How Long?

[CaptainHowdy]

Hey, i have 1.1 sub adult mali's..well, near sub adults anyway. i'd say the male is around 8 inches and the female is around 7-
anyway, for all you uro lovers, i was wondering how long it takes for the mali uromastyx to become adults/full grown?
i know i should know this, but i have found no definite time period/age...
thanks in advance! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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	1.1 One Male and One Female

[eddie]

Hey Cap!
I am guessing you mean their full 50' adult length?
They can acchieve it in about a month if you feed them properly.

(actually I have no idea, just flinging it to the top o' the pile for ya!)
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Sorry I don't know exactly how long that takes either [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] Are you looking for when they reach the adult size or more specifically when they are &quot;mature&quot; enough for breeding ?
Eddie..LMAO!
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[CaptainHowdy]

adult size Lori...and lol indeed eddie!
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[In2Geckos]

Im not sure about that but i do know they will get up to about 16 inches and can live up to 50 years [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
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[telefrag]

As with many animals, it depends on the amount and quality of food they recieve, as well as heat and lighting,
under optimal conditions, it probably takes less than 3 years.

But that all depends.
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[In2Geckos]

I met a guy today at the pet store who told me it can take up to 3 years .He had a small pair of egyptions with him that were maybe 5 inches. I thout they were babys until he informed me they were over a year old I couldnt belive it.
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In2geckos... The Egypticus is the largest of the Uro's actually also. I would think that a 5&quot; Egypticus was less than a year old myself. .. considering I have had Mali's that are more than 5&quot; under such age myself and they are not the largest like the Egypticus'.
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[awhitaker]

I have an Egyptian that's about 7 years old or so and he is about 20&quot; long. I finally built him a bigger cage (4'x2') and expect him to grow into it. I've seen Egyptians that are 28&quot;, so I think it all depends on their diet, their size cage, and the right lighting. It took me a couple years to figure out the ideal temp and diet (back then there wasn't too much info and I was ignorant) but now I've got him in a good enlosure with good heat and he is healthy and loves to eat. He comes running to his cage door when I feed him and devours his greens. And he doesn't sleep all day like he used to when I didn't have the heat adjusted right. I still think Uro's are still not completely understood, especially how long they live in captivity. But we shall all find out.
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Seeing as they are actually a &quot;newly kept&quot; ss I would have to agree with you. I have wondered on just how exactly some people make notations in relation to their life span #'s when they haven't been kept in captivity for such a length of time even myself [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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