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Hello,
I have read that these lizards can take a while(years?) to sexually mature. Is this information accurate? If so or not, at what size or age(approx) would a female begin nesting? My lizards are barely 8 inches now but feed to a bloat and seem to be growing rapidly. I am aware that they can triple their current length and am asking for real life experience. I work mainly with turtles, tortoises and monitor lizards and the words used to read that monitors took years to mature- this has been proven inaccurate by experienced keepers... Any information would be valuable and applied to better the lives of these family pets. Best to you and thanks in advance- Mike S

Hi Mike,
Check at kingsnake.com/uromastyxhomepage for more breeding info. I'm a longtime uro enthusiast and although I've never bred I've heard some breed as early as 18mo if I remember correctly, but they usually take about 4yrs to mature. Micro's might vary from other species. Above is DeerFarms and LindsayPike's pages. They're both experienced breeders.

Hope that helps!