your bluetoung is absolutely amazing, can we see some more pics of him please!? im really considering getting one after these, iv read up on them a great deal but have had many varied oppinions on tank size etc, can you share us a little info please, and also that fire skink is amazing! where did you get him from? and if you dont mind me asking what prices were the blue toung and the fire skink?? thanks
dany
Blue tongues, depending on where you go, can be bitey jerks. Wildcaught of ANY type excluding the northern, shingleback or Irian Jaya (Which I have, has a characteristic red belly) tend the be nicer. I used a 40 gallon shallow for mine but it's outgrowing it a bit. 40 gal is listed as the minimum and I keep mine at about 32 celcius and room temp in the cool zone. Eats like a pig and comes out almost daily, but is exceptionally lazy so doesn't move around alot. After a few months you should have been tasted a few times or bitten depending on age and breed (babies bite more). I paid $350 for mine. It was outrageous, but all the breeders I can track down either don't ship or don't live very close to me at all. So I went to a scumy petstore and rescued it from there, couldn't be happier with it. I've SEEN baby northern blue tongue skinks for about $125 (canadian) from a breeder and I've HEARD as low as $75. For more info, check out www.bluetongueskinks.net They have a crappy forum and GREAT info on the types.
The fire skinks are hit and miss. Nobody I've ever met (and I am more than chest deep in the reptile scene) has bred them. They have doubled in price from $40-80 Canadian in the last year at petstores. I got mine for 40 from some guy who sold it off to breed leopard geckos.
FOR THE GUY LOOKING FOR CRESTIES: I've seen them as low as $40 for low end babies and I've seen as high as $300 for proven breeder high end females with tails. Wow. Anyways, PM me and tell me where you live at. Maybe we can work something out by december (I've got babies due in about 70 days) if you live near western Canada. Check out the reptile shows and look up reptile societies in your area on google.
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If you have more herp questions, maybe you should hit up www.herpcenter.com it's my favorite forum for herps. I'm not plugging an add for it or anything, I in no way represent it. It's just the best one out there and I reccomend it...though I am the skink expert there with the most amount of skink experience.
TO THE GUY LOOKING FOR A CRESTIE: Where do you live? Feel free to PM me.
Also, anymore questions you can PM me or post here and I'll try my best.
Oh yes, the pics of Blueberry. This is the species that got me into herpetology in the first place. I thought by finally getting one after 16 years of waiting (I'm 20) that it would stop. Boy was I wrong...By the way, you should do research on the different color morphs available. I wanted one with lots of black but found this one to be prettier, what with the colors on the back legs and not on the front. By the way, he's still only about 1.5 years old in this pic. He's definately NOT fully grown yet!!
NOTE THE RED BELLY ON THE IRIAN JAYA BLUE TONGUE HERE. THE IJ BTS HAS A MUCH LESS POINTY AND WIDER HEAD THAN ANY OTHER BTS:
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