chuckwallas?

[Ophiuchi]

i spend the day out in the Mojave with my mom and her biologist friend playing with these guys, anyway i fell in love and i was wondering if anybody on here has one? or if people keep them as pets at all i checked the google and it doesn't seem like there are many sellers or very much good info on keeping these inflatable lizards

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Just google Chuckwalla Care sheet I got a pretty decent result.

 

[Arapaimaman]

When I was a kid,my dad would go to the Mojave to look for rocks,he was a rockhound.My two brothers and I would spend the day catching lizards and chuckwallas.
They would become tame real fast.The most fun I had with them was hand feeding them with cactus and they loved dandelions flowers.They are escape artists.

 

[coura]

People have chuckwallas and they make very good pets Their keeping its very similar to the care needed by bearded dragons and even more similar to spiney tail lizards, since both are mainly herbivors and need a very hot basking spot. There are a variety of natural species and morphotypes and even a fertile hibrid called granite chuckwalla wich exists only in captivity

 

[CTU2fan]

Yep, care is similar to uromastyx or desert iguanas. I've never kept them personally, and I think they're protected in most of their wild range, but I have seen them for sale occasionally.

 

[logo]

Yep they are for sale. One of the local petshops have some red tailed chucks but they are $200 each so a bit too much for me at the moment.