Hi everyone, I know my subject heading is kind of cheesy but i couldn't think of anything. Anyways as you can tell by my user name my name is Bobby (hope you don't confuse me with the tegu sage varnyard 
) anyways I am a sophomore and high school and I've had a bunch of reptiles, and animals in general but now because of constant moving and my over reactive mother, I do not have many
I've had
Beardeds, Ball pythons, iguanas (mean as anything), a bunch of frogs, red foot tortoise(caught and released it in Brazil) garter snakes, california ks, rose hair tarantula, house geckos and recently a diamondback terrapin that my dad caught from the beach ( i let it go a few days later)
But now with this huge absence of reptiles and only having an african cichlid aquarium and a dog, i've been looking into the best reptile for me.
I want a reptile that
1) genuinely seeks out interaction with its owner
2) not a bearded dragon (too popular in my mind)
3) is unique to most other reptiles
So recently I've visited a respectable reptile shop and I had (literally) a tegu in one hand and a blue tongue skink in the other. unfortunately the tegu was colombian and was kinda skittish so i gave it back to the guy. he explained that argentines are calmer, almost dog-like, so he told me to research both animals and come back later . After looking up both tegus and bts I have learned so much about tegus and im proud to say my next animal is going to be one! Before i buy, (and after) I am going to be doing my homework and being quite active on this awesome forum to help me out :-D
) anyways I am a sophomore and high school and I've had a bunch of reptiles, and animals in general but now because of constant moving and my over reactive mother, I do not have manyI've had
Beardeds, Ball pythons, iguanas (mean as anything), a bunch of frogs, red foot tortoise(caught and released it in Brazil) garter snakes, california ks, rose hair tarantula, house geckos and recently a diamondback terrapin that my dad caught from the beach ( i let it go a few days later)
But now with this huge absence of reptiles and only having an african cichlid aquarium and a dog, i've been looking into the best reptile for me.
I want a reptile that
1) genuinely seeks out interaction with its owner
2) not a bearded dragon (too popular in my mind)
3) is unique to most other reptiles
So recently I've visited a respectable reptile shop and I had (literally) a tegu in one hand and a blue tongue skink in the other. unfortunately the tegu was colombian and was kinda skittish so i gave it back to the guy. he explained that argentines are calmer, almost dog-like, so he told me to research both animals and come back later . After looking up both tegus and bts I have learned so much about tegus and im proud to say my next animal is going to be one! Before i buy, (and after) I am going to be doing my homework and being quite active on this awesome forum to help me out :-D
