BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Hi my freind has just told me of a monkey tailed skink in a pet store for £300. i am not wanting to buy it but from what info i can gather on this skink it seems to be rare.do you know if these skinks can be legally imported or will they be CB
suez

I know Agamainternational.com breeds them here in the US. I think most are still wild caught. They are cool animals i don't know a ton about them i know they like veggies and friuts and are highly arboreal but other than that not much. I think that website has a whole page about them.
hope that helps a bit.

I am pretty sure the solomon islands are closed to exportation.

thanks for the answers guys i went to see the skink myself today it is a great animal but the condition it is kept in is terrible i have reported to appropriate body here in the UK

Why don't you just buy it? Would be cool! You'd be the most popular kid on the block too!

Because then you are just putting another lizard right back into that situation, only to be sold to an inexperienced non herper, and perpetuate the cycle.

NomadOfTheHills wrote:Because then you are just putting another lizard right back into that situation, only to be sold to an inexperienced non herper, and perpetuate the cycle.

this is exactly why i wont buy as mutch as it distresses me

I don't understand - if you buy it - won't you keep it?

Blotch wrote:I don't understand - if you buy it - won't you keep it?

If the lizard is purchased the petstore will see it as a good investment and will likely just get another one to sell. Although the animal now in the store would have a home with someone who knows there stuff, or is willing to find the answers, the next one might not be so lucky.

ah fair enough - I wasn't lookin at it from that pov - I wasmore looking at it from the view of - they can't export them anymore - so it's safe - and this guy isn't doing too well, so a good home may be needed.

Also Blotch, £300 =$720, a lot of money for a guilt trip, what if they get two,or more next time?

OUCH!!!! Screw that! I could think of alot more things for $700 than a lizard. Like perhaps a good chunk of a new Bass Amp! Still need more for the amp and then the Speaker bin, but yeah - $700 would go nice on the amp I want.

In a stroke of irony, tonight we were doing a big house clean-up, and I unearthed an old newspaper. I flicked through idly, seeing if there was anything of interest, and lo and behold, what did I find?

This.






The Newcastle Herald, Saturday, February 24, 2007

Although I haven't kept them myself, someone I use to volunteer for had a colony of them. Very interesting animals but, not near as "cuddly" as blueys. The guy took a bite from the male and it was bad!! Lots of stitches and lots of bruising!!

Zack

Such neat lizards; they're one of the only other reptiles I've ever had an interest in. I hope Renee' gets one sometime...

Ugly retarded looking head though - compared to Blueys anyhow

I think the head looks quite shingle-like, actually, and much more similar to Blueys than a lot of other smaller skink species.

(I don't think shingle = ugly. Far from it.)

They remind me of sloths. I love it!

When i say BTS - I'm including shingles due to the fact that they are in fact Blue tongue skinks.

Look at the head on the big one - looks like it has down syndrome or something. That's what i mean with the Prehensiles.

Blotch - I have to say that I'm finding your non-PC language a bit offensive.

We get it - you think that they're ugly.

But using words like 'retarded' and comparing them to people with Down's Syndrome is very insensitive.