Summary: Considering purchasing a lizard; want to make sure I'm not kidding myself in terms of learning curve and making sure it's hard to accidentally kill it by my ignorance.

Detail:
First, my exposure to lizards is practically nil, but we helped feed one a few months ago and I decided I would like one. The Petco in-house lizard expert suggested three good beginner varieties, one of which was Uromastyx. I don't have much reason to like that one above the others he recommended except that it looked cool.

When I told the lizard guy the Uromastyx looked interesting, he rattled off details about taking care of the Uromastyx and gave me the impression that as long as I set up the cage correctly (i.e. regulated temperature, proper lighting) respected the need for little to no humidity and feed it a good diet, it'll be pretty easy.

I'm 34 years old, as responsible as a newlywed can be. Am I kidding myself here, or will I really have not-too-much trouble getting to understand and take care of it? I grew up with dogs and understand that sort of responsibility.

Most important, I'd really hate killing it because of my own ignorance.

What should I read/know before considering a purchase as a good idea?

Thanks for addressing such an open-ended question.

Rob

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• Newbie: Considering a purchase; please advise - rikonigsberg, Mon Nov 3 21:00:10 2003
• RE: Newbie: Considering a purchase; please advise - kalidraven, Mon Nov 3 21:58:49 2003
• RE: Newbie: Considering a purchase; please advise - ingo, Tue Nov 4 06:22:48 2003
• i would say they are ok as a starter lizard.....more...more...more - fruitionx, Tue Nov 4 06:34:57 2003
• oh and heres a pic for you!! - fruitionx, Tue Nov 4 06:35:25 2003
• RE: i would say they are ok as a starter lizard.....more...more...more - Tigergenesis, Tue Nov 4 09:00:19 2003
• i started off with... - fruitionx, Tue Nov 4 09:11:23 2003
• coke back in 5 years and tell us, how your uros are doing - ingo, Wed Nov 5 01:03:03 2003
• RE: Newbie: Considering a purchase; please advise - npohworks, Tue Nov 4 09:08:04 2003