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So i have a friend that would like a lizard. Shes responsible and i know she could take care of it but there is one problem. She doesn't want to fee it live bugs. Not because she doesn't like bugs but because she wasn't to kill them. I know. strange huh? haha

Well i was curious if there were any lizards that eat strictly veggies? I thought anoles did but i guess not. Any info would be GREAT. I thought maybe even turtles or something but i think she really wants a lizard. And the smaller the better.

thanks!
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Nick and Drayko

well a uromastx eats only veggies.also their are alot of commercial diets out lately for many different species like crested geckos,day geckos,leopard geckos,beardies,and others.
nick

Bearded dragons are good begginer pets, they're not the smallest, but at the same time you're not going to end up with a 4ft giant or anything

Although they do eat crickets and insects, they do also eat veggies, but you will still be going through a considerable amount of crickets. As mentioned there are commericialy available diets for them. I've used these, but not as a main source of food, only so I'll have something to feed him when/if I run out of crickets. I suggest looking into the possibility of one of these commercial diets for the beardies, since I don't relly on these diets, and my beardie only eats them every once in a blue moon I can't really say whether they are suitable to raise a beardie on. But a veggie/supplement diet, if suitable, would probably be your best bet.

And finaly, I'd just like to bring to your awareness that, although I've never kept vegitarian reptiles myself, from what I've read they are considerably harder to keep in captivity, and often get deformations from lack of vitamins, or other health problems associated with lack of or too many vitamins. Good luck in your search though

I keep Uromastyx which are veggi eaters,i have a mali and 4 saharans. The mali is by far the most social. I've never had problems with them being harder to keep becuase their veggitarians. they get collard greens, shredded squash and dandelion mostly. also escrole,endive,mustard greens, turnip greens,pelleted finch feed. and if i run out of greens they'll eat adult iguana pellets from rep-cal.
they'll need uvb i use 8.0 tubes and they need high heat mine are 110-130 in the basking spots.

i know bearded dragons can be raised on pelleted diets but i havnt personly done it mine get a mix of fresh greens and veggis, crikets, silkworms and recal juvinale pellets
Beardies are great lizards for a pet
Uros can also becuase very tame but mine are more intrested in exploreing the floor when i take them out where as the beardies like to sit on my chest of shoulder.

Nick,

Have you considered a blue-tongue skink?
These are harder to find than some lizards, but they are great lizards to have. My hubby and I have had all kinds of herps - chameleons, frogs, bearded dragons, snakes, uromastyx, and now blue-tongue skinks. Out of all, we find the BTS to be the most intelligent and friendly.

Don't get me wrong, we love our chams and beardies, but the BTS can be a great single companion lizard too.

While we feed our BTS an occassional bug - their diet consists primarily of veggies, fruit and some meat (chicken/turkey/etc.). You can even feed them cat or dog food if it's a good quality, and mix this into their veggies for a meal. They can be fed every other day or sometimes less once they are adults. They live long lives and are really quite easy to care for.

I suggest you find a juvenile BTS that has been bred here in the US and handled by the breeder. This gives a good foundation for the bond which will form between you and your bluey.
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