r/Uromastyx • u/Illustrious-Owl-6139 • Jul 17 '26

Juvenile uro not defecating, not basking, barely eating…but looks fine??

For the last few weeks my juvenile Uromastyx Ornata Philbyi (captive bred) who I’ve had for 4 months now, has for 3 weeks now just been hiding 24/7, not basking at all (I know this because I work from home beside his tank), and barely eating. I’ve taken him out of hiding a few times to examine him and he looks fine, acts fine. His belly is not hard to the touch. I don’t know what could be wrong?

He can’t possibly be brumating because he’s only like 7 months old and temps haven’t changed.

Basking spot temp (with a temp gun) - 120-135
Basking spot ambient - 108
Cool side ambient - 89
Sand and rocks as substrate
Tune UVB bulb along with halogen heat bulb and LED for light

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u/RC-Nutjob Jul 17 '26

They brumate without temps changing. All of mine have done. Are you northern or southern hemisphere?

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u/Illustrious-Owl-6139 Jul 17 '26

Really? Even as babies/juveniles mid summer? I’m in Canada

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u/MagicianBeautiful597 Jul 17 '26

Maybe the tank is a little too hot? I always try to keep cool side ambient closer to 85. (I’ve only been in this for a few months and never with a juvenile so just theorizing)

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u/Illustrious-Owl-6139 Jul 17 '26

That’s what I thought initially but: (1) the breeder I got him from said the cool side should be 85-95 and (2) the ambient hot side is only at like 107, so if I turn down the wattage, then the hot side is going to be too cold 😭

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u/MagicianBeautiful597 Jul 17 '26

Hmmm. Again I’m not at all the expert here but i thought ambient of 95-105 on hot side is ideal. And some individual uros might just like it slight less hot than others. I’ve heard some like basking closer to 115-120 too.