Saphia Shedding - NOW WITH COMPLETE SHED PICS!

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Saphia Shedding - NOW WITH COMPLETE SHED PICS!

Postby Funda » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:18 am

As you might have already known Eragon is my Eastern and so is this one, Saphia.
And some of you might know that Saphia isnt all eastern, shes mixed.
Yeah just saying before people start questioning her colours and weird patterns :P
Saphia has shed many times before but only this time did i take pictures of her doing so.
So i thought i'd share them aswell - to my bluey loving friends :)



You can see the colour difference - before and after
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As you can see from the above picture, saphias head and neck scales have come off... this is what it looked like - looks pretty cool actually.
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Her backlegs
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Sorry pictures abit dark...
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side of her body
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Whilst going into her cave
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Looking kinda grumpy - but i reckon she looks so cute with that mean little face :lol:
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" you again ?? "
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" I'll break that camera of yours "
(for some reason when i went to take close up pictures of her she would try and lick the camera, which i found very cute :lol:)
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I found her biting at her toes coz she had lose shed still stuck, was so funny! Tried to take a picture but this was all i could do :( oh well lol
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And thats about it ... I'll try and post some pics of her after the complete shed :)

Oh and i apologize for the dirty "poopy" enclosure - due for a clean this week!



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Postby Blotch » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:56 am

if Saphia isn't pure Eastern, what is she? an intergrade?
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:03 am

Cute stuff Funda. Thanks for sharing. Your girl is a beauty. :D
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Postby Graniteer » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:33 am

I really like her sides, those black triangles with the orange-red interior are fantastic. Nice looking skink, I'm curious about the heritage as well.
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Postby shingleback aus » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:59 pm

great shots love the colors :D
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Postby Funda » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:40 pm

Blotch wrote:if Saphia isn't pure Eastern, what is she? an intergrade?


I have no idea what the other half of her is...
I posted a few pictures of her in another post because, i too, knew she was eastern... she just seemed different.. and her colours and patterns didnt ALL match with an eastern..
I have no idea lol


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Postby Zach » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:53 pm

Nice! Hey, was your Eastern the one with that strange intense red on its back??

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Postby Funda » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:43 pm

Zach wrote:Nice! Hey, was your Eastern the one with that strange intense red on its back??


Yeah that was mine.
i will be posting some pictures of saphias complete shed soon.

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Postby Blotch » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:48 pm

yeah i'd love to see! Funny how all these hybrids/intergrades are coming out of the woodwork lately.
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Postby Leigh » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:57 am

Yeh Luke,but is it for the Good or the Downfall of the skinks?
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Postby Funda » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:12 am

Yeah my Saphia is the 'Intense red backed skink' :rofl: lol

Here are some shots of her with the complete shed


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This picture shows her eye blue - looks liek the skin of her tongue.
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She climbed up on top of my school for some reason - dont know how though :lol:
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Enjoy

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Postby Leigh » Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:52 am

I'm guessing she's a northern x eastern, how's the tail doing,is there much regen?
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Postby Funda » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:17 am

Thats it i presume; its just been like that..
You could see the flesh and bone before but thats all covered in scale now, so its all healed.

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*2 Kittens, Lucky and Cuddles

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Postby Tattoo » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:44 am

She sure is cute with that funny little tail Funda. :wink:
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Postby shingleback aus » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:55 am

Saphia has great color what is she mixed with?? :D
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Postby Blotch » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:44 am

looks to me like an eastern with a scattered non uniform pattern. Could be an intergrade, but I'm more likely to think the former rather than the latter.
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