Algerian Berber Skinks (Collection Spotlight)
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- What are Algerian Berber Skinks? In this collection spotlight I share about my Algerian “True” Berber Skinks (Eumeces algeriensis). This species is extremely rare in collections around the globe and especially in the United States. Find out more about these beautiful and unique lizards in this video! #berberskink #reptilespotlight #skinks
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I loved my Schneider Skink back in the day, he was an awesome pet and definitely not the same size or coloration as this Berber skink. I got him at a pet store in the 90s as a juvenile and had him for 8 years. Fabulous animals, skinks.
I love your storytelling abilities! Brings even more entertainment to the educational facts!
Thank you so much. Im working in making my videos a big more fun to watch while keeping the content high. As Im sure you well know its easier said than done 😜👍🏼
I'm getting one of these CB from a breeder in Europe (they are in the states currently) and this video is VERY valuable for care info! Thanks TC! Looking forward to keeping the spices!
Another awesome video, TC! Very cool to be able to see actual footage of these skinks in the wild. Good luck in breeding these guys. It'll be great to have them back in the hobby as CBB.
I wish these werent so rare I would love one of those cuties!!
Hopefully they will be more common captive bred someday.
Thank you Doctor TC for sharing this video with us :) My great uncle called them Algerian bulldog skinks, he said they are one of the bravest animals in the desert/rock hills, he was Algerian. I really hope you will be successful with these amazing creatures in the near future.
Thank you my friend 😁😁
This video blew my mind I have had 3 berber skins when I was a kid and to see them three times the size almost looking exactly the same beside the darker coloring blows my mind and makes me really hope that you can successfully bread them so I can fulfill my nostalgic urge for a berber skink, please post updates on your breeding!
Taylor Anserson will do! 😁👍🏼
Thanks TC, I love your content, It's always very accurate and incredibly fascinating. I look forward to seeing more of these guys on your channel.
Love those skink set-ups.
Thank you. 🙏😁
Absolutely fantastic! Love these skinks! Am a Husbandry staff member Aquarist SCUBA at a large public aquarium. You have another way to contact. Subscribed too. Awsome!
Email 👍🏼 in description
I love your videos, i learn new things everytime! keep it up. you got my support.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you.
Absolutely incredibly upbeat and energetic video! Really loved this one! Praying you, your family, and all of God's beautiful creatures you raise stay blessed! Thank you for all the good you do! Lydia is doing absolutely amazing and is the sweetest girl in the world! Can't wait for the next video!!!!
Thanks David! Im so happy to hear Lydia is well. 😁❤️🦎 I love that skink.
Amazing information and stories!
Great job TC... I can see a genuine passion for everything skink.
Thank you Luis! 🙏😁
I just recently purchased a very healthy True Fire Skink can you provide any advise.
Actually 221B reptile channel dodna great fire skink Video just recently. Go check that out!
Nice! :D
I would love to get a Berber skink. They are such a cool skink. I watch a documentary about them and feel in love with them. I am so glad that hopefully soon there will CBB Berber skinks and that maybe I could get one till then good luck breeding them. I will praying that everything thing goes good for you.
I love berber skinks i use have them. Am going get again and do well with crocodile geckos too
Congratulations sir, beautiful
Another great video! You have helped me so much with my skinks (1 Indonesian blue tongue & 1 Schneider's). I thought Berber and Schneider's were interchangeable terms, I now know I have a small Egyptian Schneider's! I have noticed that my Schneider's is very much more insectivorous than omnivorous. He is offered a wide variety of foods and pretty much just eats cockroaches and meal-worms. Thanks for all your great info.
Thanks! You are correct that Schneiders are much more insectivorous indeed. 😁👍🏼
Awesome T.C........how did you go mate with the breeding? I'm gonna see if I can find another vid about them now....gorgeous skinks for sure🦎
So far not much. I had some courting by the male initially then nothing. I sent the pair to a friend on loan to see if they could get them going. So far nothing yet from their end either. Hopefully things will improve this coming year.
@@ReptileMountainTV well good luck mate. I'm definitely hoping for you & look forward to seeing your success one day....all my fingers crossed for you🦎
Best of luck to you, TC!
Who knows, we might look back at this time 5-10yrs from now as the starting point to getting these into the hobby with some regularity
I hope so 😁😁👍🏼
So they can’t cohab with hawks???
Haha not really good for the hawk lok 😜
I am just seeing this video and just discovered this awesome species. I have a chance on getting a pair in the US. Just wondering if you ever had success breeding these guys as I see this video is about 3 yrs old now.
Not yet sadly!
So could you do a video on Schneider Skinks I have two they are doing well but their isn’t to much info on them
T.C.,
Is Austin still breeding in Arizona? His website has not been updated since 2015. Thanks for your help! Really enjoy your videos!
Yes he is. 👍🏼 try reaching him on Facebook on his scincoides.com page
Hi great video very informative, sub added. I have a question I wonder you can answer? I'm in UK and I've got a Schneider skink. I can't seem to find a definitive answer on how these guys get their water. I've never actually seen my skink drink from a bowl. Do you think they get their moisture content from humidity/insects would you say? Or is their evidence that they use water sources other than that. I'm just trying to set his enclosure up as naturally as possibly is the reason I ask. Thanks
Many reptiles do get their water intake via their prey or food items. I'm certain that is in part the case for E. schneideri. I would place a water bowl in there to be safe. I've witnessed my E. algeriensis drinking from a water bowl so we know the closest species to it does.
@@ReptileMountainTV awesome thanks, I've made sure he has a little bowl of fresh water in there at all times so maybe he'll use it at somepoint, and if he doesn't I guess at the very least the stray crickets in there will be nice and hydrated! Thanks for your help
What a great video!
Thank you so much 😊
Can you use eco earth for them?
amazing video again! Can you make on on plants you can put in with them if you do more a live eco viv?
I may do a planted vivarium video sometime. I will add that idea to my list of possibilities 😁 thanks
can you do a full out care video
awesome.
Great video! I have a few questions. I have the small version of this skink, which I thought were called Schneider's Skinks (Berber Skink)? I am now very confused. I have had so much trouble finding proper care information. Is this Berber Skink care the same as the species that I have?
You should be able to keep them very similar. Yours is a Schneider’s so Eumeces schneideri which is the one I refer to as the replacement berber or false berber. They can be kept on a more sand type substrate and come from a more middle eastern region.
@@ReptileMountainTV Thank you for your response! I had no idea there was such thing as the one you discussed in the video. I will be able to refer to mine as the proper species now. =)
What cuties!!!
Hey man, really love you're videos! I was wondering if you might have any advice on diet for peter's banded skinks? I really want to give my guys the best diet possible but I'm sure you know that there's not a ton of information out there about them. Is cat or dog food okay for them?
I think they are more insectivorous than anything. I would go with dubia, crickets, and maybe some Repashy grub pie or possibly Bluey buffet.
@@ReptileMountainTV That's what other people have been telling me as well. Thanks so much for the response!
Thanks for clearing this up! I recently went to a rescue who had Schneider skinks labelled as Berbers and they overheard me telling my family that they weren't true Berbers and they jumped to try and correct me (perhaps they misunderstood me and thought I was calling them morphs??). I couldn't find anything in a 5 second Google search, so couldn't prove my case.
Next time show this 👍🏼👍🏼
Wonderful video
Thank you!
Do Blue Tongue skinks and then again maybe bearded dragons and Euromastyx have the same hot incandescent full spectrum basking light requirement on one side of the enclosure?
Check out my video ua-cam.com/video/4nw_VFX30wA/v-deo.html
I hope you can make them cheap enough for all of us to enjoy :D
Great info! How often do you feed? (Daily or every other day?)
Weekly
4:42 - Where did get those thin artificial branches?
Hobby Lobby
Did you succeed at breeding them?
I my self am working breeding tiliqua gigas halmahera mo
I watched your videos for a straight 2 weeks before buying my baby blue tongue and its helped quite a bit im always very paranoid about if i can take carr of something and keep it happy and healthy but you helped very much now my little guy eats from my hand and lets me pick him up with no fuss at all lately hes been spending most of his time underground though i think it becuase of his most recent shed but any ideas?
Thats awesome. And yep they do tend to hide when getting ready shed. And more so when winter season is in full swing.
@@ReptileMountainTV when he does it though he doesnt eat so should i let him be? Uncovering even just his head seems like a bad idea but is there any harm in it if i dont disturb him much?
If he has good weight then leave him be. A healthy blue tongue won’t starve itself.
Would you have any babies? It seems they would do good outside in SoCal
Hi TC - would you brumate Schneider or these true Berner skinks? And if so, for how long? I recently got some Schneider skinks. They are in quarantine at the moment but I've noticed they are eating less as the winter progresses.
I wouldn’t force it but if they slowed down I would follow their lead
@@ReptileMountainTV Ok thanks! They are still awake. However, one did attack the other and bit / locked on to his leg. It was pretty traumatic. They have been in quarantine and I had to separate them, and not sure if I can put them into their permanent enclosure together. Let me know if you have any thoughts on this. Thank you again.
omg they're so awesome!, TC in your perspective, do you think these guys are more active than fire skinks?
It depends on the time of day. Overall I think fire skinks are more active and these guys tend to have bursts of activity and lots of inactive time.
I hope you are able to successfully breed the little cuties. I hope one day I'll be able to add at least one to my care.
Better than my Berber video
Are you still working with these?
I wish I could have some
Hi TC, I work at a reptile ahop and we have a schneiders skink available. I've been debating picking him up as he is incredibly calm, healthy, and friendly for what i am almost certain is a wild caught animal. If I were to do this, would it be able to be fed wet dog food?
You can feed it some wet dog food yes. I believe they are a tad more on the insectivorous side and would take some Repashy grub pie as well, I bet you could mix it with some Repashy Veggie Burger and do well.
@@ReptileMountainTV thanks a lot for the quick reply. I can definitely supply plenty of insects as well. I started a dubia colony about six months ago so i've got that set
Could you possibly do a Schneider's skink care guide or difference between them and the berbers? I think mine may be a Schneider's skink.i reached back out to the breeder and he said it's a Berber but there's "really no difference" so I just want to make sure there's no extreme difference between them.
Also is there a good way to tell the difference?
There is difference. Your Schneider’s comes from a more dry sandy environment. Temps are similar as is feeding from my understanding. Yours won’t get as big either.
@@ReptileMountainTV I appreciate it. I have one more question if you don't mind answering (I have her in quarantine right now) How do you feel about sand as substrate for the Schneider's skink? That's what almost all research I turned up said was a good choice. I'd appreciate your input.
I believe sand is a good substrate for the Schneider's skink. I believe yours comes from a more sandy environment so that works well.
How much do these Berbers generally go for?
Awesome video! I just got my first BTS and your videos have been a huge help!!!
Congrats the new bub! This species can go for 350-800
Thank for the response!
Do you know anything about the Peter's Banded Skink?
I have one and I am wondering if they are able to also eat dog food as well since they are also omnivores.
Finding info for these little guys is sort of tough.
I know very little about them actually. Ive never worked with them
Dang! They are super awesome. Just finding consistent info on them has been rough. I have been going off Reptile Raptures care sheet.
Well anyway thank you for your quick responses. I appreciate your awesome channel!
@@ReptileMountainTV wow , meanwhile here in Morocco pet shops sell them for what's worth roughly 30-50 USD
are those Schneider's skinks that you also find in Israel ?
I'm not 100% certain. I know they aren't Berbers
@@ReptileMountainTV there are so many skinks
I have one of these Eumeces algeriensis. It was difficult to find much information on their care until I saw your great video. It's going to be difficult to find mine a mate, but how do you sex them anyway? Is there some sort of sexual dimorphism or is it just behavioral cues?
Mature adults show slight sexual dimorphism. Males have more girth and a much bigger head. Females are more slender in the neck and head area.
Thank you for your answer! I just have the one so can't make a good comparison. The head doesn't seem to be especially broad. (I breed Northern BTs so somewhat similar as the older males have notably wide heads.)@@ReptileMountainTV
I watched your video again to get another look at your animals. I'm wondering if the one you're holding is a male or female?
Male. 😁
I have a schneider’s!!
They are awesome!
Im getting a bts for christmas and for the humidity, I live in Louisiana (which is VERY humid) so would i still need to spray down the cage or is it fine?
Depends on the species and your indoor humidity. Even some animals in Florida kept indoors need sprayed. Do you know the species?
@@ReptileMountainTV most likely the northern
You should be just fine then.
@@ReptileMountainTV one more question if thats fine, on christmas im going away for a week on vacation, so would it be alright if i get my bts and put it in its cage and not have to worry about it by itself for a week? Or should i wait till i come back to get the bts
Wait
ber ber skink ber ber skink
How much do you sell your BTS for?
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So they can’t cohab with hawks???
As it turns out... not so much. Lol
Do you still even have these GD things? No update in years makes me think no.
Well I haven’t posted a video on anything in a year cuz I didn’t want to …lol. I still own them yes. No babies yet.
@@ReptileMountainTV Please make an update video on these rare GD skinks, thanks.
Great video TC, in my OPINION you should let me have a skink, FACT!!!!! HOPE YOU'RE WELL!!!!
I’m your 6k subscriber
Jk just unsubscribed
Lol