# How would you feel about a caged bird in a retail store you were shopping in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-caged-bird-in-a-retail-store-you-were-shopping-in/531466 "2010-03-05T21:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-caged-bird-in-a-retail-store-you-were-shopping-in/531466/41 "2010-03-07T13:28:58Z")
Just to comment: not all reptiles require being fed living beings. The ones that come to mind are iguanids and uromastyxes. I’ve had the former. They get rather large, require an extensive set-up, but have personality pouring out of all of their orifices. There are also -a lot- of them (green iguanas in particular) up for adoption. Uros stay small, require higher temperatures, and are a bit less aggressive. There are also canned foods for lizards which are partially herbivorous, such as bearded dragons. (Canned crickets, freeze-dried worms, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-caged-bird-in-a-retail-store-you-were-shopping-in/531466/42 "2010-03-07T18:47:48Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > Just to comment: not all reptiles require being fed living beings. Gosh. Too bad nobody else thought to mention this. Perhaps a couple of days ago. In post 15 of this very thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-caged-bird-in-a-retail-store-you-were-shopping-in/531466.md?page=2)