When and what to feed

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Uromastyx need a combination of staples, rotationals and occasionals. Ensure that you are not feeding insects or other items included in the list of what not to feed. You should also not supply water to your uromastyx.

When to feed

Uromastyx should be fed in early to mid morning; ideally, the food should be fresh and waiting for them when they awake. The precise schedule will depend upon your individual uromastyx. If you are unable to feed your uromastyx in the morning, make sure you supply food as soon as you are able - for this reason, advance preparation of food is a good idea.

How to feed

Your uromastyx should be fed from a bowl at the cool end. The food should be cut or shredded into pieces (or ground, depending on the type of food); although uromastyx will chew larger pieces with their powerful cutting jaws, you should make sure that no piece is larger than the size of the uromastyx' head. Also make sure that the food bowl and any additional seed bowls are located where the lizard cannot easily kick sand into the bowl, or drag the salad onto a sandy substrate where sand will stick to it, causing a risk of impaction.

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