chameleon7":2qqoe8yw said:Hey, would like to hear your opinion on something, so the last couple of weekends i have made it my goal to help out the local shingle back skinks because they have a habit of getting ticks, for those who don't know what they are they are a rough scaled skinks with a stubbed tail and a purple tongue (they are related to blue tongue skinks). I've been riding my bike through the bush paths and placing dog food, strawberry and cherry
tomatoes (they love red things) in certain spots then coming back later to do my thing. But i was wondering. There is this shingle back that lives at the local beach out the front of my house and i was thinking about catching it de-ticking it and taking it home to this very large out door enclosure i have and keeping it for a while, maybe try tame it, fatten it up you know. was wondering if you guys think that is cruel. i know that I'm taking it from its home (its been living there for about 2 years)
but i know in the wild they usually only live to 3-5 years because they are so docile and brave, they expose themselves to predators and all i canthink about is that skink getting chewed up by one of the dogs at that beach. What do you guys think?
chameleon7":runr8hf9 said:yeah that is very true although they only stay with their partner for 2 or 3 months and there is plenty around here... :?:
Rankins":jca5cmow said:I think you made the right choice. If it was a rescue like Kingofnobbies you would be doing a service for the species. But to take a healthy one from the wild is a disservice.
chameleon7":25n25qvb said:starting to think maybe it's not a great idea, separating two mates for my own pleasure isn't what im about, i was aware they mate for life but didn't think about it at the time,but ill leave it with its wife and let it on its merry way. also it is illegal to collect wild herps here so... maybe not, just thought i'd give it a good life, their are some for sale but i just cant afford it, i really want one or a blue tongue, but believe it or not its actually harder to find blue tongues than shingle backs down here (south west, Western Australia) as we are only allowed to keep western blue tongues although just recently central and i think northen blues were added to the keeping list so will look out for that, ahah as i was typing this just found some blue tongues! 250$ tho dang cant afford atm why are animals so darn expensive!!! joking love my animals even tho they make me broke :lol:
chameleon7":2dpkzhm6 said:yeah good ideas, i really need to get a bts in the near future, kingofnobbies what type of bt do you have and what do you feed as a staple :?:
chameleon7":2xnsnzij said:WOW makes me want one even more, i have to say i agree with the snake bytes guy, as much as i love beardies i think blue tongues are gonna be the next big thing in reptiles and i wouldn't be surprised if there will be a big boom in them, a bit like ball pythons. for UV i have heard mixed opinions, if they were to get outside occasionally would they really need a uvb bulb? :mrgreen: :?:
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