Hey There...

My son and I visited the local Repticon this morning and he wanted to a lizard. Me being the 'must do research' person I am, I told him we needed to go home, sleep on it and do some research. I'm not going to buy an animal and not do right by it by not having the proper setup, etc...

So I'm wondering, which lizards might be a good starter animal for a young boy. He was looking at Leopard Geckos while I was thinking more of a Bearded Dragon. I would think a Dragon would be something we could enjoy outside of the enclosure than something more temperamental that would be jumpy or need to be more hands off.

As for enclosures, we have an empty 2 x 1 x 1 PVC enclosure w/ a heat mat, herpstat and a fluorescent light. I believe some of the lizards we looked at (Bearded Dragon, Leopard and Crested) need a special light so maybe this enclosure might not work.

Thanks