I've always loved snakes, but to be honest I've never really been interested in lizards as pets. Having said that, I have a friend that keeps bearded dragons and leopard geckos. She has quite a few, and she's always told me how tame they are, and the other day I went over and she had a bearded dragon out cleaning it's enclosure, and it could just as well have been a cat!!

It was on her shoulder, then on her arm, then on a desk, but it wasn't running all over the show like I thought it would, it was actually totally tame? She says it's like that all the time! Now I know that if you tried to put a snake on a table whilst you cleaned out it's house, it'd be gone in a flash, but this dragon seemed like escape was the last thing on it's mind. She even has a harness for it so that she can take it. Apparently it's gone to the shops with her on several occasions, and instead of the owner/manager chasing her out with a reptile, it rides on her shoulder and get's given fruit and veg!!!

Are all bearded dragons so tame, or is it the luck of the draw? I really know nothing about keeping lizards other than they need special care that snakes don't....