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The story so far :
12 July (middle of winter) my handyman brought a little skink to me that he disturbed when he was digging to set the steel posts for my under boundary fence timber sleeper retaining wall ( needed after a lot earth was removed to extend my double garage with a carport and a 3m x 9m front work slab) .
It came inside cupped in his hands very scared, very cold , and thankfully not injured , so I've opted to give it a home until the work in my backyard is all done and it's "safe" for it live outside and fend for itself again ( Yeh I know, I'll get attached and wont want to release it , and it'll become ubertame and friendly and super pampered like all my pet lizards and rescues do).
This little skink is a about the same size as Godzilla and is a delicate garden skink : Lampropholis delicata
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:58f6d1ae-e9c4-42cb-b321-d506e83abb7e
22july
Itchy the juveniles standing up (on the hunt and exploring).
Scratchy eating cricket under hide.
Looky …. a little blue tongue licking lips.
Itchy in petry dish water pond for a drink
And a bath
I've always liked this species of skink, grew up catching them in my family home's front and back yards at Mayfield NSW, and my granddad's yard ( Waratah) and around the school as a kiddie , and in the local "bush" and on Ash Island . And I've always had a healthy colony of them on my property here.
One of the most common skinks around here - they are literally in every yard if there is no cat in residence.
and has settled in very nicely in Godzilla's little tub, and has proven a great insect hunter, making very quick work of weenie woodies and weenie crickets I've given it each day (about 6 per day).
I have at least three colonies of these little skinks living on my property , one group lives in my shed, one group lives in the little shrub garden next to my greenstrip, and the bigger group lives under my house.
a 2" plastic petri dish is a great bath and soaking pool for Little T ( subsequently named Itchy)
Itchy is a great eater. !!!
12 July (middle of winter) my handyman brought a little skink to me that he disturbed when he was digging to set the steel posts for my under boundary fence timber sleeper retaining wall ( needed after a lot earth was removed to extend my double garage with a carport and a 3m x 9m front work slab) .
It came inside cupped in his hands very scared, very cold , and thankfully not injured , so I've opted to give it a home until the work in my backyard is all done and it's "safe" for it live outside and fend for itself again ( Yeh I know, I'll get attached and wont want to release it , and it'll become ubertame and friendly and super pampered like all my pet lizards and rescues do).
This little skink is a about the same size as Godzilla and is a delicate garden skink : Lampropholis delicata
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:58f6d1ae-e9c4-42cb-b321-d506e83abb7e
22july
![P7210461.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FmkNWyc9G%2FP7210461.jpg&hash=794b2b3f8f88559c20efb14064ec09a5)
Itchy the juveniles standing up (on the hunt and exploring).
![P7210448.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FVsSR0Q8D%2FP7210448.jpg&hash=ddababa5c4aa4103cd0f2818bebae4a1)
Scratchy eating cricket under hide.
![scratchy-bluetongue-seen1.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FnLyvvMZ2%2Fscratchy-bluetongue-seen1.png&hash=7c18388e828f239e487b1b8a6decf8ea)
![scratchy-bluetongue-seen.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F0NcfD9jH%2Fscratchy-bluetongue-seen.png&hash=5f555782917b39d7ac0e638082f8bc18)
Looky …. a little blue tongue licking lips.
Itchy in petry dish water pond for a drink
![itchy-drinking.png](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FfTQD6sWP%2Fitchy-drinking.png&hash=5a83fc8e6764c48cc04e0aa131d2949a)
And a bath
![P7220469.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F26Y7s3J6%2FP7220469.jpg&hash=bbbe58a9987173607881ad5ae88a7398)
I've always liked this species of skink, grew up catching them in my family home's front and back yards at Mayfield NSW, and my granddad's yard ( Waratah) and around the school as a kiddie , and in the local "bush" and on Ash Island . And I've always had a healthy colony of them on my property here.
One of the most common skinks around here - they are literally in every yard if there is no cat in residence.
and has settled in very nicely in Godzilla's little tub, and has proven a great insect hunter, making very quick work of weenie woodies and weenie crickets I've given it each day (about 6 per day).
I have at least three colonies of these little skinks living on my property , one group lives in my shed, one group lives in the little shrub garden next to my greenstrip, and the bigger group lives under my house.
![P7130417.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FmDWnN0Gw%2FP7130417.jpg&hash=f175a5bbc0a1a08a4021c0a2b745f434)
a 2" plastic petri dish is a great bath and soaking pool for Little T ( subsequently named Itchy)
![P7130418.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FG35kWv40%2FP7130418.jpg&hash=925dec4face9e6e5faf986f8209ccce1)
![P7130412.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FHj1jpWGM%2FP7130412.jpg&hash=bd49c83be9e9d5e9b6214dd20065e7db)
Itchy is a great eater. !!!