Hi everyone i am considering breaking into the skink world with purchasing a hatchling bts, I hoping someone could help me out buy telling me the basic steup for a baby bts tank, if you were to set up a tank today what would you put inside? thanks and anything will help
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bts basics
mudmuskkev
Jul 24, 2008 11:31 AM
Replies (2)
condaman74
Jul 24, 2008 03:58 PM
I want to see a "hatchling" bts. 
j/k
Check this site out they have all the info you could ever want.
http://www.bluetongueskinks.net/
PHLdyPayne
Jul 26, 2008 12:04 AM
Blue tongue skinks don't hatch, they are born. BTS are live bearers 
the website listed in the other response is a good place to start.
A baby blue tongue skink does well in a small tank, about a 20 or 35 gal long to start. A few layers of paper towel is best for substrate, plus a few low hides (cork bark is fine, or long small 'paint trays' you can get at a dollar store (I paid 2 for a dollar), Just cut an opening in one side with scissors or snips.
Basking spot should be about 100F and though there is much debate on the necessity, it doesn't hurt to have a UVB tube as well. (a 5.0 is good, though get the long straight tubes, not the coiled compact one).
Food is a mix of insects and greens, similar to young bearded dragons (crickets, superworms, silkworms, horn worms, healthy greens such as dandelion greens, collard greens etc.) Greens and vegetables should be chopped very finely or just chopped with a food processor.
As Adults, Northern Blue Tongues need a cage at least 4'x2' of floor space.
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PHLdyPayne
