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Female Blue Tongue Skink CB23

Blue tongue skinks are part of a huge family of skinks. They have distinctive features like a big triangle head, stumpy legs and a bright blue tongue

Blue tongues originate in Australian. In some areas, blue tongues make useful garden wildlife as they eat snails, slugs and other garden pests

The Northern Blue Tongue Skink is the largest blue tongue, they can grow up to 60cm.

They can be hard to sex and its usually easier to compare several of the same size to work out the gender. Males have a larger head than females and a thicker tail base.

Blue Tongue Skinks enjoy a terrestrial enclosure with floor space to exhibit their natural behaviours in the wild. They enjoy hiding under rocks and wood but this should be placed at floor level, avoid stacking rocks or décor which can fall and injure the skink.

Skinks require a forest type enclosure with a suitable substrate such as cypress mulch, fir bark or aspen and soil based substrates should be avoided as they can be toxic to skinks. Ensure there is not too much humidity so mulch may need to be dried out if it causes a high level of humidity in the tank.

Set ups are available for Blue Tongue skinks, we recommend a minimum of a large reptihome or 4ft tank. There are larger terrestrial tanks available which offer more depth and floor space for the skink. You can choose to get a smaller tank and upgrade as required but the larger tanks can be adapted for hatchlings with additional décor preventing the need for upgrading at a later date.

Skinks need both heat and UVB in order to receive the correct parameters which they would in the wild. They also require calcium plus D3 which aids in healthy bone development. A water and food bowl should be provided with fresh water daily.
Spot cleaning can be carried out as required, we advise a full clean every 4 weeks or sooner if needed.
Blue tongues require a mixed diet of 50% vegetables, 40% protein and 10% fruit and should be fed every other day when young and every 2-3 days as adults.

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