Uromastyx Food Pyramid | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Someofthebestvegetablesincludeacornsquash,butternutsquash,bellpeppers,pricklypearleafs,hibiscus,commonbuttonmushroom,okra,andpumpkin.

This is by far the most important part of a uromastyx’ diet, especially in a mature animal. Uromastyx primarily ferment their food to get maximum energy from it. Cellulose fiber is 69% digestible for a uromastyx and greens provide an excellent source (Foley et al., 1992). In addition, stomach content analysis has shown leaves to be 90.8%, 58.9% and 43.0% of total food mass in the digestive tract in spring, summer and fall, respectively (Al-Hazmi, 2001). Greens truly are the bulk of the uromastyx diet.

Greens should be feed every day. Greens generally can be divided into four categories, staple, occasional rare and never foods. To make a green an every day green, it must be rich in nutrients like calcium, low in phosphorus and low in anti-nutrients like oxalates and goitrogens. Occasional greens are rich in nutrients, but contain too high a level of oxalates or goitroge...