Thinking of getting my first reptile, need some advices

[testdasi]

I have been keeping Tarantulas for a while and am considering getting my first reptile. I would greatly appreciate if anyone can give a recommendation for my first reptile.

Below are my constraints:

• No hot/venomous species, please.
  I keep pokies (Poecilotheria tarantula species, in case you don't know) and that's as far as I am willing to go.
• Not too expensive, please.
  Not just the specie but the cost of keeping as well. For example (I only know Tarantulas so please bear with me), Tarantulas eat roaches (can be raised in colony <-- almost free supply) and are perfectly happy living a plastic box.
• The specie, feeders and keeping equipments are readily available.
• Relatively simple care (and preferably hardy so as to tolerate some unintended accidents).
  May be a bad example but I don't even try to keep spiderlings of Avicularia species because they die for no reason (S.A.DS = Sudden Avic Death Syndrome). Too much humidity = die, too low humidity = die, perfect condition = die as well. Please, nothing like that.

Below are some of my preference:

• For serpents: no longer than 5 foot 6 adult size, please. (that's my height Anything longer than that makes me feel short! ).
  And preferably generally more docile species that can be handled. I know sometimes you just get an aggressive specimen (like I have seen a Curly Hair worshiping Satantula before) but as long as it's a minority, it's fine.
• For lizard/geckos/etc: docile + big or communal.
• For everything else: can I keep them outside?
  I have a small tiny backyard

If you managed to read all the way until here, to you. So please help, any help is good help.
Thank you very much.
Tung

[D_Allen]

corn snake?

[Ian.g]

snake wise

corn snake
dwarf boa
gopher snake
to name but a few that could meet your restrictions

Lizard wise

Bearded dragon
leopard gecko
rankin dragon
again this is only a small number of species that would fit your restrictions

[Tom1928]

Leopard geckos, this could be quite expensive if gettin a community, best bet is a corn snake you can find them around for £15-50 pounds and easy to look after, and you can handle them easy.

[matt1993]

dont get a corn snake there boring, get an ij carpet python they max out at about 5-6 feet and can become very tame with regular handeling plus there also quiet hardy and easy to look after

[ant-]

snake wise properly a corn large number of morphs very handleable only got mine a week ago and he will happily be handled

lizards you hav a larger choice
bearded dragon
sandfish skinks
moorish gecko -dnt know how much there set up would cost but there cheap to buy
anoles
i dnt keep lizards so may be more or one of them may not be suitable but iv looked at getting everyone one of them at som point and they seem suitable for a beginner, som of the lizards eat roaches so you would just hav 2 increase your roach colony

[matt1993]

python

[D_Allen]

i really would go for a corn they are great and well not boring at all if you ask me and well you can get almost any colour

[Josh96]

iguana was my first rep they great should get 1 they grow about your heigh or sum sort of monitor or tegu

[dwm123456]

Originally Posted by matt1993

python

that narrows it down lol, maybie a king snake or corn, or a beardie