i want one

ive never considered getting a reptile for a pet except when i was a child and wanted a snake....but your pics of your bearded dragon with the controllers....i want one now
that way ill always have someone to play games with

Lol! Taz loves to pose for pictures so it's pretty easy to place him atop the controller or poke it so it gets his interest. On the Xbox360 controller he tends to bite the red and green buttons probably because he thinks they might be strawberry or lettuce/greens/peas. It can be very entertaining to just place him somewhere in a room and see what he does, especially now that he understands that when I say "no" it means turn around or I'm going to come pick you up. I don't think a beardie would ever play a game with its owner when it comes to video games, but they will watch TV with you and even respond to things on the TV. There was a Turok commercial on recently and Taz saw it. He started bobbing his head when the T-Rex came on the screen! Another funny thing he does is wave at me if I spritz him with water (I normally do this every other day once in the morning when he's just getting to basking).

I think my favorite thing about owning reptiles so far is that you grow with them. They don't like you at first (Taz used to nip me) or outright hate you (Rocky would thrash, poop, and tail-smack anyone that tried to pick him up during the first month along with not eating or moving around much in front of me or guests). But over the course of a few weeks and months they grow to bond with you and become attached. Taz tends to pout in his cage until I bring him out and let him ride on my shoulder, explore my room, or investigate (AKA interrupt!) what I'm doing. He will cuddle too. He even likes to "harass" the dog by trying to lick him (you should see it when the dog runs away and Taz chases him just to lick his paw!). Before Rocky had to be put down I could actually put him on a leash for a walk outside or sit him on a body board in the pool and swim with him (water dragons love water...he was like a little torpedo!). I miss him. ( Both of them would seek me for protection or be content with me being around. Rocky had to be put down before I could socialize him, but Taz is friendly to everyone he meets...except spiders and other bugs he catches intruding into the house.

Pretty neat. I've only seen those on TV and have yet to see them in person. There's always ferrets and other small animals available, but not even the exotic pet shop I bought Taz from in the nearby city (Harrisburg, PA) has these (they did have this neat F1 Savannah cat that headbutts/scares customers who don't understand that that means). I bet it's rather entertaining to see how sugar gliders use things around a house or in an enclosure. I bet you catch them in some interesting places like at the top of window blinds/drapes. I know I caught Taz hanging almost upside down in his cage once apparently because he got bored.

Very awesome, I've always wanted a lizard. Thought about getting an iguana before, but they seem so common as far as larger lizards for pets. I wanna get something a little different.

I had no idea that lizards could be socialized in the way that you have done it, at least as far as the interactions you talk about... I only knew that they'd get bonded and would be friendly, i.e. sitting on your shoulder or something, as most pets will(I have a cockatiel who is very friendly towards me, but pretty protective of his cage hehe).

I was gonna say something else... but I'm sick and can't remember.

Don't get a live pet if you cannot afford to care for them. I can't afford to, so no pet here.

Haha awesome Bearded Dragon, I have one named Pogo. They are cool critters but sometimes they are a bit messy and stinky.