Re: Playtime

[matt]

They are so cool, but my wife says pics is as far she will let a snake in the house ;D

[elizabeth]

I am with Matt's wife on the snake thing!! I think they are great to look at and Kristin you have two cuties!! But that is as far as I am going JUST LOOKING!!

[elizabeth]

Kristin said:

i eat only prekilled mice

OK there would be one of the KEY points as to why I say ummmmmmm NO!! I just look at them in the stores and the zoo and watch them on animal planet and admire the pictures on here!!

[elizabeth]

I will just be content to live through everyone else!! ;D

[matt]

thanks for trying Kristin, my wife may won the battle but not the war!! ;D ;D

[Steven]

YEEAAA!!! Eating pics!!!

[Patrick Kubeja]

Me and Denise to have decided against them I do not like the feeding think plus I would probally cook the frozen food for dinner one night by mistake

[matt]

MMMMMMMM nothing like a good mouse pot pie right Patrick ;D I never tried prekill my mice for my skink, she is spoiled she gets hand fed live ones, and my beardies get live pinkies to munch on

[matt]

I have a female Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink and looking a male and possible a Australian Pink-Tongued skink. As far as information on the net I would try Melissa Kaplan's site
www.anapsid.org/ On the left side of the site select lizards under the heading species, from there pick blue tongue skink. or there is another one that I think is pretty good site is www.bluetongueskinks.net/ those are two I would recommend right now. I feed her a couple of fuzzy a week along with either meal or wax worms and then greens, vegs, and her favorite peach baby food, she like fruits and I found that baby food is an easy solution on days that I'm short on time, but now she really has a taste for it and that is how she gets her fruit. I really have to laugh when I see her after digging into her baby food and then she looks up at ya with a dirty face. As far as how much, I really don't measure anything, I know my herps eating habits so well now that I just prepare thier food with out thinking about, I can tell the amount just by looking at it.
I hope this helps a little.
Good luck to ya.
Matt

[elizabeth]

matt said:

my beardies get live pinkies to munch on

I knew they ate bugs but they eat rodents as well??? Is it a required part of their diet?? I was soooo thinking about getting one but not if I have to feed them rodents!! Eeeeeeewwwwwww.........

[Patrick Kubeja]

Hey Matt

Your Right I do not think Denise would like that but now on the other hand her Son Josh May LOL!!!!! ;D

[matt]

Hey kristin,
with my skink I go 40% meat-60% fruit and vegs, In that 60% 30-40% greens and vegs, 10-20% fruit. I believe it has been working well with her. I'll get a pic posted as soon as she is done shedding.

[geekcoboy103]

Pinkies are VERY high in fat, and can ccarry diseases all to easily, for naturally obeast animals like beardies, it is not a good idea.
It's okay to do that like once a month, but don't do it too often.

-collin

[matt]

You are right they are high in fat, and you do have to watch their intake of them, one other you have to watch their intake on is wax worms they are also high in fat. Thats why I only do 40% meat, I guess I should have added that to my last message.
Thanks for mentioning it Collin

[matt]

Kristin,
I use that 40% meat-60% vegs and leafy greens on all my beardies and my blue tongue skink. I don't know about the dog food thing, if it was me I wouldn't do it. I feed my beardies crickets every other day and fresh greens everyday, same with my skink meat and some crickets once a week maybe twice a week and fresh greens and vegs everyday.
The planned I started with was from the www.bluetongueskink.net and then I just started working with the items till I found what works the best for my skink, she is very healthy and not over weight.