From what I read in the openning post of this thread, it sounds like you will definitely want to go with a Bearded Dragon. They are very personable and very active reptiles...mine wakes me up each and every morning scratching at his glass. Note: this can be real annoying at times, especially at 7am. I then let him out of his tank and give him a salad, which he prefers to eat outside of his tank (i put him back in right after so he can bask in order to properly digest).

You can keep 1 adult bearded dragon in a 40 Gallon Breeder tank. I recommend this over a 55 gal because the 40 breeder is much wider, 18 inches (as opposed to 12" on the 55 i believe. I've seen adult beardeds with kinks in their tails because of constantly hitting the front rear glass as they turn around and move about the 55 gallon tank. 40 Breeders are 36" long, so a 100watt basking spot bulb at the warm end should keep your temps around 100/80 on the hot/cool ends of the tank.

A pair of Dragons (male/female, or female/female cominations only) can be kept in a 75 gallon minimum. These tanks, however, are a little more challenging to properly heat.

This is an animal the needs daily care and cleaning. Daily spot cleaning will keep overall cage cleaning to a minimum. They need to eat every day, sometimes twice (greens in the am, bugs in the PM) and you will also have a varietly of feeder insects around at all times. With this, you need to feed and water the insects as well. I've found that buying the cricket and worm gutload is a slight waste of money, I just feed my insects the veggies that my dragon eats as well, along with whatever extra cereal or oatmeal that I happen to have on hand. Its all going to the same place I suppose.

Besides, how could you say to no this face?


Good luck, hope this helps!