J has started campaigning for a pet lizard...

[fuckyourcouch]

my friend got her son a pygmy chameleon. it was the cutest fucking thing ever. her son named him taco. lolol

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Leopard geckos are cheap, easy, and can be handled as little or as much as you want. I got Skipping hooked on the idea and now she has one.

[spitforspat]

I used to have a leopard gecko. They're super easy to take care of. And a good way to teach responsibility!

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Sept 10, 2013 16:48:20 GMT -5 frkls said:

if you assholes talk me into a lizard, i'll never forgive you. i don't WANT to have mealworms in the house!!

My leopard gecko, Queen Elizabeth, eats tiny live crickets. And only a few every couple of days. You just shake a couple in.

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Sept 10, 2013 16:50:10 GMT -5 frkls said:

do you handle your geckos a lot? like, is it something that jonah could play with or will it take off as soon as its out of its tank?

i have a 20 gallon tank just chilling in the garage.

Nope, mine likes to be held. Sometimes we like to do the hand over hand thing. A 20 gallon is PLENTY big. 

[speckledfrog]

We had a bearded dragon and he was really cool. My dad made a big tank for him, larger than a regular aquarium tank and he loved it.

[fuckyourcouch]

look how cute i am, frkls! my little Y-hands are hilarious!

[MWOS]

Sept 10, 2013 16:52:40 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

look how cute i am, frkls! my little Y-hands are hilarious!

The last thing I need in my home is an animal that constantly expresses shock at my actions. I don't need that kind of judgement.

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[fuckyourcouch]

Sept 10, 2013 16:56:19 GMT -5 @otterama said:

LOL he is judging me in this picture.

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Sept 10, 2013 16:57:28 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

Sept 10, 2013 16:56:19 GMT -5 @otterama said:

LOL he is judging me in this picture.

She's just waiting to lick your nose. She loves giving your nose a little lick.

[ohiowan]

Sept 10, 2013 16:40:44 GMT -5 frkls said:

Sept 10, 2013 16:34:54 GMT -5 kooshball said:

I had lizards growing up. They are fun easy pets.

yeah, i've been look at them online.  here's the thing.  my sister had anoles and they were small and fast and wound up all over the house.  we were constantly finding them turning all dry and grey and hanging from the curtains and stuff.  if we were going to get anything, i would want it to be something slow and a little bigger.  something that can't hid under the fridge or in the toes of my shoes.  lizards like that look like they require enormous habitats and a fucking shitton of attention.  it's just not going to work for us right now.

There are lizards alllllllll over the outside of our house...and sometimes get inside the house or car.

I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU!!!  You can thank me later.

[lucky513]

get a bird

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Sept 10, 2013 17:24:09 GMT -5 frkls said:

Sept 10, 2013 16:58:31 GMT -5 @otterama said:

She's just waiting to lick your nose. She loves giving your nose a little lick.

so, i see you have the reptile carpet stuff in there instead of the sand.  is that because yours is young or because it's easier to maintain or because sand sucks? shit.  ryan and i are going to petsmart tomorrow to scope this guy out and talk to somebody who knows what's up.  jonah's birthday is in a couple weeks so i brought it up to h and he thinks it's an awesome idea (i'm still not completely sold).  he's so frustrated at the thought of buying another toy that jonah will forget about in a couple days.  he also played the "teaching him responsibility" card and assures me that he will back me up in making jonah responsible for feeding, cleaning, etc.  (uummmm....like the dog?  right.)

I use pet carpeting specifically for lizards. I have two. They come pre cut to the size of the tank. I rinse it off once a week and put in the other so the one I rinsed can dry. Simple! They will usually poop in one specific spot in their tank. No smell, no mess!

ETA: The feeding/cleaning part is GREAT for a young kid, because it's not a daily thing. A daily thing gets boring for them. Plus, he will probably enjoy shaking a couple crickets in every few days...it's fun to watch them quickly snap them up in their mouth!

[demofea01]

Leopard geckos are super easy and super calm. Sand is not necessary at all. I agree with the others who think they make a great starter reptile. Chameleons are really awesome but they can be quite delicate and are much pickier in terms of heat, humidity, cage type, ect then the leopard geckos.

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Sept 10, 2013 17:29:39 GMT -5 frkls said:

Sept 10, 2013 17:25:55 GMT -5 @otterama said:

I use pet carpeting specifically for lizards. I have two. They come pre cut to the size of the tank. I rinse it off once a week and put in the other so the one I rinsed can dry. Simple! They will usually poop in one specific spot in their tank. No smell, no mess!

ETA: The feeding/cleaning part is GREAT for a young kid, because it's not a daily thing. A daily thing gets boring for them. Plus, he will probably enjoy shaking a couple crickets in every few days...it's fun to watch them quickly snap them up in their mouth!

i'm so mad at you right now.

[demofea01]

Sept 10, 2013 17:34:34 GMT -5 frkls said:

Sept 10, 2013 17:29:37 GMT -5 demofea01 said:

Leopard geckos are super easy and super calm. Sand is not necessary at all. I agree with the others who think they make a great starter reptile. Chameleons are really awesome but they can be quite delicate and are much pickier in terms of heat, humidity, cage type, ect then the leopard geckos.

i'm mad at you, too!!!! 

You won't be when you own a pet that's so easy to care for you barely even have to think about it. Seriously. They require even less attention than fish. At least he didn't ask for a snake. Lol.

[oregonpachey]

My sister has two bearded dragons. They eat cockroaches (blech) and lots of arugula. That's all I have to add to this thread.

[Alyssa]

Sept 10, 2013 16:39:56 GMT -5 fuckyourcouch said:

my friend got her son a pygmy chameleon. it was the cutest fucking thing ever. her son named him taco. lolol

What is it with the name Taco?  My daughter named her two dolls Taco and Bagel.



....she's 3. 

[curtains]

My dd has a bearded dragon and a gecko. I love them both but I really love the gecko best. So very easy and sweet and cool. I use the carpet to because it is super easy to clean and doesn't hurt them when they eat the crickets. (Sometimes they can eat too much sand while going for the crickets)

[bonquiqui]

Get a kitten and dress it in a lizard costume and let it ride on the roomba!

[bania]

Well he COULD be asking for a pet Tarantula. So there's that...

[agnes]

You should just come to my house and get a lizard. I have plenty of them in my front and backyard.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/223916/lizards-shirt

[laddie]

I have a beardie and she's super awesome. I'm on board with the whole lizard-pet thing. Plus, they're really really cute.

[snickers]

Sept 10, 2013 16:51:33 GMT -5 @otterama said:

Sept 10, 2013 16:48:20 GMT -5 frkls said:

if you assholes talk me into a lizard, i'll never forgive you. i don't WANT to have mealworms in the house!!

My leopard gecko, Queen Elizabeth, eats tiny live crickets. And only a few every couple of days. You just shake a couple in.

Where do you keep the crickets? Don't they drive you insane? I once gave H a white's tree frog for Christmas, and it ate crickets. They were noisy, smelly, and so gross to me lol

[wambam]

I have a leopard gecko named Rex who we recently learned is a girl. (S)he laid a frickin egg! After three years of thinking (s)he was a dude!

Then there's Phil, the crocodile gecko. He had lived two years past his life span so he should be dying any time now.

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Sept 10, 2013 19:08:18 GMT -5 snickers said:

Sept 10, 2013 16:51:33 GMT -5 @otterama said:

My leopard gecko, Queen Elizabeth, eats tiny live crickets. And only a few every couple of days. You just shake a couple in.

Where do you keep the crickets? Don't they drive you insane? I once gave H a white's tree frog for Christmas, and it ate crickets. They were noisy, smelly, and so gross to me lol

I keep them in a tall glass vase. Since I use the tiny ones, they can't hop that far. The vase stays on a shelf. I've never heard them make noises. I think the tiny ones are different. They're the size of a fingernail. 

[snickers]

Sept 10, 2013 19:16:13 GMT -5 @otterama said:

Sept 10, 2013 19:08:18 GMT -5 snickers said:

Where do you keep the crickets? Don't they drive you insane? I once gave H a white's tree frog for Christmas, and it ate crickets. They were noisy, smelly, and so gross to me lol

I keep them in a tall glass vase. Since I use the tiny ones, they can't hop that far. The vase stays on a shelf. I've never heard them make noises. I think the tiny ones are different. They're the size of a fingernail. 

Oh wow, definitely smaller than the ones H had.

[cleo29]

I had newts, they were awesome.

[wambam]

Rex: