My new shingle back

ziggi365 · Postby **ziggi365** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:25 am

Hey guys, im new here and am here to learn *pulls notepad out*

I had a close friend who moved away. He had a shingle back and I had expreince in reptiles so I was the lucky person who got this guy, his about four years old, looks a little rough but over all doesnt look to bad.

My main question is how offten should I feed this guy, his not little by any means but his not fat, seems to be a healthy wait. At the moment I have a dish in there that has pellets in it, I leave that in there constatnly and top it up every now and then. I feed him a mixture of foods and veg, like strawberrys, carrots, meal worms and crickets.. Any idea on how often? And is it ok to leave the pellet dish in there? Or should I take it out?

Thank you for ur help.

evil pixie · Postby **evil pixie** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:35 am

Please check out the caresheet for feeding information. Feeding strawberries and carrots is not nutritious, nor are meal worms or crickets.

ziggi365 · Postby **ziggi365** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:54 am

Sorry about that buddy, sort of a stupid question with a care sheet down the bottom of the page, It wouldnt load the 40 times before, no seriously I tryed 40 times. Handy caresheet thou. I found out what I needed and thank you for pointing me in the right redirection if thats possible. cheers

Shadowfax · Postby **Shadowfax** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:17 am

Congrats on your fortunate discovery of an awesome pet! Where's the pictures? Now that you've gotten the caresheet, you'll be fixing all kinds of yummy meals I'm sure (shoot, all my animals get better quality food than me). Given that you have a free shingleback, shall we assume that you live in Oz-land?

ziggi365 · Postby **ziggi365** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:28 am

Yeah I shore do, And he was close to me and knew I liked lizards. Pics?!?! They will come my friend ive got to get a camera. And yeah I see what you mean my bluey will end up eating better then me2 you wont be alone lol.

Tattoo · Postby **Tattoo** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:25 am

Welcome to the forum. :welcome:

Getting a free stumpy and the not posting pictures for us all to admire is considered quite a high crime round these parts mate. Better get to posting them pdq!

:ryo:

SailleSkinklover · Postby **SailleSkinklover** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:03 pm

Oh Wow, where are you located at, by the way? You are SOOOOOOOOO LUCKY to have been given (GIVEN!!!!) a Shinglback! ( If you ever want to rehome him. . . I'll love him and hug him and squeeze him and feed him. . . and well, you get the idea!

Yes, Please post pics as soon as you can oh, and WELCOME! :welcome:

This is a great forum, we all love our Blueys here, and we all help each other with our experiences/knowledge.
Congrats on your incredibly lucky new pet!

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:40 pm

Welcome to the insanity! Can't wait for pictures.

Saile, sadly I think Ziggi is in Aus, so I don't think you'll be getting to steal the turd anytime soon. Sorry.

SailleSkinklover · Postby **SailleSkinklover** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:08 pm

Hey Fatal, if your next skink is a turd, are you still gonna name it Skidamarink?

shingleback aus · Postby **shingleback aus** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:10 pm

welcome to the forum good luck with the shingle would love to see pics.

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:30 pm

SailleSkinklover wrote:Hey Fatal, if your next skink is a turd, are you still gonna name it Skidamarink?

I'm looking into getting another 3 skinks within a few weeks, so one of them will probably get the Skidamarink name.

Postby **Scotts1au** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:46 pm

Hi Fatal

Is there some meaning to Skidamarink that might be lost on us Aussies?

Scott

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:01 pm

It's a song, dunno if any aussies may know it.

Skidamarink, a dink, a dee, skidamarink a doo, I love you.
I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon,
I love you in the evening, and underneath the moon.
Skidamarink, a dink, a dee, skidamarink a doo, I love you.

There's more to it, but that's all I really know. My mother used to sing this to us sometimes, still does it to annoy us occasionally. I also sing it to the animals at the shelter sometimes. I just like the song, and think it works particularly well for a skink.

Tattoo · Postby **Tattoo** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:29 pm

Hmmm ... I thought the reference had to do specifically with driveway turds and underpants (hence the skidmark part). Well I learned something new today. :lol:

MartinsPerson · Postby **MartinsPerson** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:56 pm

That was the theme song to a kid's show....I can't remember which one though! It has a little dance that I used to do in front of the TV!

Hijinks · Postby **Hijinks** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:43 pm

It was on Barney and Friends. :hurl:

anfballa20 · Postby **anfballa20** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:22 pm

but originally from sharron louis and gram on the elephant show

ziggi365 · Postby **ziggi365** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:25 am

Thank you for SUCH a worm welcome. Ill post pic's towmorrow need girl friends camera, for the record im from NSW. Once again thank you for the worm welcome

kris21 · Postby **kris21** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:00 am

Tattoo wrote:Hmmm ... I thought the reference had to do specifically with driveway turds and underpants (hence the skidmark part). Well I learned something new today.

Haha you dork

I had no idea what it was about though so im glad i know now!

Kristy

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