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Lizards
Topic Started: Jul 10 2014, 09:40 AM (1,380 Views)
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When I return from my vacation in California, I'm getting a baby leopard gecko from the breeder who bought my previous carrot-tail female. But I might get another lizard specie too (That will go in another vivarium),so I'm looking for suggestions.
Thanks

EDIT: I'm thinking just a fat-tail or two, but something more exotic may be better (YES, I AM EXPERIENCED, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING)
Edited by Viggen, Jul 10 2014, 09:45 AM.
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

so arboreal lizards then?
or something more akin to leopard geckos?
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I'm going to suggest something similar to Leopard Geckos, but are more "exotic".

I suggest either a Frog-eye Gecko of some sort or Knob-tail Geckos.
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I've seen knob-tailed geckos before, they look like miniature baby alligators (not that that's a bad thing xD )

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I think just ground-dwelling lizards
Edited by Viggen, Jul 10 2014, 10:11 AM.
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If you have a properly sized cage, and are able to pay for the food and heating, then you could consider an Australian spiny tail dwarf monitor lizard, or as most people call them, Ackies.

They are quite small, for a monitor lizard at least, reaching a meter max, though most of that is tail. As adults, they feed of grasshoppers, crickets, beef, eggs, and other such things. They require a decently large terrarium, as they are highly active, and should probably also be held quite a lot, if you want to avoid them being aggressive, for while they, like most animals, would rather flee, the bite of a monitor, even a small one, hurts.

If you do take them out though, they can become very nice and docile, and make excellent pets.
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the claws are nearly as bad as the bite, trust me I know from experience xD
same goes for iguanas
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Yeah, that is true, in fact, they are probably worse. Thing with the claws is, they are not really its weapon.

The claw marks I have are from me constantly forgetting to put long sleeved shirts on before trying to take him out.
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But whenever my leopard gecko bit me (she got really aggressive for a few months, idk why) I freaked out, so anything that bites hard, especially w/ teeth, are not for me xD
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I could link you to a good website if you like. ;)
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Jul 10 2014, 06:01 PM
But whenever my leopard gecko bit me (she got really aggressive for a few months, idk why) I freaked out, so anything that bites hard, especially w/ teeth, are not for me xD
chuckwalla is what you want if you want a relatively large lizard you can interact with that doesn't bite hard
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Jul 10 2014, 06:31 PM
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Jul 10 2014, 06:01 PM
But whenever my leopard gecko bit me (she got really aggressive for a few months, idk why) I freaked out, so anything that bites hard, especially w/ teeth, are not for me xD
chuckwalla is what you want if you want a relatively large lizard you can interact with that doesn't bite hard
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While they are a great species to work with, they are often wild caught, so I'd rather suggest a Uromastyx. "But what about that spiky tail?" you may ask, well, I suggest the Ornate Uromasyx, it's known to be the most "tame", it is popular and often captive bred, and it happens to be one of the most attractive of it's genus.

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thats true, I hadn't thought of that
with some species you have to be really careful where its coming from
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Keep in mind, as a rule of thumb, if it has teeth, it can bite. I am not saying it WILL bite, though the first couple times you get near it you are certainly at risk, but there is no lizard ive heard of that has never been known to bite people.

Really, just get whatever you think you can take care of, but do research it well.
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Jul 11 2014, 01:01 AM
Keep in mind, as a rule of thumb, if it has teeth, it can bite. I am not saying it WILL bite, though the first couple times you get near it you are certainly at risk, but there is no lizard ive heard of that has never been known to bite people.

Really, just get whatever you think you can take care of, but do research it well.
Well, as I discovered with my gecko, it will bite if it's scared or annoyed enough, regardless of how many teeth it has, and I'm also just looking for small lizards, such as ground-dwelling geckos. And, what was that website mentioned?
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What is a "small" lizard?

Are we speaking leopard gecko small?

Bearded dragon small?

Ackie small?


Again, I will always recommend bearded dragons and monitor lizards, though monitors are definitely a bit trickier.
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