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#2087863
Chilly29
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Captive bred or wild caught ? 
i went to a reptile shop today and inquired about Egyptian uromastyx, and was told that they dont have them often but can get them in around june jully time as they are seasonal,? they said they would prob be wild caught , would like to now what the view is on this, is it the norm? are they harder to tame when from the wild, can they have parasites? . thanx
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10/23/09 10:09am
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#2087885
Keejane
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Message To: Chilly29 In reference to Message Id: 2087863
Captive bred or wild caught ?
My lil guy is a wild caught, he has has mites, which, apparently is a common occurrence in wild caughts! He is also a tad underweight..... If i could go back i would try and get myself a locally bred one, s you have someone to go back to incase he turns out to have serious problems!!
Xx
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10/23/09 11:55am
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#2087890
Jbreddawg
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Message To: Chilly29 In reference to Message Id: 2087863
Captive bred or wild caught ?
Read through this and you decide.
Wildcaught
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10/23/09 12:05pm
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#2087893
Mbwrink
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Message To: Chilly29 In reference to Message Id: 2087863
Captive bred or wild caught ?
Any captive bred animal is preferable to a wild caught animal. A wild caught animal will often be infested with external and internal parasites which in captivity will make it unhealthy and less likely to acclimate. A wild caught animal is harder to acclimate to captivity and some will never acclimate causing them to be under constant stress and refusing to feed and becoming dehydrated. It takes a rather more experienced reptile keeper to have more than a 50-50 chance in seeing the animal through the acclimation period which may last as long as 3-6 months. Right now of the three most active breeders Urotopia(Lindsay Pike) and Hacienda Anura(Noel Alt) only have Malis, Saharan/Nigerian, and Ornates. The other Deer Fern Farms(Douglass Dix) has Malis,Ornates, Saharan/Nigerian, and Moroccans definitely, I can’t remember if he said he had any Egyptians I don’t have the email from last month but you can try emailing him to find out. There is and add from an owner not a breeder on Kingsnake in Philadelphia named Kathy who has two for sale but the add gives the impression she wants to sell both simultaneously.
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10/23/09 12:11pm
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#2087964
Chilly29
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Message To: Mbwrink In reference to Message Id: 2087893
Captive bred or wild caught ?
i was writ to be suspicious. there not really a decision to make is there !. i did question it when they said WC, and they said that Egyptians are not that common CB as they are difficult to breed, i can see that most the people on this forum are from the us, im living in the uk and am now going to look for a breeder as i am not planing to get any thing till next year i have got plenty of time to look
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10/23/09 04:04pm
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#2087982
URO LOVER
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Message To: Chilly29 In reference to Message Id: 2087964
Captive bred or wild caught ?
they are CB all over europe...
and dont get WC
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10/23/09 05:16pm
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