What lizards make the better pet?

Question

just bought a nile monitor,now i hear they are bad.what is the difference between a nile and savannah monitor and how are bearded and water dragons and those uromastyx?which is better?

Answer 1

  out of all you listed, The Bearded Dragon is the most sweet temperd. like a cat. it will not bite, loves to be handeld and very nosy. the diff between the two you asked is the savana is more known to be able to tame. monitors are more of a look at pet all around though

Answer 2

savannah monitor: smaller the nicer the bigger the meaner so probley bearded dragon is the best

Answer 3

u can either get an bearded dragon or uramastyx or gettem both bearded dragons and ueromastyx go along fine

Answer 4

I've had a male mali uromastyx for 6 years, and he's earned the name a**hole in my house.  I'm not trying to give these guys a bad name, but my Dimitri is the crabbiest, most ungrateful reptile ever.  If he doesn't like his food he kicks it around.  If he does like his food he glares at me when it's gone.  Every time I try to pick him up he switches me with his pine-cone tail.  If he wants out (rarely) he scratches incessantly on the glass.  He is not neglected or abused in any way.  I've done everything I can to win over this animal, and he's just not having it.  But it's all worth it when I throw some crickets (which he's really not supposed to have) in his cage and he acts like Godzilla picking them off.

I hear bearded dragons are super.

Answer 5

well nile monitors get huge (4.5-6.5' long), get mean if not properly tamed, have a bad bite and have huge talons that can rip flesh off bone. so no they are not good pets for someone who isnt ready for one. the best for a beginner would be a bearded dragon they are very docile get about  16-20" long rarely ever bite