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| i love my waterdragon. but it was expencive getting a good living space set up for it
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My opinion is the Bearded Dragon!!! Hands down!
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cajungirl844 (6/23/2008)
My opinion is the Bearded Dragon!!! Hands down!
I completely agree!  They aren't as high matinance as other herps. Also, they may be a little bit expensive to start out with, but afterwards all you really have to pay for is the food, which isnt very costly depending on what you feed it. They can grow big, but will stay small if you decide to keep them in a small sized cage. They will also be tolerant of handling if you start handling them when they are young. They are just great herps! 
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All the animals running around the zoo of my home:
• One nutty, loud-mouthed anatolian shepherd mix of a dog named Irwin
• Two cats, Snickers and Barney, who do nothing but run around madly, meow 24/7 for attention, run headfirst into things and kidnap scrunches.
• My first, one, and only herp, Twitchy, a beardie, whom I dearly love.
Who says humans are superior? They're the ones messing up the world. Animals have the right idea.
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| Some good lizards to get would be: Crested Gecko, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Collared Lizard, Smooth or Rough Knob Tail Gecko, Blue Tongue Skink, Tokay Gecko, Black & White Tegu, Savannah Monitor, Bearded Dragon, Jeweled Lacerta, Long Tailed Grass Lizard, Armadillo Lizard, Green or Brown Anole. All those adapt well to captivity and are generally hardy and friendly (except for the Tokay Gecko). You could look into all those and find one you like.
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Honestly any lizard I think would be an awesome pet as long as you're willing to put forth the effort to learn everything you can about them and to give them all the care they need and deserve. The Biggest killer of these pets is ignorance. Just be careful. I've spent my life learning about all kinds of reptiles now i run a rescue cause I couldn't decide just one so education can be dangerous.....to your pocket book
***Having a pet is like having a child. You don't own them but you are responsible for loving them and caring for them for life. You can't truely own a companion.***
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They can grow big, but will stay small if you decide to keep them in a small sized cage.
What? If you get any animal you get the set-up to house the animal properly. Would you put a great dane in a chihuahuas cage and say hey this is all you can grow? Sorry, pet peeve, at work I tell people no all the time for this. NO a 5" turtle can't live in a 10 gal tank!
I say hands down a bearded dragon. For animal that makes no sound he speaks volumes at time. He lets you know what he wants to eat and when.
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| agreed^ but that can apply to fish, their growth will be stunted but they will be unhealthy and wont live to their full lifespan. but its a terrible idea and i dont want to start any arguements, i was just saying. okay, so back on topic... leos are great first lizards (they were mine) they have a great temperment if you handle them properly and they arent very demanding. i also agree with the beardies and i would get one too but i dont have any space or money for a big tank that they would need. and i would be soo intimidated but such a big lizard lol.
Leopard geckos' tails are fat so their fat doesn't go to their hips, duh!
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Crested Gecko I just got mine and he is so cool he is hands down my favorite lizard already.
"My Brother Was Swalloed Whole By A Rattlesnake"Proud owner of 12 herps including 4 snakes a toad lots of lizards and soon to be 5 more leopard geckos Moreila Matt
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Starting lizards?Hmmmm....well my first lizard was the Brown Anole and you can catch those if you live in Florida.Any anole is pretty good starter not counting the Knight Anole which will destroy your fingers and make your hand smell bad sense they will open there mouth and poop every time you pick them up sense that is their natural reaction.But,green and brown anoles are great pets and are not very demanding and need to have the cage seem arboreal too.Leopard Geckos and Bearded Dragons are good lizards too though I don't know much about them sense I don't own any.Water dragons are good starters too.Hope this helps.
----------------------------------Lizards are like icecream.They can be sweet but,will give you brain freeze with all their strange behaviors. All is fair in love and war.-William Shakespeare My Pets 0.1 Dalmation/Beagle mix:Maggie 0.1 Leopard gecko:Freckles
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you should try getting a tegu i have one and it owns i have a bearded dragon argentinine black and white tegu
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