what is some cool ideas of stuff to put in my uromastyx lizard cage?

Question

i have a 4 foot long and 2 foot wide cage and my uromastyx is about 8 inches long and a year old. i got him about 2 weeks ago. he is an egyptian so he will get 2-3 feet long....please help

Answer 1

This is sort of hard to explain but, take some 2x2 boards and cut them about 1.5 feet long. then take some thin wood, like paneling, cut it into pieces about 1.5x1.5 feet or 1.5x1 foot and screw them to the 2x2's. Then sort of toss them inside one end of the enclosure so they sort of overlap each other.

It is makes a sort of rock crevice type of area that they are used to in the wild. They love crawling all over inside and over them.

They have a picture of it on proexotics.com you just have to do a little looking to see what it looks like and get a better idea of what I am trying to explain.

I have also seen some really neat slate that was placed strategically in an enclosure. I personally do not use any plants, they just dig them up and walk all over them and tear them up.

-Good luck.

Answer 2

I often find that the fish section of a well stocked store is great for finding interesting and decorative rock and wood. There is an African wood called mopani that looks great, like an old gnarled root. A word of caution when you are decorating with rocks or anything heavy in the cage of burrowing reptiles like a uro. Put the item directly on the bottom of the cage floor without any substrate first and then fill in the substrate around it. Don't put it on top of the substrate. This will prevent the item from injuring or crushing your uro if he should try burrowing under it.

Answer 3

Butter and maple syrup, purely like it exhibits on the bottle. I easily have been procuring those in the plastic jug which you purely upload water. I many times get them out, i consume breakfast out approximately 4 or 5 circumstances a week.

Answer 4

put some logs and dirt in there.. if i don't recall they are from sandy areas.. he will need things to climb onto... they do not just sit on the ground... how about some cool rocks to perch on.. if you find rocks outside rinse them off so no outside bugs harm him... good luck... make sure you have proper lighting as well...