Love these snakes. They used to be available all the times back in the days. I was into other snakes and always admired them. Now that I am older, I only want to deal with smaller calm snakes so I will be looking for these again.

Did you customize your top to fit your tube fixture?

I caught the first ones for the herp market back in the early 80's.

My blue tongue skink so far only bit the tweezer like attacking it but not my hand even though my hand is right next to the tweezer, i just stopped moving and let the skink think and it work my skink relax and stopped biting the tweezer , I'll let my skink just use to me feeding first and comfortable with me just looking at him/her, i just got this beautiful Halmahera (i think not to sure, black eyes black and white body, black arms and legs) for a week or two so im gonna let it get used to me being around first

I just enjoy seeing the wild skinks around my house :)

Good advice! You are an Olympic champion when it comes to taking care of BTS's.

Can I put a double plug on the heat plug to connect two heat lamps? And a fan on the cool plug?

12:47 agree 100% As a Eastern owner they just don’t do it

PROUD EASTERN BLUEY DAD

Appreciate the years of hard work and dedication to the channel. certainly has helped in the recent weeks with research. FACTS NOT OPINIONS!!!

Okay so now I'm really confused. Do I not need UVB all over the enclosure. Just where they bask? I have been covering the entire tops of the enclosure with UVB bulbs from Arcadia on all my enclosures. I hope this gets to you soon. I have a new Baby Blue tongue.

Also, instead of stirring, you can prob do what protein muscle milk users do, put it in a container and shut it with a lid and shake. It's easier and more relaxing.

Thank you. One thing I want to add is try to not use plastic containers for heating food and water. They release toxins, even the ones that are listed as food safe. Use a glass container.

I know this video is not recent, but I love the idea of these racks and am thinking of building two. Do your skinks rub their noses on the wire? I am excited to try this out. Thank you!

This was actually useful for me for the opposite reason. I live in Ireland and the humidity in our house is about 70 (and up), so now i know which ones to get and why every second source is disagreeing on substrate haha

Are you still breeding? Your website is down. 😢

Should i move bluey in brumation i dont want to disturb him but in his 6ft tank hes on cold side where it only really gets to 15c on a good day so should i move him to someewhere with more warmth

Fed my new addition blue some can cat food today and he absolutely loved it so learning more and more about my little buddy my 1st blue I've had other lizards over the years and I currently have hognose and breed them but thanks for your videos I've learned alot from ya appreciate it

I live in fl and I do brumate my hognose for breeding but not breeding my blue not yet atleast so should I brumate him

Would it be ok to take dog kibble 1 time a week and soften it with water and give to my blue

Think the hardest part is not holding and handling the animal I actually just got me my 1st blue tongue today and his enclosure is closed off on 3 sides the front is open but not alot of traffic In front of them mostly we sit out and watch TV so he's in a pretty private area but since he's my 1st blue I was curious about this subject but typically I let my reptiles settle in for 1st week I want what's best for them

I have hognose am looking to get a blue tongue maybe tomorrow i normally make my enclosures bio with spri gtails and isopods is that ok to have in my blue tongues enclosure i have all the substrate freezing in freezer i learned from your videos just curios im currently buildi g his perm encloser i have a temp one set up till thats done

Thank you so much this was very informative and easy to process!

I’m looking into getting a pet snake so this helped a lot

Thanks to the president in 2024 it now cost 600 big ones lol

How would Centralians stack up?

Really looking forward to your new video on sharing your passion for your pets. Hope all is well with you. Blessings.

Schmedium!! 😄

They also eat fruit, snails, slugs and some flowers. Ihave a shingle back , he's name is Hercules, at night he sleeps in my bed 😂, luv from Australia 🦘🦘🦘🐊🐊🐊.

so im a little confused on the whole 3 grams of calcium part. is it the 3 grams/1% sprinked on each serving? or basically 3 grams/1% overall for the can of food?

Any midget faded rattle snakes?

I bought my blue tongue back in February and had for three months. I've weighed it once and was 484 grams is that a good weight. I'm thinking the skink is around 6 or 7 months

I have a tank that is 36" long, 12"wide and 18"high, supposed to be about 40 gallons, is this large enough?

if only captive bred ones weren't illegal in my state😢

Your like a blue tongue skink guru cheers!

love your channel wish you were still posting

PetSmart sells BTS wet food in a can. Do you have an opinion on this in comparison to wet dog or cat food? I just got a BTS from an unfit owner and have never owned a reptile before and want to make sure I am doing things correctly.

What cat and dog food do you use I’ve watched almost every video on feeding and you never name the ones you use ?

I recently adopted a rescue Indo blue tongue. He is missing nearly all his toes from neglect with his past owner. He also had his tail badly broken so there is a bad kink in it that he will have forever. He was not having any of his needs met and he almost lost both back legs due to layers upon layers of stuck shed. He is doing fantastic now though. The vet said he's totally healthy. A very grumpy guy but he has had a lot of bad experiences with humans until recently. Starting with being wild caught and then kept by someone who abused and neglected him beyond words. Poor guy has the odds stacked against him being a super friendly puppy-dog skink. At least not for a good long time. He really needs to have his trust in humans build up. Although, I don't blame him for being defensive. He has been through so much in his short life. He's treated like a king now! A beautiful 4x2x2 bioactive front opening Atasuki enclosure with parameters kept in check, a healthy and varied diet, UVB and lots of love. I have experience with lots of other reptiles and currently keep everything from the most arid species (uromastyx) to moisture dependent dart frogs, but this is my first skink so I'm absorbing as much information about them, (especially Indonesians) as possible. I really appreciate the excellent advice you give from your own experience. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge you have acquired over the years. It means the world to me while I'm learning about my new animal who I want to give the best possible care to. You've got a new subscriber!. :)

My tank is infested with dubia roaches and super worms will it be a problem for my blue tongue skink to have as much food as she needs I add Kale and mustard greens I very rarely give her blueberries but occasionally give her bananas well pieces But I fry up ground Turkey and mix it with butternut squash and other baby food greens I was doing that twice a week now I'm doing it once a week

I do believe some lizards enjoy gentle stroking or massaging. If it leans into it and/or seems calm it might enjoy the sensation. Pain/feeling receptors are generally similar between all animals and I see no reason why some couldn't enjoy it just as some dogs do. Of course nervous ones might be unnerved by it and some may just hate the feeling, but this is likely up to the individual.

This video could have been 30 seconds long.

May I ask what about dry dog/cat food? Are there any differences in ingredients that makes one better than the other?

Do they all come with lighting and a screw spot for bulbs ? Also , do they come with screen locks?

This might be a dumb question but do Humid hides need to be in an enclosure all the time or only when you see the animal (blue tongued skink) is shedding?

The first thing you cover is what I needed to know. Thank goodness. Good to know of other food choices even though no runny poo here.

This.. I was stressed out on day two 😭 (despite the fact that he did eat some boiled egg whites, but I didn’t figure it to be enough)

Great ideas. Will try some toys. We let ours out a lot to roam around the basement. He loves to wander around

What makes this video better is the fact that he is wearing a Jurassic Park hat like he breeding dinosaurs 😂

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