snakes vs lizards

I love them both, for different reasons, as many have said.

I think small lizards have VERY high entertainment value--they're just tremendous fun to watch. Unlike fish, their antics will make you laugh out loud sometimes.

I had a very bad experience with a roommates iguana one time. Ed (the iguana, not the roommate) had a [I]very[I] nasty disposition. My son, however, wants a leo and the gf and I are considering "rescuing" a beardie from the local petshop. Their husbandry is pathetic.

i am still shopping for my first snake. my geckos are amusing, and very low maintenence. my beardie... im tryin to decide if the lil guy is worth all the fuss! lol just kidding but he eats like a tank, which costs alot of cash. i feed pheonix worms which arent cheap, but they actually stay alive and dont stink(like crickets)

SNAKES ARE JUST MORE INTERESTING 2 ME, THEY'RE JUST AMAZING :snake:

I have a Nile monitor, Savannah monitor and two ball pythons, but I have to say I love them equally. Snakes are beautiful, calmer, and much more low maintenance, while the monitors have much more personality, but are very high maintenance and a little goofy sometimes.

I have both. My leos and African fat tails have been with us for many years (some are nearing their teens) and we've enjoyed them immensely but when they finally cease to be, I'm not replacing them. They've got great personality, yes, but I hate buying and feeding bugs so frequently. I prefer low maintenance animals now that I've got two children of my own to look after and the snakes fit the bill perfectly.

I had a couple bearded dragons for a few years and loved em a lot. They had unique personalities, and were just a lot of fun, like scaly little dogs. But when I moved out of my mom's house I decided the maintance and caging, and all the lighting was too much to lug around all the time. I miss them, but snakes are definitely where it's at for me. I might get a crestie down the line at some point, but I have enough mouths to feed at the moment.

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Originally Posted by DarkComeSoon

i like the personality on lizards better but i like the low maintenance of a snake

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I agree :D

I must say this: I LOVE big lizards, primarily varanids. Then I fell in love with beardies. Then I took home some geckos...

But snakes were my first passion. I am much more of a snake-expert than a lizard-expert. I have more snakes than lizards. I love lizards, but I am definitely a snake girl. :D

Lizards are for the most part to high maintenance for me. I love monitors but they need so much space and many of them like it VERY hot.

Plus many lizards need UV and so much other stuff. They are cool as hell but I am just tooooo lazy.


I've always loved snakes, and even when I am cleaning cages it's never to much work. Any kind of snake to me is amazing. So I had to vote there.