Uromastyx Lizards

Series Summary

The Uromastyx lizard are members of the reptile family of animals better known as the Spiny-tailed lizard. These herbivorous lizards can range in size from 14 inches to more than 36 inches and are usually found in North Africa, the Middle East and into India, where they are frequently sold in produce markets and eaten. The popularity of the Uromastyx as a pet has increased slightly in the recent past due to an increase in the knowledge of how to successfully care for this relatively tame exotic pet.

In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to care for the Uromastyx lizard. If this lizard seems like the exotic animal you have been searching for, let our expert show you how to create the best habitat, heat and cool the living area of the lizard and create a healthy diet. You will also learn how to get rid of pests on the Uromastyx, how to add supplements to the diet and how to handle this lizard as a pet.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nichole. I'm here to tell you about your Uromastyx. Even though the Uromastyx is one of the harder lizards to keep. He's one of my favorites; this one is actually a female and she has a lot of personality. They are fun, they like to be held, they got very expressive eyes, they share a lot of expressions with you and they like to be hand fed. They are definitely fun to hold, fun to play with and just over all one of the fun lizards in my collection. This one here, she's a female and one of her favorite things is to sit in my husbands lap and eat her meal worms, it's one of her favorites. Most adults Uromastyx don't prefer insects but Uromastyx here really seems to like her meal worms. She is still offered her daily diet though of vegetables."