Empty enclosure, indisisive, reptile show this weekend.

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Well, the All New England Reptile Expo is this weekend and I still am at a loss as to what I should get for my empty 6' X 2' X 2' enclosure.
Heres a picture of how it is currently set up. (Cat is for size reference only, that and she was being a pest)

I'm open to pretty much all options eccept for snakes and small reptiles that can dart out quickly (the door is 4' X 2' so it's kinda awkward to get into if I have to being playing catch with flying lizards.)
The sides of the cage have 2 large vents, under tank heating on a thermostat for tempurature regulation, flourescent light fixture on a timer.
Suggestions?

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You could go for a blue tongue skink, Bearded Dragon, A couple of Ackies would be great buy they would need about 100F temps, or maybe a water dragon.
 
Kobi9019;786251; said:
O I forgot to ask if you've been there before? I'm in CT and am thinking about driving up if it's worth the ride.
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It's a 2 hour drive for me. I go mostly to get lots of frozen feeders for nice and cheap. ($9 a piece for XXXL rats at the pet store gets spensive FAST)
But yeah, it definitely is worth the trip. There's always SOMETHING I really end up wanting...and my BF usually has to pry me away from it and keep the wallet away from me. I'm going to be at least getting another flying gecko for my gecko habitat. But I want some kind of good sized lizard for the big cage.
 
Well, there's a lot of options for you with a cage that size. When you said no snakes, did you just mean those that could dart out quickly or all snakes?

Are you looking for one large animal or maybe a community of several small ones? Something you can handle or more of a display herp?

Lizard suggestions:
water dragon
basilisk
Columbian tegu

Snakes (if you were going that way):
carpet python
blood python (is the top of the tank screened or solid?)
any of the smaller BC species
any large colubrid (large Old World ratsnakes, bull/gopher snakes, giant hognose, coachwhips, etc)
 
Ophiuchus;786279; said:
Well, there's a lot of options for you with a cage that size. When you said no snakes, did you just mean those that could dart out quickly or all snakes?

Are you looking for one large animal or maybe a community of several small ones? Something you can handle or more of a display herp?

Lizard suggestions:
water dragon
basilisk
Columbian tegu

Snakes (if you were going that way):
carpet python
blood python (is the top of the tank screened or solid?)
any of the smaller BC species
any large colubrid (large Old World ratsnakes, bull/gopher snakes, giant hognose, coachwhips, etc)
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No!!!!!!!!! not the Colombian Tegu they are very aggressive and take alot of work to tame one down. I would go with a blue tegu if you wanted a bigger lizard. They are nicely colored, tame down pretty good, and stay at a manageable size. Did you want a lizard that you can interact with or a show lizard?
 
Ophiuchus;786279; said:
Well, there's a lot of options for you with a cage that size. When you said no snakes, did you just mean those that could dart out quickly or all snakes?

Are you looking for one large animal or maybe a community of several small ones? Something you can handle or more of a display herp?

Lizard suggestions:
water dragon
basilisk
Columbian tegu

Snakes (if you were going that way):
carpet python
blood python (is the top of the tank screened or solid?)
any of the smaller BC species
any large colubrid (large Old World ratsnakes, bull/gopher snakes, giant hognose, coachwhips, etc)
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No snakes because I already have 4 of them including a Red tail boa and a Burmese python, plus I want a kind of "show lizard" Alot of people I know aren't that big into snakes and I want something that'll stand out in the reptile room. (as upposed to the snakes that just kinda lay around)
Handleabilty isn't that big of a deal if it's cool looking, though something handleable would be nice because I do some educational work with some of my reptiles.
1 or 2 larger specimens as upposed to alot of smaller ones is preferred.
 
Hmm then I would say go for a green Basilisk because they are definatly one of the coolest looking lizards. Or a Chinese Water Dragon (make sure It's CB it will save you alot of vet bills) which is still really cool looking, but they tame down much easier than a basilisk. Ackies are another good choice because they're very active and inquisitive and can become very tame. The ackies get around 2ft, Chinese Water Dragon 2-3ft with a huge tail, and Basilisk is the same as the CWD.
 
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