Bearded Dragons.

why dont u loock at something like a crested ghecko, they can live in smaller terranium that can sit on stands, simmilar to a bird cage.

if u do get a beardy, find ur nearest petshop that sells them and they will see u righ, no matter whare u ask on the net peopl have so much conflicting info that it would make u scream.

local, small petshops are amazing places for help. i have a female from birth and also a male that i rescued (has one leg missing) the male wasnt eating or putting on waight, was ready to go to the vet. asked my petshop the next time i was in getting cricks, was told to worm the both of them, i did and they are both healthy.

also dont be scared that you are doing something wrong these are hardy animals. i was up all night the 1st day i got her, watching temps and making sure she didnt eat anything she didnt.
 
I would both agree, and disagree. There are a LOT of bad petshops out there and a lot of bad advice. Our first 2 were both bought from a not so local shop and 'get 2 because they get lonely'. Couldn't be more wrong tbh!

OP, Look at Leopard Geckos, nocturnal, and require nothing more than a heat mat, and a small viv. Just bought a Blazing Blizzard morph, and its currently in a small melamine top opening viv with a glass front and top, very good quality, and I intend to buy more and make a stack for them. Im looking at breeding them next year (hopefully!)

Reptiles are easy to care for, as long as you have the right equipment. Mine are all temperature controlled vivs, we do not have any with any special humidity needs (yet, croc skinks need misting at least once per day) beardies and leo's are happy with dry.

At the end of the day, remember where the animals are from, and try and replicate their natural habitat. Beardies are from the Australian Desert (Rocky desert) and like it hot!
 
Sepheh said:
After careful consideration I have decided my current flat is to small to keep one in (1 bed flat) and that it would be scared by the music I play a lot of the time or the games I play. Also with working the hours I do, sometimes getting home at 4am or sometimes starting work at 6 it's probably not fair to put a pet through that. I'll wait till I have a bigger flat with a spare room for it to stay in!
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Music doesnt bother them :p

If you dont have room for a beardie, a leopard gecko can live in a 2 foot tank :) ... and you can get plastic faunariums for about £15...i got my entire setup + the gecko for £75 from a very reputable exotics shop near us

They dont care if you are there or not either, they sleep at night :p as long as you feed them everyday at somepoint they aint fussed, just get him out to interact when you are home...mine hasnt been out for about a week as the front room is a bomb site at the minute :p

Crested geckos as mentioned above and not as easy to handle and are nocturnal and hide form the light most of the time, a leopard gecko will be out and about mroe often and can be handled very easily if that is soemthing you are after :)
 
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Mine is terribly easy going. Much, MUCH less 'skitty' than my leopard gecko was. Loud music doesn't faze mine in the slightest. I've set his light to go off at 9:30 but he usually goes to sleep at 8ish and when I get home from work at just before 9:30 and go to take the remaining crickets out he will open one eye, see that it's me and then shut it again lol

Beadies are certainly more costly to look after though. Mine used to get through 80 appropriately sized crickets a day when he was growing but has around 10 or so now-a-days.

I don't personally use a thermostat for my day heating in my tank because a 60W spot lamp directly in the mains provides the right amount of heat. I do have to use a thermostat for his ceramic heater at night so that the temperature doesn't get below 16C though. As has been said, heat mats are useless and not necessary.
 
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Dimple said:
That would be like us swallowing a football and poo'ing that out :eek:
(or perhaps even bigger).
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Yeah, it wasnt far off the size of his head when he did it, but a specialist we spoke to said he wouldnt of swallowed it if he couldnt pass it as they do it all the time in the wild. I've read about it somewhere that they sometimes do it to help with bowl movement and to clean themselves out.
 
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