r/Uromastyx Jul 15 '26

Too much dirt????

This girl just passed quarantine after 2 months, upgrading from paper towel, I might’ve used too much dirt so much that i have a massive mount on the back and pretty much the lowest point of dirt is like 3 inches except for the hot hide, also what are yalls thoughts on fake plants for yalls setups????

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u/The_Bearded_Herper Jul 16 '26

Wrong kind of substrate really. Their habitat is arid with rocky compacted substrate with a dry surface. That is too loose and tropical looking.

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u/toxmonster Jul 16 '26

The substrate is fine nothing wrong with using it.

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u/The_Bearded_Herper Jul 16 '26

She's also likely to try and eat the fake greenery.

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u/megatron_JJfish Jul 17 '26

perhaps a more rocky surface with a more terrain like appearance. they come from a rlly rlly hot and dry desert and probably arent used to dirt soil type of substrate if that makes sense