Amazing! Just when I felt like I was missing out not being on Instagram anymore and here comes some amazing content. Thank you kindly MRS (congrats!) Reptile Wonder!
Could you also crack in a couple eggs to the mix too? Or maybe scrambled egg? Also for the dog food could I get something that is almost entirely just meat based but pâté form?
@@KamsReptileshow old is ur bts? I’ve had mine for two months so far and wondering about how often should I be feeding him. I do every other day. But sometimes he doesn’t want to eat nothing nor bugs now. And he used to love bugs
@deadbeat5165 It's pretty important to give them a few bugs here and there. Variety is the best for blue tongues. I just adopted a 3-year-old male and I'm giving a crazy variety of veggies, greens, bugs, and meats as well as high quality grain free dog food. I even plan to offer him a 1-day old chick next time I feed them to my snakes for enrichment as well as nutrition. Remember in the wild blue tongues are omnivorous scavengers meaning they will eat anything rotting carcass they find, or bugs, snails, and wild skinks also raid people's backyard gardens for things like squash or berries. They are basically garbage disposal units so giving them a wide variety like they would have in the wild is ideal for the best health and growth. Best of luck with the skink you plan to get. They are awesome animals. Try to avoid getting a wild caught individual if possible though. It's better for the hobby and they have better personalities anyways.
I'm soooo making this for my skink except because he gets UVB I will use calcium WITHOUT vitamin D3 because using both D3 and UVB can be too much and can be harmful. Also that looks like too much supplements. If you use dog food you don't need nearly as much. Dog foods are almost always fortified with vitamins so people who use dog food for their skinks often say a multivitamin isn't necessary. I recently adopted my blue tongue skink Malarkey, a 3-year-old, wild caught Indonesian who unfortunately has a very sad past (as most my reptiles/pets do. Adopt don't shop!) He had very careless/abusive owner who broke his tail and didn't provide him with heat, UVB, or supplementation. His foster mom told me that literally everything was wrong with his husbandry, and he was in an extremely bad place health wise. Due to lack of humidity, he had a bunch of bad sheds and when he was finally surrendered to his foster mom it looked like he was probably going to need both his back legs amputated from layers and layers of stuck shed cutting off the circulation for so long. I saw photos of when she first rescued him, and it was sooooooo bad. I have never seen anything quite like it and I have rescued a lot of animals and worked in a humane society for years. His foster mom gave him lots of soakings and was finally able to remove the many layers of stuck shed. Somehow, she managed to save his legs, but he is missing all the toes on both his back feet (aside from one single toe) and most of his toes on his front feet are missing at varying lengths. His feet are pretty crazy. He also has a permanent kink in his tail from the break he suffered, but despite all his issues he has adapted to it very well. His feet are healed but will always be a sad sight to look at. Because of his dark past I am even more determined to treat him like a King, for the rest of his life. He went from being abused until he was on deaths door to now living in a 4x4x2 front opening enclosure with 24" UVB light, proper humidity for an Indo (around 75%), bioactive substrate with springtails and isopods, live plants, plus he has a humid hide, a heat mat on a quality thermostat and he is very loved. When Malarkey is better socialized, I plan to use him for educational presentations. He will help kids learn just how important it is to take care of your pets properly and what can happen if you don't meet their needs just right. I think he will be a great ambassador for his species one day!
One thing I love about these skink videos is how delicately they eat. Their bites can hurt, but when they're eating they just seem so gentle🤣 So cute!
Amazing! Just when I felt like I was missing out not being on Instagram anymore and here comes some amazing content. Thank you kindly MRS (congrats!) Reptile Wonder!
Could you also crack in a couple eggs to the mix too? Or maybe scrambled egg?
Also for the dog food could I get something that is almost entirely just meat based but pâté form?
I’m not this person but you absolutely could ! A raw egg is a good occasional treat/addition!
@@Bloodng0r_e awesome thank you!
100% grain free dog food if your skink is adult, so yah totally meat. Cat food for young skinks.
Thank you so much this was extremely helpful🥰
where did you get your ring from, I love it, its so pretty!
@@moonlightprisms9361 those are my engagement and wedding band! they’re from Brilliant Earth :)
Could you use this with younger blue tounge skinks aswell?
could you post the recipe written please?
Can I use anything calium without d3
Is it 4 tbsp each of calcium and multivitamins? I'm making the right now for my BTS, but I wanted to make sure cause it seemed like a lot of powder.
I’m finally here from TikTok to subscribe. Your skink looks bigger what a handsome baby
That bluey looks like he's getting a great diet, my concern is that ground turkey!! who's sellin you bologna loaves??
haha yeah it is a little weird. but it's organic so that was what I was most concerned about.
how many times a week do you feed yours
2x a week!
@@KamsReptileshow old is ur bts? I’ve had mine for two months so far and wondering about how often should I be feeding him. I do every other day. But sometimes he doesn’t want to eat nothing nor bugs now. And he used to love bugs
Great video!!
what about insects?
this is just the diet he has for the most part! sometimes I add in dubia roaches or super worms :)
@Kam's Reptiles thanks i dont wana deal with insects at all glad it isnt important part of their diet .. gona get mine soon
@deadbeat5165 It's pretty important to give them a few bugs here and there. Variety is the best for blue tongues. I just adopted a 3-year-old male and I'm giving a crazy variety of veggies, greens, bugs, and meats as well as high quality grain free dog food. I even plan to offer him a 1-day old chick next time I feed them to my snakes for enrichment as well as nutrition. Remember in the wild blue tongues are omnivorous scavengers meaning they will eat anything rotting carcass they find, or bugs, snails, and wild skinks also raid people's backyard gardens for things like squash or berries. They are basically garbage disposal units so giving them a wide variety like they would have in the wild is ideal for the best health and growth. Best of luck with the skink you plan to get. They are awesome animals. Try to avoid getting a wild caught individual if possible though. It's better for the hobby and they have better personalities anyways.
I'm soooo making this for my skink except because he gets UVB I will use calcium WITHOUT vitamin D3 because using both D3 and UVB can be too much and can be harmful. Also that looks like too much supplements. If you use dog food you don't need nearly as much. Dog foods are almost always fortified with vitamins so people who use dog food for their skinks often say a multivitamin isn't necessary.
I recently adopted my blue tongue skink Malarkey, a 3-year-old, wild caught Indonesian who unfortunately has a very sad past (as most my reptiles/pets do. Adopt don't shop!) He had very careless/abusive owner who broke his tail and didn't provide him with heat, UVB, or supplementation. His foster mom told me that literally everything was wrong with his husbandry, and he was in an extremely bad place health wise. Due to lack of humidity, he had a bunch of bad sheds and when he was finally surrendered to his foster mom it looked like he was probably going to need both his back legs amputated from layers and layers of stuck shed cutting off the circulation for so long. I saw photos of when she first rescued him, and it was sooooooo bad. I have never seen anything quite like it and I have rescued a lot of animals and worked in a humane society for years. His foster mom gave him lots of soakings and was finally able to remove the many layers of stuck shed. Somehow, she managed to save his legs, but he is missing all the toes on both his back feet (aside from one single toe) and most of his toes on his front feet are missing at varying lengths. His feet are pretty crazy. He also has a permanent kink in his tail from the break he suffered, but despite all his issues he has adapted to it very well. His feet are healed but will always be a sad sight to look at.
Because of his dark past I am even more determined to treat him like a King, for the rest of his life. He went from being abused until he was on deaths door to now living in a 4x4x2 front opening enclosure with 24" UVB light, proper humidity for an Indo (around 75%), bioactive substrate with springtails and isopods, live plants, plus he has a humid hide, a heat mat on a quality thermostat and he is very loved.
When Malarkey is better socialized, I plan to use him for educational presentations. He will help kids learn just how important it is to take care of your pets properly and what can happen if you don't meet their needs just right. I think he will be a great ambassador for his species one day!