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View Poll Results: Which should I get?

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  • Bearded dragon

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  • Leopard gecko

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    I vote frilled dragon
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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    I don't really know anything about them at all. This will be my first lizard/gecko so I'm not looking for anything terribly 'exotic'. Though I will do a bit of research on them to see
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    It all depends on your expectations and ability to provide proper husbandry for each different species.

    The first thing you should do is know all the care requirements for each species that will help you narrow it down, from caging to feeding they all have very different care.
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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    Reading care sheets and guides for each has helped I've decided on a Crestie because of their easy care. My house falls in their temp range and I love that I wouldn't need a heat source.

    Now I just have to figure out what type of tank I'm going to go with and work on getting everything set up
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    Keep us posted how things go. I ended up with a snake because lizards required to much daily work, insects etc. Seemed like you couldn't go away for a weekend without them dying. But since seeing cresties I've got a slight itch in the back of my mind. Which only got worse when I went to a reptile show and saw some in person. The no heat source, not huge cages, plus not insect dependent has me thinking maybe one day.
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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    Quote Originally Posted by trailblazer295 View Post
    Keep us posted how things go. I ended up with a snake because lizards required to much daily work, insects etc. Seemed like you couldn't go away for a weekend without them dying. But since seeing cresties I've got a slight itch in the back of my mind. Which only got worse when I went to a reptile show and saw some in person. The no heat source, not huge cages, plus not insect dependent has me thinking maybe one day.
    Those are exactly the reasons I'm looking at Cresties!! I've decided to go with them... Now I'm just working out the details.

    As far as care, I always check in on my two bp's daily and fix their paper towels (they are forever crumpling them!) and clean daily. My male is a poop-machine, so... I'm used to the upkeep haha.

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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    That's awesome you decided to go with cresties. We keep ours in a living vivarium and it's more or less independent. Here's a pic

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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    Quote Originally Posted by That_One_New_Guy View Post
    That's awesome you decided to go with cresties. We keep ours in a living vivarium and it's more or less independent. Here's a pic
    That's really cool!! Man, I love that. I think I'm going to go with a tub for now, though. Just until I get a better job and can invest in a nice tank.

    How many do you keep in there? I really wanted a male/female pair or male/female/female trio but I'm finding such conflicting info. I actually posted a new thread on it haha. I'm hoping to find the right info. Some sites say to keep all cresties separate until you want to breed them and some say they can just live together in a big enough enclosure =\

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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    I've heard you can keep them together. But we just have the one living in that. We are building another viv for another crestie.

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    Re: Help me decide what lizard/gecko to get!!

    Quote Originally Posted by hazzaram View Post
    Those are exactly the reasons I'm looking at Cresties!! I've decided to go with them... Now I'm just working out the details.

    As far as care, I always check in on my two bp's daily and fix their paper towels (they are forever crumpling them!) and clean daily. My male is a poop-machine, so... I'm used to the upkeep haha.
    I work to much for such constant attention and my hours are all over the map. Could be home at 2pm or 2am from work and everything in between. I keep my BP on cocohusk to maintain the humidity. I prefer natural looking setups as well but that's a personal preference.

    Quote Originally Posted by hazzaram View Post
    That's really cool!! Man, I love that. I think I'm going to go with a tub for now, though. Just until I get a better job and can invest in a nice tank.

    How many do you keep in there? I really wanted a male/female pair or male/female/female trio but I'm finding such conflicting info. I actually posted a new thread on it haha. I'm hoping to find the right info. Some sites say to keep all cresties separate until you want to breed them and some say they can just live together in a big enough enclosure =\
    I've read various care sheets that state if you have multiple females or 1 male and a few females you're okay. But I've read conflicting care info in other aspects as well so I'd ask experienced owners about some of those details. One big no no is more then 1 male as they will fight. Personally if I could a nice natural setup with a few females would be awesome.
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