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Tophat665 · 01-23-2008, 11:51 AM

Hey there folks. One of my little Girls has expressed a desire that the next Aquarium I get should have a lizard rather than more fish. Since I have 11 tanks either housing or earmarked for fish, I don't think this is an unreasonable request, and since I have been planning on setting up my livingroom so that the TV is bracketed by 4' tanks, I think one of them would be a good candidate for a lizard of some sort.

So I have done my initial reseach and found that the only pet lizard that actually enjoys being handled is the Bearded Dragon, which, being a dry climate critter would also assuage my worries about being able to hit a humidity count higher than 50% but lower than 100% in a heated enclosure.

Can you point me toward any good resources for care and feeding and housing and the like? Books, web sites, forums, that sort of thing. Can you give me any advice on them from personal experience? Would a 48x18x18 (75 gallon) tank be adequate for one of these? Two?

I hear they need to be bathed weekly. Is that true? Easy? Fun? A good bonding experience? Something a 5 or 7 year old could help with?

How well do they deal with the normal noise level of a house with kids and your standard domestic carnivores (Dog and four cats)?

Thanks in advance.

01-23-2008, 11:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Considering a Bearded Dragon or two Hey there folks. One of my little Girls has expressed a desire that the next Aquarium I get should have a lizard rather than more fish. Since I have 11 tanks either housing or earmarked for fish, I don't think this is an unreasonable request, and since I have been planning on setting up my livingroom so that the TV is bracketed by 4' tanks, I think one of them would be a good candidate for a lizard of some sort. So I have done my initial reseach and found that the only pet lizard that actually enjoys being handled is the Bearded Dragon, which, being a dry climate critter would also assuage my worries about being able to hit a humidity count higher than 50% but lower than 100% in a heated enclosure. Can you point me toward any good resources for care and feeding and housing and the like? Books, web sites, forums, that sort of thing. Can you give me any advice on them from personal experience? Would a 48x18x18 (75 gallon) tank be adequate for one of these? Two? I hear they need to be bathed weekly. Is that true? Easy? Fun? A good bonding experience? Something a 5 or 7 year old could help with? How well do they deal with the normal noise level of a house with kids and your standard domestic carnivores (Dog and four cats)? Thanks in advance. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.