So I’m looking to get myself a lizard. I’m not a complete beginner having had a couple tree frogs, and an anole in the past but I’m still pretty much a beginner.
The issue is I want to avoid any of the big chain pet stores this time around, and the only places around me that I can even locate are pet smarts and petcos, they basically only have leopard geckos and bearded dragons and they aren’t really what I’m specifically looking for, but also from the things I heard about them they probably aren’t the nicest place to purchase from anyway.
Now I’ve tried doing some of my own research on where to purchase online (having a living breathing creature shipped to me kind of scares me a little bit) and have found multiple sites but the reviews of them all seem a little bit hit and miss (lllreptiles and underground reptiles are the sites I’m referring to)
So I’ve decided to reach out to people who clearly have more experience and knowledge than I do. I definitely want to order from somewhere with a good reputation because opening the box to finding a injured or dead animal would break my heart.
Now I’m still in the late stages of research on exactly what breed I intend to get but part of that will come into play with availability and price too. I know this weekend is a holiday weekend so I won’t even consider making a purchase until Atleast next week even if I find the perfect pet, and I also will not be making a purchase until I have everything already set up so the little guy can go right from the package it arrives in to his new home.
I live in New Jersey USA. I very much have been researching the tokay geckos for several weeks now and really dig them. I do intend to get some form of gecko, I know tokay geckos don’t always make for the best pets since they don’t tend to like a lot of handling. I’m still in the research portion of exactly what breed I’ll get but I do want a gecko.
Any help at all will be really appreciated. I’m off from work today so I’ll be here and ready to talk and chat with anyone who is willing to offer their help and time so I can gather the information I need to purchase from a good place, and give a scaly little dude a good home.
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