Aw...what a pretty beardy you have wekilled! This thread makes me miss my scaley kids; I used to share my home with veiled chameleons...among many other things. Started with my first when I was 15yrs old. They're higher maintenance than most herps, though totally worth it. They've all gotten old and died by now...and JT, my rescue cham with missing toenails ended up falling and sustaining a spinal injury. Had to put him down. I even designed his cage to be fall friendly -- must have hit the spinal cord just right. I'll have another herp one of these days, though I'm not quite over the fear of contracting salmonella from reptiles...again. That was NOT a fun time. At least I know my southern leopard frog is clean -- haven't contracted anything from her in the past 6 years anyway, lol.

JHarris -- what species of tortoise are you looking at getting? Something small like a greek or russian? Or a huge one that you can't even lift, like a sulcata or something?

-MeowMix