StudentoftheReptile said:We're preparing to get a beardie for my son. He's not even 2 yet, but we want to introduce him to herps/wildlife early. He can't really play with the tortoises or the snake well, but beardies are about as puppy-dog tame as a reptile can get. Obviously, any interaction will be supervised and "dad" (me!) will be doing the care-taking for now, but we have a friend who got a beardie for their 2-yr old girl and that lizard and child are nearly inseparable, not to mention the girl has a great appreciation and respect for all living things, the same mentality we want to instill in our boys.
Of course, although working with herps for 20 yrs, I'm kind of a newb to beardies myself and still setting up the habitat!
Tom said:Beardies are GREAT, but they have two drawbacks. They stink to high heaven, and you have to mess with bugs for them to eat. They also definitely are on the high end of the spectrum for needing UV if they are indoors. They will definitely get MBD if you don't meet their needs.
Have you considered a Blue tongue skink? I find them to have great personalities and they are much easier to feed and house.
Just throwing that out there...
Tom said:Beardies are GREAT, but they have two drawbacks. They stink to high heaven, and you have to mess with bugs for them to eat. They also definitely are on the high end of the spectrum for needing UV if they are indoors. They will definitely get MBD if you don't meet their needs.
Have you considered a Blue tongue skink? I find them to have great personalities and they are much easier to feed and house.
Just throwing that out there...
futureleopardtortoise said:I can do crickets... I can even do mealworms, but I can NOT do roaches, yucky
Tom said:Beardies are GREAT, but they have two drawbacks. They stink to high heaven, and you have to mess with bugs for them to eat. They also definitely are on the high end of the spectrum for needing UV if they are indoors. They will definitely get MBD if you don't meet their needs.
Have you considered a Blue tongue skink? I find them to have great personalities and they are much easier to feed and house.
Just throwing that out there...