snakes vs lizards

[Artistry Exotics]

I'll add another vote for both.

[Caskin]

The solution, OBVIOUSLY, is to pick up some cresties to add to your collection

I'm already there actually! I've got both a crestie and a gargoyle.

[RhacHead]

What kind of poll is this? You do realize this is a snake forum right? LOL my money is on the snakes....

[midtx350z]

I love both...
My roommate and I have two ball pythons and a savannah monitor.





I like the way lizards are more active throughout the day. He'll be walking around, and when we watch TV in the living room, he comes out and sits on his heat rock and watches it too.

[nixer]

i have to go with snakes, but i like lizards.
i just cant stand crickets they stink, chirp all night and they are just plain yuky!

[midtx350z]

i have to go with snakes, but i like lizards.
i just cant stand crickets they stink, chirp all night and they are just plain yuky!

We feed out lizard small mice. Crickets are just snacks for him.

[mumps]

Interesting thread.

From perusing the responses, I'm getting the impression that snake people are lazy, and lizard people hate bugs! LOL!

My first love as a kid was the boa constrictor. I will always love the snakes, and most of my collection is snakes.

But my favorite? Gotta be the large monitors and tegus. I'm not sure whether it's because they can hear you and thus make interaction more meaningful (every one of my lizards has a distinct "call" for feeding time, and they all respond accordingly), or because you can actually tell when they "like" you easier than with snakes, I don't know. I just love them.

And midtx350z, get rid of that hot rock and do some research on your V. exanthematicus.

Chris

[h00blah]

Here I was hoping I wouldn't be the only vote for lizards!

I love my snakes, yes, and they're very beautiful - but in my eyes they can't hold a candle to my Iguana. He's like a big, scaly puppy. He'll come to the door to see you if you walk by his cage, scratch to get out, lean against your hand and just go in total bliss mode if you find the right spot to rub...
Sure, he needs daily maintenance, but the interaction makes it worth it.

In contrast to snakes? The lax schedule is nice, but what do I get out of it other than eye candy and a food bill? An animal that doesn't like being interacted with, and only tolerates it. Isn't to say I don't love having them, too, they're just a different kind of fun.

this made me want to change my vote to lizards

its true. i was looking at the wrong reasons.

[Eventide]

I like both as well. If I had to pick one, though, it'd be snakes all the way. I've always been in love with snakes, and they are just as cuddly as my lizards.

However, it is nice to have a beardie snuggle up to me in the evening, sit on my shoulder/head, or do a myriad of other hilarities that beardies do.

While I have leopard geckos, I prefer fatties. They're slower, more lazy, and more calm than leos, I think.

[Mettle]

If I could only own one reptile I would pick a lizard, and in specific, a savannah monitor I think. They are my "one day when I have the proper set-up" pet that I am dreaming of.

Don't get me wrong. I love the snakes. My emerald tree boa is gourgeous, my ball pythons are a pleasure to handle, and my cornsnakes are great little garbage cans and fun to watch cruise their enclosures. And I love how low maitenance they are.

I just feel I'd really be missing something without a lizard around.