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New here! Help choosing a medium sized lizard

Okay, first I want to say this is my first Reddit post, so, anyway I am looking into adding a reptile to my family. I have kept reptiles off and on for about 12 years now. I have had geckos, anoles, boas, etc. Well, now we just bought a house a year ago and I want to get something a little bigger. I am looking at something that will possibly fit in a 6x2 or a 6x3 enclosure (may be willing to go a little bigger) that has a lot of personality. Something I can teach my son (3 y/o) with and get him started and learning because he loves watching the videos online of reptiles like Brian barczyk. I am wanting to get something a little bigger that is not going to run away or get lost when being handled or out and about. Something that is exciting so I can get my wife interested as well. I am currently looking at Ackies, Gold tegus, and BTS (Though BTS seem a bit lazy and little personality). But I was wondering what other options I may have. Cost is not really too much of an issue though I would not want to go above $500. As for the special needs are also not really an issue as my wife is a stay at home mom and willing to work with me on this. I am really just trying to brain storm and want to make sure I am weighing all my options here.

Thanks for any input.

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Originally Posted by dross9615 (Post 2131042)

Looking st your choices a gold tegu would not be suitable because they are extreme skittish and won’t let to me handled it’s not impossible but very hard. Ackies is a good choice but are expensive if you want more than one. BTS have a lot of personality if you get a Australian species

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Yeah, I have heard so much of golds are tame and others say they are not so, I figured I would consider it. That is my only hang up with ackies are the price. As I wanted to start off on the cheaper side to see how things went. However, BTS arent really any cheaper.

I just want something with personality that's not just going to be a brick that I occasionally feed lol. I usually don't have a problem with that but I also want the family to get excited about it.

Ignore Brian. He’s a collector who couldn’t even spell “pet”. Here’s a blog post of mine more specific to BTS as companion pets but touches on other reptile options. http://davesskinks.com/do-they-reall...ompanion-pets/