Yeah that's what I like about my tortoise for sure. All he needs is his uva/uvb self-ballasted light and he's good to go. With this guy the bonus is he eats leaves - his favorite treats are dandelions flowers, which I can pick out of the yard 7 months of the year. For me it's preferable to buying frozen mice or crickets. Just needs a nice mix of the right greens from the grocery store and dandelion leaves when it's not winter.

I want to try breeding, but you can't keep males and females in the same pen... the males brutalize the females and bite of their scales and stuff - a very misogynist reptile.

Reptiles are also cool because you know they don't give a **** about you - all you need to do is give them the necessities of their lives and you don't have to feel bad if you don't hold them enough or whatever. Kind of the opposite reason mammals are appealing I guess.

I always wanted a ferret since I was a kid (my parents wouldn't let me of course - not snakes either) but I've come to realize they just smell too bad to be worth it... based on the ones I've met, even after scent gland removal they stink like piss!