I am a decently experienced keeper looking for a new reptile. I was think that something that eats more veggies and fruits that insects. I have been looking at desert iguanas, chuckwallas and uromatyx. Are there any others around that difficulty? Thanks and nothing too large
Mikael
By experienced, how many years with reptiles and how many species? If you're extremely experienced, the only strictly veggie eating reptile that comes to mind right now is an iguana, but these guys are absolutely notorious for having tempers, especially males in the mating season! Wouldn't recommend them at all to be honest but I have no experience with these animals.
I have been keeping since 2008 and I have a leopard gecko, a trio of Rankins dragons a red foot tortoise and a jeweled lacerta. I don't mean strictly eating I would be fine if it also need insects but I would like something that eats more veggies than bugs and an iguana is too big for me. A desert.iguana is.a good siz e
I have a pair of Desert Iguanas. I do give them a couple of crickets a week but that's about it in terms of bugs - They do love them, but love their greens more!
They don't get too big, very active, very fun to watch. One of mine doesn't really like to be handled (the Male) but the Female isn't as skitty. Nice lizards
Very easy to care for too!
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They don't get too big, very active, very fun to watch. One of mine doesn't really like to be handled (the Male) but the Female isn't as skitty. Nice lizards
Very easy to care for too!
I'm vegetarian and my Savannah Monitor used to try and eat me all the time.
The obvious answer is bearded dragons, but they might seema bit "basic" to you. In truth, I find my bearded dragon more difficult to keep properly than my Ackie - partly because she's a rescue and partly because of the amount of ridiculously poor care information that there is for them. She's really flourished since I've had her, and I've found her a hugely rewarding animal to keep. They eat a lot of insects when they're young but do shift to a msotly vegetable/fruit based diet once they get a bit older.
I do love chucks and uros though. I've never owned either so I can't comment on how easy they are to keep. Chuckwallas (Sauromalus) are Igauanids though, and as closely related to "true" iguanas as the desert iguana (which are from the Dipsosaurus genus, not the iganua genus, although they are still iguanids). Pretty sure Uros are agamids. This is, of course, largely irrelevant, but I find it interesting.
The obvious answer is bearded dragons, but they might seema bit "basic" to you. In truth, I find my bearded dragon more difficult to keep properly than my Ackie - partly because she's a rescue and partly because of the amount of ridiculously poor care information that there is for them. She's really flourished since I've had her, and I've found her a hugely rewarding animal to keep. They eat a lot of insects when they're young but do shift to a msotly vegetable/fruit based diet once they get a bit older.
I do love chucks and uros though. I've never owned either so I can't comment on how easy they are to keep. Chuckwallas (Sauromalus) are Igauanids though, and as closely related to "true" iguanas as the desert iguana (which are from the Dipsosaurus genus, not the iganua genus, although they are still iguanids). Pretty sure Uros are agamids. This is, of course, largely irrelevant, but I find it interesting.
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