the date on the top. Do you have a reptile room that stays in the constant 80 - 85 degrees? or a cage that is thermostatically controled? Place it in there and forget about it. They will hatch in 60 to 75 days after they were layed. If they dont hatch by 90 day I throw them out. I will always keep the lay box in the cage just in case she double clutches. I forgot this is important with spinys make sure the lay box is sunken into the soil so she can climb in with ease if its difficult to lay in the box they wont! They will end up laying in the water bowl. Here are some pics of the lay box.

Hope this helps,
Gary C.

Hey Lou!

How did the Uma situation turn out? Bad news on my end man. I'll write you about it soon. Talk to you later.

-Phil