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I've had my Mali Uromastyx for over twoo weeks now and so far it is adjusting well to the new home. At first he was a little shy and didn't come out at all, even to bask. He was hiding under his home for over a week, then one day he was out and about and even tolerate me being near the cage. He's been eating on a regular basis now that he is acclimated. Anyway, I've been feeding her some of Melissa Kaplan's iguana salad that I feed my iguana, and so far he seems to love it. I think he likes the bright color of grated butternut squash and so far it seems to be bringing out his color. Anyway, what do guys feed your Uro? Is the iguana salad adequate for my Uro. He has everything. The protein and carbohydrate from the parsnips and butternut squash. I didn't put any alfalfa pellets and green beans in the salad, though. I find my iguana would eat less if I put the alfalfa in his salad, so I just left it out. I need to by green beans for the salad. For his greens he gets collard, mustard, escarole, dandelion green, and endive, with the occasional kale, arrugula, chards and maybe some brussel sprout.

Staple diet for Uro's should be: Escarole, endive, chickory, dandelion greens. Rotational foods can be bok choy, arugula, collard greens, shredded squash or carrots. Oh, you can also feed radicchio as well. There are plenty of other rotational foods, just do a bit of reading here and other Uro forums and you will find plenty of foods that can be fed.

I would stay away from kale, it can actually do more harm then good for a Uro. Not too sure on the brussel sprouts, I would probably avoid those as well. Also, stay away from all insects, ie crickets, worms, etc. Uro's can't handle the protein and can lead to severe health problems.

You can also feed edible flowers such as dandelion flowers or hibiscus flowers (should be pesticide free of course)

In addition to the veggies - you can crumble some Mazuri Tortoise pellets on top of the veggies.

Also, a portion of their diet can be composed of pellets and ground up 10-bean soup mix. Pretty bird finch pellets are excellent, and rep-cal iguana pellets work too. The 10-bean soup mix should have the kidney beans removed and coarsely ground in a coffee maker.

You can offer this mixture occasionally, or leave it in a shallow dish all day. I leave a shallow dish of this mixture in the tank at all times with my mali - he eats his veggies and nibbles on the seed/bean mixture as well.
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