Blue Tongues...

[Kevin McRae]

I am considering keeping blue tongue skinks, but would like to know a little about them.

Anyone have these guys and have photos?

Thanks

[LISA127]

I have a blue tongued I've had for almost 5 years now. They are great lizards, very curious and docile. They are also one of the easiest lizards to care for, in my opinion. He's the only one I have, but I'll never be without a blue tongue in my collection.
Here's a pic:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v370/tiliqua/001_NR.jpg

[LISA127]

He's an Irian Jaya btw. I'd love to have a northern blue tongue myself. :)

[beanersmysav]

A buddy of mine has 2 northern blue tongues his one was his first lizard and its a good size for its age and hardy. He's never had any problems with it rather that it frequently pees on people now but that may be because of the amount of lizards he now has along with the fact he just bought a female blue tongue skink from the Hamburg PA, it was only 8 weeks old and was almost a fully foot and hardy absolutly unheard of but the guy selling them had 8-10 of them that he said were only 8 weeks and were that size.

But I highly reccomend keeping them if you're looking for a 'pet' lizard.

[damzookeeper]

I've got 2 northern males and 2 irian jaya females. You can see them on my site and if you check under care sheets there is a care sheet for them there as well.

I love these guys!! I plan on getting a couple more in the future. But I need to get more cages built. These guys should be housed alone, even females.

Reptile Rascals. (http://www.reptilerascals.com)

[Kevin McRae]

Thanks guys.....I am probaly going to get him/her in a few days and will post some pictures:)

[Kevin McRae]

BTW she/he is 150.00$ I'm not sure if she/he is a northern or Irian Jaya yet.

[damzookeeper]

northerns and irian jaya's are very different.
You can tell them apart just by looking at their pattern. Although I have hear there are some mixed species out there as well.

Here is a northern Blue tongue.
http://www.reptilerascals.com/bts2004-01-25zactongue.jpg

Here is an irian jaya.
http://www.reptilerascals.com/2004-08-04%20015.jpg

And here is an above shot of the two. The Norther is the bigger one on the right.
http://www.reptilerascals.com/2004-04-20%20005.jpg

I used to have a female northern as well but I unfortunately lost her this past summer.

[Skink Keeper]

Good choice going with a BTS. I have 5 irian jaya BTS and have never had a problem with them.

[Kevin McRae]

She/he is an CBB Idonesian, she/he is 8 to 9 inches long and is friendly and eating veggies and insects.

How do I sex them?

\What should I use as substrate for a juvi?I have mulch, shavings,paper towel............everything.

Thanks!

[JeffT]

Kevin,

Go to google.ca and type in Blue tongue pages, check out that website where ever it pops up. It was written by the most successful BT keeper and breeder in Canada. BTW, They need excessive and PROPER UV lighting and a large cage, about 3-4 feet long minimum.

[LISA127]

I would say go for the 4 feet. Mine is in a 3 foot long cage and I feel it's too small. Buy the 4 foot cage and be done with it.

[damzookeeper]

You can find Craigs link on my link page and on my care sheet page as well. I got a lot of my info from him. He has retired breeding bt's because he has a new baby now but he was a wonderful help to me and he is still wonderful about answering any questions and emails people send him. :)

[Kevin McRae]

Okay, thanks guys........I'm getting him/her on Thursday:)

I will be sure to post pics:)

[Kevin McRae]

Is 1504 a good price for an indonesian?

[Kevin McRae]

I mean 150$

[damzookeeper]

sounds good to me. I paid 200 for my northerns and 300 for my adult irian jaya. My younger irian jaya was marked for 400 at the pet store but I got her and a berber skink in a trade for geckos.

[damzookeeper]

Oh, forgot to mention too, I would really like to see pics of her. Bt's are the best, most found in pet stores are irians or northerns with occasional easterns. Is your's a cb or a wc? At that price I was thinking wc but I could be wrong.

[Skink Keeper]

yes if it's a cbb it's a good price. I havn't seen too many indonesian blue tongues around here. Post some pics when you get it.

[Kevin McRae]

She/he is CBB........I read that was rare so 'm happy:)

I will post some pics....

[Kevin McRae]

oh and I'm getting him/her from a breeder:)

[damzookeeper]

ah, I thought you were getting him/her from a pet store. Even better!! Does the breeder have a website or email addy? I may be interested in some of these subspeices as well. ;)

[Kevin McRae]

He just has one...........I bought him yesterday from Henry Piroun:)

He got from one of his friend though, so maybe he can tell you his friends e-mail..........piroun@sprint.ca

[damzookeeper]

Oh, thanks, I know who Henry is.

Can't wait to see pics!!