UROMASTYX IN THE WILD! (are we keeping them correctly?)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- UROMASTYX IN THE WILD! (are we keeping them correctly?)
Uromastyx lizards are one of the best pet reptiles, and one of the most kept. But are we keeping them correctly? Come with me as I travel to their natural habitat in the Middle East to see how Uromastyx are living in the wild!
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Hey Rattlers! I want to hear from you! Leave a comment below and share your tips for keeping Uromastyx so others can learn from you as well!
We need more videos like this
I'd love to see more like this! How about one of the Indonesian and islands breeds of Blue Tongues since they're still heavily caught?
Maybe iguanas cuz everyone gets one and have no idea what to do
I was deployed to Iraq a few times from 2003-2006 and had the opportunity to observe and catch uromastyx aegyptia microlepis. They are essentially the Egyptian Uro's but bright yellow. Their range covers Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. All the areas that I found them in were sandy deserts. They dig massive burrows in the hard packed sand and if you don't catch them before they run back in their hole you will never get them.
The 110-120 basking spot would be accurate for microlepis as well and they have no problem wandering around in the hottest part of the day and they love it. For breeding I would imagine a month or so with high temps being no more than 80 should be considered. And if anyone knows who can get some microlepis here in the U.S. please let me know.
Gosh that’s even more dry and desolate than I ever knew it was!
Dāv, I can't claim for a second that I'm not jealous of your adventures. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
Maybe we'll go on one together one day
I'd like that! This was one of the coolest ones yet.
Thanks Clint!
Im subscribed to you both!!! Lol
THEY HAVE MET!? THE WORLD MAY IMPLODE!!!!! SKSKSK I LOVE YOU BOTH!!!!
Hey I’ve got a Moroccan uromastyx we watched this together
Nice!
Hello Dav! I love watching this video!
But a side note, I am from Saudi Arabia and we have plenty of Uromastyx ove here! I don't know if they are the same species over in Isreal and Egypt (ornate uromastyx) but over here they live in completely sandy deserts. Not a single rock in site! Just miles and miles of sand, and they make burrows to hide in them. Just wanted to give you some information because not all uromastyx are built the same.
Thanks for the great video again!
I’d love to make it there one day and see them.
How long do they grow in your country?
Thank you for this video! I sometimes have a hard time explaining to people the importance of a hot surface temperature for many species of lizards for basking (monitors, uros, bearded dragons, etc)...they think OMG 120 is way too hot! Yeah...maybe if your ambient or air temperatures were that high, which is what sadly so many people are measuring. Get an IR gun and see what the actual temperature is of the basking spot on the surface, it makes a world of difference. It also starts to illustrate the importance of enclosures with solid lids for many situations.
I loved this episode. Uromastyx are one of my favorite species of lizard. Really cool to see them out in the wild like that. I can't wait to see what else you find while in Isreal. Much love, support, and respect as always. Stay safe and rattle on!
Thanks and Rattle On!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! i just adopted a uro , i already knew a bunch about them but this extra info helped me a lot !
Glad the vid helped!
Uromastyx are my favorite lizards
They look like wise old lizards, with tortoise faces. What's the night time temp drop? Loved the segue.
At that time of year the night time temps were in the mid-90s
but my uromastyx is Moroccan where it be very sandy
Love this one. You were correct on me loving this one. I'm on point with my uromastyx husbandry. All smiles here
Awesome!
Awesome vid👍
If you ever have a chance you should do a similar one with Leopard Geckos.
It's on my to go list!
Would love to see that too.
That would be great so many people think these geckos live on sand when they don't
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures then you have to visit pakistan or india. because they live there.
That would be so dope! One of the most commonly domesticated pets seen as they live in the wild? Totally interesting
I bought sand for my Uromastyx enclosure. I’m fucked. is it okay if I just put like thousands of rocks on top of the sand????
Great video Dave. Would love to see a more detailed view on them by the breeders in the Us and afar. Keep up the good work.
I have that video on my list. Just looking for the right breeder
Is their natural environment necessarily ideal to copy?
As someone looking into getting an ornate uromastyx this video was just incredible! I learned so much about their habitat. Thanks for your awesome work.
Glad it could help!
Awesome show, first time watching! I love learning about the natural ecology of reptiles commonly kept in the hobby, this is great to see.
Another awesome video! I'm a snake guy but watch all your videos no matter what they are on. Can't say I do that with anyone else's videos. Keep them coming!
Thanks for being such an awesome fan!
The best pet lizard I ever had was a Chuckwalla. Or equivalent of a Uromasrix. Big desert lizards have to be smart to survive where the predators crave a big juicy meal..especially one with cool blood to slack their thirst.
Great video brother. Love these little guys. Very cool to see them in the wild. There definitely should be more vids like this. Animals should not have to adapt to captivity, they should be set up as naturally as possible.
Couldn't agree more!
Awesome video Dave! It would be awesome if someone made a video like this for ball pythons so people could see how they actually live in the wild!
Funny you should mention that :)
This is an amazing video, we need more like these to help educate people on how to better care for their pet reptiles, especially with the rising interest in "Bioactive Vivariums."
One of the best reptile videos i have seen! I will now update how I keep my uromastxy
Question...Research...Answer. Great video! That’s how you take care of your animals.
Exactly!
Thank you so much for this Dav 😄. I just got an ornate young adult male and have him on a mix of sand with rocks, branches and layered slate basking (around 125) he is going nuts as it's all new but loves his slate/brick 'triplex' and always prefers climbing over burrowing.
I thought he preferred his veggies dryer..this explains it.
I think it’s very interesting how people have so many different ideas on something as simple as their diet! Also as a side note people don’t realize there are different species of Uromastyx that have different needs. Love your content!
Agree with this about different subspecies living in different environments. Unfortunately this video seems to have glossed over that a bit, maybe even enough to be misleading.
Uromaystyx be tripping on dmt
Im thinking this is something i could add to my collection. And i absolutely adore them.
Love this keeping them correctly series
Thanks! There'll be more to come!
Hi Dav, I love your vids and I could watch it every day!!! PS- Could you post a video about garter snakes or rainbow boas maybe you know someone with a big collection of these amazing snakes? Have a nice day!! ✌️🇳🇱.
Foods I supply them dandelion greens and flowers mustard greens collared greens occasional strawberry another thing I do is I place paper towels in a clear plastic container lar lentils black beans and chick peas on the moistened paper towels then leave in a sunny window til they sprout then feed the sprouts to them
Good idea!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures get some chrystalised bee pollen in a huge sugar shaker lifted from Starbucks. Give a few granules a week they recognise the sound and will come running for it
Hey Dāv great video and super helpful! I wonder tho, I’m using a 150 w bulb and it only gets to 100 degrees And I haven’t been able to find any bulb that’s hotter. Would you know of any?
The red headed agamas in my yard climbs up the dwarf mulberry to get the berries at the ends of branches- just like that! And they’re small, flexible stems at the end. I was surprised they maneuvered it, being about 14” long.
Very informative to get a glimpse of their natural environment. Would you have made any temperature measurements at night? My experience with deserts (Egypt, South Africa, Arizona and New Mexico) is that people also underestimate how cold it actually gets.
I own a ornate uromastyx also.. my enclosure is basically like this, looks just like the grand canyon 😅 idk how they're veggie eaters only 😂 works into our fav, night time 70s is good , what i keep mines in
when I studied in yeshivah in Jerusalem I once saw a large lizard outside the yeshivah - I am pretty sure it was a uromastyx - it was kind of far away from the second floor so I wasn't sure.
Yikes! Everyone says they like it hot but dang thats smokin hot! So they clim the acacia would that then make them semi arboreal like beardies? I have no plans to get one just curious. Really cool vidoes digging these are we keeping them aegments. So informative and really crucial to keeping the hobby ever changing and as natural as possible
The Uromastyx lizard equals a very high electric bill.
Great Vid! I've been toying with getting a uro (only snakes so far) and this type of research is priceless! So from one Dav(e) K. to another, thanks!
Lol. Glad it helped
I live in San Antonio and learning as much as I can about Beardies and now Uros before I offer myself to be adopted by one. I grew up in the Florida Keys with wild/tame Igies and King snakes. My questions to you is this: If I use local ground elements (rock/sand/gavel), how would I sanitize/sterilize it? I believe in well ventilated environments, How "clever" are each as far as being escape artists (screen gauge)?
I gotta say Dav, go visit the U. a. microlepis out in the Arabian peninsula. The ones I was finding in Kuwait and Iraq were 100% digging their burrows in sand. Not all uros have the exact same habitat. Yes, many come from rocky areas but others do in fact live in/on sand.
Strange enough they eat the rocks damaging their teeth
I think Uromastyx are at the top of my wish list for when i move house and can keep pets again. I plan to purchase a pretty large vivarium (say 5' or 6' long x 2' deep x 3 or 4'' high). I think I'm gonna go bioactive with some hardy plants. As for the heating and lighting i'm going use a Zoo med Powersun mercury vapour bulb. (It should be noted that you can't use thermostats with these type of bulbs and in order to so get the temperatures right you simply lower or raise the bulb (Hence the reason i'm thinking of a tall vivarium. At night time a ceramic bulb and dimming thermostat should suffice.
Cool upload man, very informative as per usual. Keep up the good work!!!
Is a 60” x 15 x 15” ok for a Mail Uromastyx? Please let me know ASAP as I’m buying one tomorrow! Many thanks! Sammie
My uromastyx is 20 years old. I keep him in sand with lots of rocks. I'm thinking of getting rid of sand altogether after watching this episode. Thanks for the tips! My guy loves dandelions.
I would LOVE a gray/black uromastyx, naminghim or her anky. cause they are mini ankylosaurs
I got ornate uromastyx i still got since baby captive bred 2006 only paid £136 for it but now they about £350 or more buy and still not thst common in UK here. I wish biught mle too back in time breed with my female
Fascinating. Did ya go down to the water on the beach?????? What ya have for lunch??
I know this is a very old video but I just wanted to say, I’ve been to Israel many times and it’s one of my favorite places on the planet. I’d love to go back someday. I miss the food, the people and just everything tbh.
Great video. I have a Mali Uro. She's a runt, but she's grown some. I have her in a 20 gallon long tank, with 100w heat bulb. But I'm thinking it needs to be hotter, and I'm planning on lining her tank with tile.
GREAT video!
Uro substrate = rocks, tile, and slate.
I got my uro (winston) off craigslist where they had him in a 29 gal with lava rock stacked halfway up with no lighting and they were feeding him exclusively bird seen and lentils… needless to say hes better off now
I presume the Uromastyx must be a close relative of the Arizona Chuckwalla. The environment in this video is the same as the Sonoran desert in Phoenix where I used to hike and see a lot of Chuckwallas. They look very similar and have the same eating and living habits. The Chuckwallas are wary but will allow you to get close if you are slow and non-threatening. I've sat near them and watched them eat flowers close to the ground.
Very similar actually but they are not relatives at all
I have a uromastyx and his still a baby I don’t know if his a boy or girl and his name is blueberry and his sleeping right now
Apparently it’s bad for them to have sand (people swear by it..) but they live in a sandy area?
I'm keeping mine right. ;)
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I want to maintain uromastyx, but in Indonesia there are few people who sell uromastyx. for food does uromastyx eat insects other than plants?
A good video you have here. But please can you help with the name of the tree you found in the desert there??
I'm trying to write a detailed article on their diet in the wild and your video is a major source of content for me, but I wish to know what that tree is called. Thank you
Seems like this video should be way longer. Literally traveling the world.
Thank you for taking the trip out to Israel on behalf of all of us that are keeping Uromastyx as pets here in America.
I am building a large outdoor habitat for Egyptian Uromastyx and the terrain shots and descriptions you have provided are absolutely essential and I very much appreciate you for sharing. Really, this is one of the most informative videos because of the accurate documentation via video. Again, much appreciated
JUST a four hr drive? That would get me almost from Top to bottom of my Country!
Yea a desert is mainly like a dry place thats why antartica has a desert and shows they come in many forms not just sand like most people think of and your totally right
Now we know why Egyptians are bigger. More food lol.
Thanks for the video! What about the Geyri?
In Kuwait I saw them them in sand. So you tripping.
Time to get my uro some more rocks :)
The lizards may get more water and food during the short rainy season. It may not happen every year, but it does happen. Uromasticx are something like rabbits of the desert. Also, is there any reptile hobby in Israel?
There is actually. I visited a breeder while I was there and that video will be coming soon!
If you can plant a hibiscus tree in your your yard you and the uro can eat the flowers well you would like them as a tea
One day ima build a reptile enclosure like the one you posted not to long ago when its all done in maybe 5 or so years if you still doing this come visit it
Wouldn't they drink dew?
In Portugal exótico pets arent really a thing
Young tokay geckos are known to do the same as the ornate uro and koala babies
looking to get two uromastyx thanks for all to information on them.
115 degrees on thermometer* keep it at 120 lmao what?
Come to Portugal to see wild jeweled lacertas
What about the Saharan Geyri?
Hey Dāv great video and super helpful! I wonder tho, I’m using a 150 w bulb and it only gets to 100 degrees And I haven’t been able to find any bulb that’s hotter. Would you know of any?
Put 2 150w bulbs ..
Just creasy conditions they live in
No spinich no kale no broccoli it is bad for them
Uromastyx. No, Uromastyx...:-)
the things i would do to be a uromastyx
Great, great video!!!
You're such a Lucky guy
Antarctica is a desert but that doesnt have sand
This was so interesting, i need to see one in person now
Very very very helpful. Thank you！！！！！
Nice video Dav. A lot of herpers have no idea how their captive species really live in the wild. Too much sand is bad for their gut. They can't help lapping it up when feeding in sand enclosures. They ingest sand in the wild but not as much as in an all sand enclosure.
That's true. I cringe when I see uros kept on sand.
Glad to see that I’m doing something right!
I love these types of videos Dav. After you went to New Caledonia I bought some Crested and a gargoyle gecko. They are in my tarantula room. Low of 75 degrees. High is 80 and it's humid in there. They are all doing well.
That's great!
That area is absolute crap, even more harsh than were bearded dragons live. That is what hell must look like.
Yeah, it's Israel. Y'know the place that has been at war in 1948
Nice video Reptiles 🦎.
Was 6:39 a bearded dragon?
‘This was so badass man ! Good job !!
Dav, leave it to you to once again post an awesome video. There is so much to be taught when keeping these reptiles and you my friend are an excellent teacher! Rattle on...🤘
Thank you! I really appreciate that! Rattle On!
i love these type of videos. thanks!
#dedication
Thank you sir!!!
Eddie Vedder !!! Lol
Hi, Dave! Should I keep my URO on hard rock substrate or seeds. I've been told that some people keep their URO on millet seeds. What would you suggest?
I wouldn't use seeds. I'd do a two part substrate with loose (sand or something similar) on the bottom, and larger rocks on top of that.
I adopted a Moroccan Uro that was almost 7 years old and used to millet. He munches on them, also.
He has way more rocks with me than his old owner. I also take the time to hand feed some of his meal first and move slowly and calmly with him. He's so much more calm and excellent with me than the person that had him before. He's turning 10 this year. ❤ my dude!