Which should I get a leopard gecko or a bearded dragon?

Question

let me know your opinon

which gets the biggest

which gets the longest

which needs more food

which are cheaper

which do you like

which have the least care needs

which one are more friendly

which looks better

what size aquarium will each need

and once you tell those where can I find your the one you chose

Answer 1

bearded dragon gets biggest.

bearded dragon gets longest.

bearded dragon needs more food.

leopard geckos are cheaper (well here were i live you cant get them but i think leapard geckos are cheaper.

i like both of them but as leopard geckos are nocturnal they dont need a uv light but bearded dragons do.

if you are looking for a starters pet get a leopard gecko as they are easy to look after and need least needs and care.

there not the best pet if you want to alwas hold your new pet but are realy easy to look after bearded dragons on the other hand love human company and are able to be held every day

bearded dragons need a tank around 1m x 45cm x 45 not sure what there leopard gecko needs.

if your a starter you should get a leopard gecko.

ill give you two videos to look at 1 on leopard gecko care and the other on bearded dragon care then chse the one you want to get.

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-care...

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-care...

i hope i have helped

good luck with your new lizard

=)

Answer 2

get a ball python

Answer 3

biggest- beardy

longest-beardy

more food-beardy

cheaper-leo

like- i love beardys.. have a breeding pair

least need- both are about the same

friendly- leos can be jumpy.. beardys are very social

looks- depends leos are cool cuz of their colors beardys can be awesome if you get a good looking one mine are beautiful and bright yellow but you gotta feed them right.. also they have sunburst beardys taht are orange

aquarium- both about a 20-30 for one

i would say get a beardy because i have always had them and i love them.. they are so social and love to be held.. mine have never bit me.. actually ive never been bit by one.. leos i have been bitten by.. i have worked in pet stores for about 5 years.. as for lighting and set up they are both about the same.. food.. i think beardys are easier because if you dont wanna go out and buy crickets for a few days you can always feed them some type of greens or fruit or veggies.. the are omnivores whereas leos are strictly insectivores.. as for where to get them.. most pet stores have both they are a pretty common thing to find..

Answer 4

bearded dragosn two feet from head to tail

leopard geckos are 10 inches when adults

bearded dragons get longer

with bearded dragons bigger stomachs means more food

I got my PASTEL bearded dragon for 120 bucks but the normal ones are just twenty bucks.  I got my leo for 25 bucks.

i really like bearded dragons more because:

1.  Bearded dragons are WAY friendlier and their tails dont fall of if you scare them

2.  Having a big lizard is always fun

3.  Because it has more needs it gives me a fun way to work on being more responsible.

Leopard geckos can be very beautiful but if they lose their tail it will grow back deformed.  I would say leos are more beautiful when their tail isn't deformed.

Leopard geckos need at LEAST 10 gallon tanks...maybe twenty.  Bearded dragons need at LEAST 40 gallon tanks.

I forgot how expensive 10 gallon are but 40 gallon tanks are about 100 bucks.

You can find both of those reptiles at many different pet stores but i got everything i need at petsmart.

Answer 5

which gets the biggest - Bearded Dragon

which gets the longest - Bearded Dragon

which needs more food - Bearded Dragon

which are cheaper - Leopard Gecko

which do you like - I love both.

which have the least care needs - Leopard Gecko

which one are more friendly - It depends on the personality, I suppose. I think Beardies may be a bit more willing to be held, but there are Leos like that as well. You just need to find the right one. =)

which looks better - It all depends on the person's perception on better looks. Leos come in many more colors and patterns, so you may like that, but you may like the large, spiked look of Beardies.

what size aquarium will each need - I suggest probably a 55 gallon for a Bearded Dragon. It can be smaller if the Beardie is a baby, but I do not suggest anything under 50 for an adult. For a Leo, 10 gallons is fine for when they are younger, but 20 gallons are much better when they are fully grown. It provides more room for hides and such. (You don't need elaborate set ups for them)

and once you tell those where can I find your the one you chose - You can find both of them in Petsmart, Petco (NOT suggested. I know Petsmart isn't the greatest either, but it is better than Petco) or maybe you can search for a breeder in your area, or even check the craigslist for your area and see if anyone needs to rehome one.

Best of luck to you.

Answer 6

I breed leopard geckos and have 2 bearded dragons here are care sheets from me pickme as the best answer i will havefingr cramps from all this typing.

The leopard gecko, (Eublepharis macularius), is an ideal pet that takes up little space, has simple food requirements, comes in designer colors and patterns and can withstand the life dealt out by even the most absent-minded of keepers. They are excitable as babies, but harmless, and as adults they become very tame; taking food from your fingers. With a maximum adult size of 7-10" this lizard is easily handled by supervised children. But remember, their tails can breakoff (and be regrown), so make sure you never pick them up or grab them by that fleshy tail.  

For decades this lizard was the only species being bred in captivity generation-after- generation. It has a fantastic tract record and is probably the most widely kept pet lizard next to the sometimes troublesome green iguana, (Iguana iguana). Since 1992 serious breeders have developed striped, high yellow, "jungle", "ghost", and "leucistic" forms from the original wild-caught imports, which originate in Pakistan and India.

Being a terrestrial type of gecko makes keeping them at home a snap. They are easily kept (our caging system) in a glass or plastic cage that offers 10" x 10" of floor space for each gecko housed and that is at least 12" high. Now that you have a cage in mind, here's your gecko recipe for success:

Use paper toweling or newspaper for the cage bottom. You can see when it is soiled and the cost is low.

Never use fine sand as a substrate since geckos up to 5" in length may eat the sand and become impacted.

Always provide water in a shallow lid or bowl that won't spill.

Use a gallon jar lid or shallow plant dish to serve as a food bowl. It's nice if the insects you are using as feed don't escape from this bowl..

Use a 6" wide plastic container for a hide box. Fill the container with moist peat moss or Vermiculite and cut a 1 1/2" diameter hole in the lid or side to serve as an entrance for your pet.

Mist the hide box medium daily. This aids in skin shedding, which they eat.

Provide a screen top for your cage; especially if you have young children or cats.

Keep the gecko cage off the floor and create a temperature of 82-88 F for the daytime. The night temperature can go as low as 64 F with no ill effects. Heat can be gained from commercially available reptile heat tapes, hot rocks or a 40-watt light bulb placed over to screen cage top to reach the needed daytime high temperature. Twelve hours of light is fine.

Feed four live food items daily per gecko.

Never let direct sunlight strike your cage, since it will overheat quickly, like a closed automobile standing in open sun, and kill your pet.

Never have more than one male gecko per cage. Adult males of all types of lizards will fight each other, and sometimes to the death, if they come into contact. A male will vibrate its tail rapidly when it sees another gecko. If the other gecko in turn vibrates its tail in the same fashion then each of them knows that contact has been made with another male and a fight will occur. If, however, a male signals his presence via the tail shaking and the other gecko does not respond in like fashion, then the male knows that the gecko near him is in fact a female. This behavior is one means of determining their s*x.

Sexing your gecko is not very difficult. Male geckos are larger, heavier in the neck region, have a line of small pores on their belly between their hindlegs which are just in front of the anal opening or vent and they exhibit two swellings at their tail base and just past the vent. Females lack the large size, in general, and the pre-anal pores and post-anal swellings are missing. s*x can't be easily seen until your gecko reaches 5-6" in total length. Most of the geckos sold in pet shops are females.

You can keep a male with 1 to 10 females all their life. Cage size is the only limiting factor.

Keep a jar lid full of vitamin-mineral powder available in the cage at all times.

These are the main points for daily care, (Herp Care Software), and keeping, but should you wish to deal with the breeding of leopard geckos, there are detailed sources of information at your local pet shop or from the ever-growing Internet. Always keep in mind that your gecko is subject to the temperatures and food you provide. If the temperature is not warm enough the lizard will not feed well and if the feed is not nutritionally balanced their bones will not form properly. This is true for all reptile pets.  

In captivity, leopard geckos are best fed mealworms, (Tenebrio molitor), or crickets, which you can order through the mail or purchase at any bait or pet shop. It is important to "power feed" such food items for 24-48 hours prior to giving them to your pet. This is done simply by using a cutdown one-gallon plastic milk jug that is filled with chicken or hog feed. Place a piece of potato or carrot in the jug to provide a source of water for the insects. The idea is to fill the insect with nutritious food itself so that your pet can then fill itself with a balanced diet. Many shop owners do not feed their insects such diets and if you merely feed-out recently purchased insects then your lizard will suffer from poor health within 3-6 weeks. The first signs of such nutritional problems are a soft or shortened lower jaw or bent limbs.

Leopard geckos are sexually mature at 10 months of age and usually lay their first pairs of eggs of the season from January to August. First-time females will sometimes only lay a single egg, but a sure sign that you have done a good job raising your female gecko is seen when two fertile eggs are laid in the box of mosit soil you have been providing. From then on, a clutch will always consist of two eggs unless your female is old or sick. Older females may lay 10-16 eggs per season. A fertile egg feels like a stale marshmellow while an infertile egg looks and feels like a half-filled hotwater bottle.

Eggs are easy to hatch. In fact, you get to have a powerful job, if you wish, since gecko eggs are temperature s*x dependent. This means that the s*x of the gecko is not determined at fertilization, but is set during the first two weeks in captivity by the high daytime temperature you expose the eggs to. A daytime high that does not exceed 82 F will give you all female offspring, but if you want to make that egg a "male" then you simply place the egg where it will experience 90-92 F as a daytime high during the first two weeks of incubation. (the following line was revised 07-22-03) If you keep "male" eggs at a constant 89-91 F you may have some embryos die from heat stress or if they are exposed to temps over 92 F they may become what we call "hot" or high temperature females, which never reproduce and often bully their cage mates.

Now that you have learned a bit of science you can place your new eggs in a plastic container of moist potting soil, Vermiculite or Perlite. Bury the eggs only 1/2" and place two or three push-pin size airholes in a tight fitting lid. You can get fancy and buy a commercial incubator if you are after a particular s*x or you can just place the container of eggs on a high shelf in your reptile room or home where the temperature varies from 74-94 F. (Don't worry if you only have a single female as a pet. She may lay eggs and of course they will be infertile.) Young will emerge on their own in 60-70 days using this method of incubation.

Care of the young is the same as for the adults. They begin taking 1/4" crickets or one-inch mealworms at day 3 of their lives. Plastic shoeboxes are ideal homes for babies. At our reptile ranch we use #2 styrofoam meat trays (available in your grocery store) upside-down for a hide box, a pickle jar lid serves as a place for vitamin-mineral powder and the mealworms and a peanut butter jar lid works perfectly for a water bowl. The young need to be fed live insects daily or they may bite off the tails of their cagemates. Always sort the young to size every two weeks as there will be one or two babies that outgrow everyone else and once this competition begins it is only a matter of time before a small gecko will be eaten by its big brother or sister. If you wish to feed baby mice to an adolescent gecko you can achieve larger size and for a female you will get more eggs laid per season.

Just how long will your pet gecko live? Well, we have had female leopard geckos live 19 years and a friend in Florida had a male, that died recently, that lived a verifiable 27 years! Females are usually able to lay up to the age of 8 years without problem. Again, the key is a proper nutritional foundation; especially during that first year of life.  

If you have made a choice to select a leopard gecko as a pet, all you have to do now is find a healthy specimen. A gecko in top condition will have a fat tail - usually 3/4 of the thickness of their neck; they will be alert when awake and the colors should be bright. Kindly, ask your pet shop manager to throw in a live cricket with any gecko you are considering. If the gecko immediately goes after the food item then that is a gecko for you. Avoid lizards that do not readily open their eyes when touched or that have old skin stuck to their toes or are thin.

The normal phase leopard geckos are seasonally available in pet shops while the "designers" must be had directly from the breeder or at some of the larger reptile expositions. Generally, geckos can be bought during the hatching season, from April to October, without any problem. The most difficult months to make a purchase are usually January and February. Shipping through the mail is quite simple and safe.

With all the new color and patt

Answer 7

I had the exact same debate with myself about 2 weeks ago. I love both geckos and dragons. How ever i decided to settle it by talking to the pet store owner. Whilst geckos may be cuter than beardies they are nocturnal, sleep all day and come out at night. Beardies aren't. Also it depends on whether you want a social pet or just a funky lizard to look at.

If you want a pet, get a beardie. Preferrably from a baby, They are easy to tame, very laid back and friendly. Geckos can be tamed but not as easily.

You can keep upto 3 fully grown beardies in a 3ft tank(altho i'd only have two) and 3 fully grown geckos in a 2ft tank. Funnily enough my pet store owner said you can keep both in the same tank as they both require the same thing and they dont fight.

Beardies deffinatly get bigger, care for both speices is quite mimimal. The only main price is initial setup, depending on where you go, how many decorations etc.

Anyway good luck with your choice, Personally i choose a bearded dragon, he's 5weeks old and is so cute and so much fun.

Answer 8

Biggest : bearded dragon

longest : bearded dragon

more food : bearded dragon

cheaper : leopard gecko

like : leopard gecko

least needs : leopard gecko

more friendly : ?????

looks: ?????

aquarium for bearded dragon is like a 60 gallon and a single leopard gecko can go in a 10 gallon