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Postby nivek5225 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:04 pm

I am new to skinks and have been trying to research blue tongue skinks before getting one.

I have a question about their protein intake with feeding. Do you have to feed them live food(crickets, mealworms, ect.) or can you just feed them meets(chicken, beef)?

I know you can't give them raw meat, and need to cook it, but do they NEED the insects to be healthy, or will meats be fine to keep healthy?

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Postby Fatal_S » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:06 pm

Welcome to BTS.net!

Good job on doing your research first! :woo: This is definitely the site to do it on.

For meats, a BTS will be totally fine with just chicken and such. However, there are certain nutrients they will not get, such as calcium and Vitamin D3, which are in the bones and liver I believe. You can make this up with calcium rich foods (collard greens for example) or supplements. If you're okay with feeding F/T mice, that would also be a natural source of calcium and D3.

You can get tons of information on BTS from the caresheet on this site. It's the best. Good luck on your Bluey Quest!
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Postby nivek5225 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:52 pm

Thanks for the reply!

Yeah i've read the caresheet from this site along with probably all of them on google! After first reading about them and seeing some pics and videos of them... i fell in love and have been reading like crazy!

They seem so neat, i can't wait to get one!
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Postby Fatal_S » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:55 pm

They are amazing! So fun ^.^ Baby season is coming May/June to get a superb baby from one of the on-site breeders. You'll get an amazing, healthy and happy little one, ready to be cuddled and such. I love my BTS ^.^
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Postby Tattoo » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:21 am

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Postby Dragontears » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:11 pm

:hithere: welcome to the forum! Be careful...blueys are addicting. You will find it hard to stop at just one.
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