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I have a CBB Indoneisan Blue Tongue Skink, he lives in a 15- gallon cage, with 2 hides,a waterdish, and a fake plant. I use paper towels as a substrate. He is doing superb and is around 9 inches and growing fast! My question is how often showed I feed him super and mealworms, I feed him fruits and veggies everyday and then usally I feed him 10 supers once a week.

Is that an okay schedule
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Snakes
1.2.0 Corn Snakes (amelanstic male, anerythristic female and snow female)
1.1.0 Ball Pythons (normals)
0.1.0 Amazon Tree Boa (Garden Phase)
1.1.0 Jungle Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 Colombian Boa Constrictors
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
3.1.0 Californian Kingsnakes (high-yellow, albino and desert males and desert female)

Geckos
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
1.1.0 Tokay Geckos
1.2.0 Leopard Geckos (high-yellow female and normal female and patternless male)
1.0.0 African Fat-tail Gecko (striped phase)
1.0.0 Viper Gecko
0.1.0 Crocodile Gecko (light phase)
0.1.0 Mediterranean Gecko
1.0.2 Skunk Geckos

Assorted Lizards
1.1.0 Eastern Collard Lizards
0.1.0 Inland Bearded Dragon
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.2.0 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Chinese Water Dragon
1.0.0 Giant Green Iguana
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink

Turtles
0.0.1 Red Footed Tortoises

Salamanders
0.0.1 Grey Tiger Salamander

Insect larvae should be used to add variety but I personally don't reccomend it as the meat portion of the meal. High quality canned catfood is a great staple meat portion and dark leafy greens are a good staple veggie portion, from there I add worms,cooked meat, fruits, and different kinds of veggies for variety. Good Luck!

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LIZARDS
0.0.1 Monkey-Tail Skink- "Bubba"
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skinks- "Sammy & Sausage Girl"
1.0 Indonesion BTS- "Don"
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island BTS- "Sebastian
1.0 Kei Island BTS- "Huckleberry Blue"
0.0.1 Ornate Uromastyx- "Spike"
0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko- "Sasha"

SNAKES
1.0 Green Tree Python- "Pink Floyd"
0.0.1 Sonoran Gophersnake- "Toro"
0.1 Western Hognose- "Piggy"

CHELONIANS
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortoise- "Tank"

How many screen names do you have? LOL Glad I am not the only one that is lost without BTS.net
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Stacey

Har har har, MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW!!! FWAHAHAHA!!!! :revenge: oh wait, it doesnt work here!

I miss BTS.net

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1.1.1 Blue tongue skinks- Sausage the IJ, Don the Indo, and Spunky Sabastian the Tanimbar
1.0.1 Green Tree Python- Floyd and Verdi
0.1 Western Hognose- Piggy
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake- Toro
0.0.1 Ornate Uro- Spike
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortoise- Tank
0.1 Albino Leo Gecko- Sasha

I go on bluetongueskins.net too, my screen name is Kevin McRae
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Snakes
1.2.0 Corn Snakes (amelanstic male, anerythristic female and snow female)
1.1.0 Ball Pythons (normals)
0.1.0 Amazon Tree Boa (Garden Phase)
1.1.0 Jungle Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 Colombian Boa Constrictors
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
3.1.0 Californian Kingsnakes (high-yellow, albino and desert males and desert female)

Geckos
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
1.1.0 Tokay Geckos
1.2.0 Leopard Geckos (high-yellow female and normal female and patternless male)
1.0.0 African Fat-tail Gecko (striped phase)
1.0.0 Viper Gecko
0.1.0 Crocodile Gecko (light phase)
0.1.0 Mediterranean Gecko
1.0.2 Skunk Geckos

Assorted Lizards
1.1.0 Eastern Collard Lizards
0.1.0 Inland Bearded Dragon
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.2.0 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Chinese Water Dragon
1.0.0 Giant Green Iguana
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink

Turtles
0.0.1 Red Footed Tortoises

Salamanders
0.0.1 Grey Tiger Salamander

Oh! I had no idea! Why aren't you asking questiions there?

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LIZARDS
0.0.1 Monkey-Tail Skink- "Bubba"
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skinks- "Sammy & Sausage Girl"
1.0 Indonesion BTS- "Don"
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island BTS- "Sebastian
1.0 Kei Island BTS- "Huckleberry Blue"
0.0.1 Ornate Uromastyx- "Spike"
0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko- "Sasha"

SNAKES
1.0 Green Tree Python- "Pink Floyd"
0.0.1 Sonoran Gophersnake- "Toro"
0.1 Western Hognose- "Piggy"

CHELONIANS
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortoise- "Tank"

B/c the forums weren't working when I posted it...
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Snakes
1.2.0 Corn Snakes (amelanstic male, anerythristic female and snow female)
1.1.0 Ball Pythons (normals)
0.1.0 Amazon Tree Boa (Garden Phase)
1.1.0 Jungle Carpet Pythons
1.1.0 Colombian Boa Constrictors
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
3.1.0 Californian Kingsnakes (high-yellow, albino and desert males and desert female)

Geckos
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
1.1.0 Tokay Geckos
1.2.0 Leopard Geckos (high-yellow female and normal female and patternless male)
1.0.0 African Fat-tail Gecko (striped phase)
1.0.0 Viper Gecko
0.1.0 Crocodile Gecko (light phase)
0.1.0 Mediterranean Gecko
1.0.2 Skunk Geckos

Assorted Lizards
1.1.0 Eastern Collard Lizards
0.1.0 Inland Bearded Dragon
1.0.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.2.0 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Chinese Water Dragon
1.0.0 Giant Green Iguana
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink

Turtles
0.0.1 Red Footed Tortoises

Salamanders
0.0.1 Grey Tiger Salamander

As babies they should have animal protein every feeding. I persoanlly do not use mealworms because they are high in phosphorous (which binds calcium to form calcium phosphate which they can not utilize) and they have a lot of chitin which is their indigestible exoskeleton. I don't know much about the nutritional composition of superworms, but I would recommend silkworms if you want to feed worms. They are and excellent source of protein and calcium and moisture. Variety is the key for BTS diet and I would introduce snails, slugs, and low fat dog or cat food. As far as supplements, I would use Rep Cal calcium w/D3 every other day and Herptivite vitamin supplement once a week.

I use the apple snails that you can get for aquariums and my guys LOVE them. Hope this helps.
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Stacey

Read this!

http://bluetongueskinks.net/care.htm