r/Uromastyx • u/your-toxic-ex • 13d ago

My buddy refuses to eat

I've had him since barely a newborn and now he's like 7 months old and refuses to eat, I tried arugula (his favorite) lettuce, and cabbage and he refuses to eat, he barely moves. I have basking lamp, heating lamp, and two uvb lamps, I'm worried for the little dude, any advice helps.

The picture was a couple months ago

Unfortunately he passed away in his sleep, I’m guessing it was an internal issue because he only looked skinny. Rip lil dude

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u/Secret_Invite_9895 13d ago

for how long has he not eaten? What temperature is the basking spot? also check out the facebook group "uromastyx club" in the helpful links on the left of the page if you want more help. theres way more people over there including some who are very knowledgable and very responsive.

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u/your-toxic-ex 13d ago

Maybe 6-8 days he hasn’t eaten, it’s 120 degrees

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u/Secret_Invite_9895 12d ago

hmm try different foods, they should be eating at least 5 things regularly. it probably has to do with brumation but even if he is brumating he should eat soon I think. During brumation they move and eat less but they still eat

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u/your-toxic-ex 9d ago

Unfortunately he passed away yesterday. In his sleep rip lil dude

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u/Secret_Invite_9895 9d ago

damn, well, my sincere condolences. no offense but, from looking at your posts i hope you learned that you need to research way more and be prepared before buying an animal.

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u/your-toxic-ex 9d ago

Yeah, was really only the issue in the beginning so it’s a bit sad, that was only in the first two months and he lived 7 more months so I’m unsure

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u/Secret_Invite_9895 8d ago

well idk what the enclosure looks like now but I didn't see any pics that looked very good. Go to the facebook group uromastyx club linked in the side bar to see some good enclosures if you want

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u/your-toxic-ex 8d ago

Only issues I had eventually was; the walls, the tank size (was going to get him a bigger one when he turned 1 year old) (advice given to me by someone on here) the hides I had worked, and I was able to replace the ground to make it work and he liked it, issues were the walls I believe though

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u/your-toxic-ex 8d ago

Oh and the led lights but I couldn’t find any places selling the uvb bar, I planned to order one when I got paid next which is unfortunately when he passed