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we got a few questions about our 1 year old skink

Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:29 pm

i just got my first ever reptile and its a blue tongue skink named "skittles" and weve had it for about 1 day and I have some questions/conserns.

as soon as we got it it huffed and puffed we thot it would be normal. so we didnt mind it he explored the warmer side of the tank but will not go on other side (the other side has its water.) so we went out to dinner and wen we came bak she was gone now weve done some reasearch on them and they like to burrow so we gave her a day to get cozy and wut not well wen we woke up she was still burrowed and maybe shes stressed but she has just stayed in that same place since about 7 last night wut do we do?
Do we touch it try to pet it we moved some shavings around and we can see her head but if we pet her she hisses wut do we do? :noknow:
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Postby evil pixie » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:58 pm

I would just leave him alone for a few days and let him get acclimated to his new environment.
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Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:05 pm

ok thank you
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Postby Brigget » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:35 pm

also dont let the hissing stop you or youll never get to know your guy. Handling them will calm them down some
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Postby jasjmm27 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Still "brumation time", though it is coming to a close in the near future...it could be wanting to sleep a bit or it could just be the moving stress...just give Skittles some time and he/she will come around! Huffing is normal, handling should help calm Skittles down and MAYBE even stop the huffing once he/she gets used to you and knows you mean no harm...there are some good hints around that say that feeding Blueys out of their cage will help them associate food and goodies with being handled...that could be helpful as well... :) Don't worry about the behavior you have mentioned unless it continues for too much longer...I would guess that Skittles is just a bit stressed and scared from the move and needs time to acclimate...plus he might still be trying to finish off some brumation??? :)


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Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:07 pm

thank all of you for the info i will take all into consideration i will get a pic soon!

But 1 question wut is brumation?
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Postby MartinsPerson » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:53 pm

Best advice will come from the caresheet. There's a link to it on the top left of this page. Also, on the main page of the discussion forum is a sticky post about brumation....Welcome to the boards!
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:10 pm

:welcome: to the forum. I love the name Skittles. Don't forget to show off some pictures. Give your little sweetie time to get adjusted. All sounds as it should be by your description. As others have stated review the care sheet ... it is a wealth of knowledge. :wink:
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Postby sheslikeheroin » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:53 pm

read the brumation post near the top of the page it should help, essentially brumation is like like hibernation where they don't eat much and sleep alot.
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Postby Blotch » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:25 pm

or if you're like me you circumvent the webpage for loading times and come directly to the forum, the link is here: http://bluetongueskinks.net/care.htm
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Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:28 pm

you guys are the friendliest people ive met and i named skittles the day i got her. well it being later on in the day i took the addvice i picked her up (just recently) given and she doenst hiss any more i gave her the whole day to explore she doing great ill have a picture tomarrow!
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Postby Blotch » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:59 pm

I'm not friendly! How dare you accuse me of such a thing!!! Why I outta... :P
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:26 pm

Blotch wrote:I'm not friendly! How dare you accuse me of such a thing!!! Why I outta... :P


Don't mind him, he's the sweetest of the bunch, just thinks it's not manly to say so. :lol:
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Postby Blotch » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:48 pm

:shock: :ohyes:
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Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:56 pm

Blotch wrote:I'm not friendly! How dare you accuse me of such a thing!!! Why I outta... :P


o really? u waana fight im tuff too!!! :boxing: lol
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Postby Blotch » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:01 pm

I haven't seen that Emoticon, Darn it - you win already! How can i best that?
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Postby lilryry1993 » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:10 pm

im not sure how about this :notwise: or :kick: ? lol

ok another thing should i get a thermomiter not sure if i spelled right but any who should i?
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Postby MartinsPerson » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:30 pm

I'd suggest investing in a temp gun instead. It allows you to check the temperature of multiple specific areas of you cage as opposed to just one ambient temperature. I like this model, its accurate and affordable...

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Postby Leigh » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:49 am

Blotch wrote:I haven't seen that Emoticon, Darn it - you win already! How can i best that?


Pay attention man!!! :slap:
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Postby Blotch » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:29 am

hahaha - Where were you when I was giving Sass Leigh???
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