I have had a bearded in the house since around x-mas. They are awesome, they do however require more work than a snake and lighting... they do interact with you a bit. In fact, mine likes to watch my fish cruise around thier tank. He will sit for hours just watching. He also seems to enjoy being out of his cage with myself or my hubby. I dont allow Oscar free roam in the house because it is just too dangerous in this house to be doing that, but I knwo ppl that do and have with no problems ever.

My bearded eats lots of different greens and crickets that are ALWAYS dusted with calcium suppliment. I also use another suppliment, have been for a few months now, it is called Solor Drops "Liquid UVB" It is a pure vitamin D3 suppliment made by T-Rex. It is made for diurnal reptiles. I give 1 drop per week per animal regardless of size. (Per instructions). I give this as an added suppliment because I do not trust the bulbs to deliver all the UVB they need and with winter, there has been no way to take my diurnal lizards outside. When I did stop the suppliment for 2 weeks, to see if I noticed any difference, I did notice that both of my lizards that get this stuff did act somewhat more sluggish than usual, and thier appetite was a bit less too. Once started again, they both picked right up. The choice to use suppliments such as this is merely that- a choice not a neccessity.