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HI im new to skinks and this forum and am interested in gettin a skink at the upcoming reptile show.could you give me some choices on skinks that will be good for me to start with.Ive kept armadillo lizards,night lizards,a 3 foot savanna monitor,leo geckos,racrunners,ground skinks,collared lizards,and a uromastx.it does not matter if i can handle it or not i jus tlike the way all skinks look.thanks for your time.
nick
my pets at the moment:
3 foot savanna monitor
1.0 racrunner
1.1 leo geckos
mali uro
1.0 night lizard
2.0 armadillo lizards

Hi,
Well as cool as all lizards are, and I too have alot of species.

Have to say as far as skinks, personal opinion of course.

The Blue Tongue Skink, I absolutely love mine.

Shes inquistitive, fairly active, and very tame. I have a Merauke faded blue tongue, they get somewhat as large as a Northern BTS which can be up to 27 inches.

I have found her to be an excellent pet.

Wish you luck in your decision. I'm sure you will get alot of answers on this one,

Let us know what you decide on !

Eve

I am partial to Irian Jayas myself. When raised in captivity they are very sweet and social.

One of my babies.

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Stacey

IM at the moment looking at blue tongues and have a few questions.IM leaning toward the eastern blue tongues right now.is this a good choice.also i would like to eventually breed these lizards.how hard is the eastern blue tongue to breed.thanks for your time
nick

Easterns are not very easy to find and cost more than the other subspecies. But Easterns make as great pets as the others. And they aren't particularly hard to breed.
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Edward
Carpe diem

what would be the best blue tongue to get.I dont want it to get over 2 foot really.id like it to be relatively easy to breed to.also ive herd blue tongues like it dry.is this true and if so could i keep one in a reptarium.;thanks for your help
nick

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Edward
Carpe diem

G'day Nick - I take it you're a yank so here's my advice.

Don't buy a blotched unless ur loaded - they cost WAY too much.

Easterns seem to be more lazy than Blotchies - They are a cool lizards and going by the way one of my Male Blotchies had his way with my female Eastern - they are easy to breed. Cool them off and let them Hybernate in winter, warm them up around the start of spring, let them bump uglies, hopefully come Autumn you'll have some babies!

As far as other species - I'm Clueless - I have 3 Blotchies and an Eastern. And am Looking into gettign a friend from Western Aus to bring me over a pair of Westerns.

Reading what i've read on this site, Northerns are easy to get and cheap too. My advice, Buy Australian!

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