BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Hello to all.

I joined this site last fall and have been lurking, learning, and enjoying it ever since. I had nothing to post because I didn't have a bluey. I've kept herps since the late '50's (no 'old age' jokes please) and have never been more fascinated with an individual species as I have with the blue tongue, which I accidently discovered while searching some reptile sites. The members bluey pictures, and the stories got me hooked. Love at first sight!

I currently have "Si" a 7 year old 8'-9" Boa constrictor imperator, "Hannibal" a 2 year old 21.5" Bearded Dragon, and "Juanita" a one year old 24" Apricot Pueblan Milksnake. I just had to have a bluey!

Well, yesterday was my day! 3pm, and Fedex pulls up and rings my bell.
Wow, a special package from Ray Gurgui. And, by the way, what a great guy to talk to and to deal with!

So everyone, I'd like you to meet my new baby, "Irwin," named after the late great conservationist and herp enthusiast.



Thanks for letting me ramble on about my new family member. I know I'm going to enjoy this little guy's company for a long long time. Please keep me in line if I tend to post too many "growing up" pictures.

Best Wishes All,
Jerry

What beautiful colouring!

Grats! I just got one (different species) from Ray myself this morning

Hey John,

I had to look and see what you got. Beautiful Tanimbar. I saw #04 sold to Nomad at Ray's Site. Very nice color!

We can never see too many bluey pics!

Welcome to the forum. That is a beautiful baby!! I would like to see more pictures.

Thank you all for the welcome! I'll definitely be posting more pics after he's settled in good. So far he's eating good, and not very timid at all. I think he's gonna have a great personality.

Yo Jerry! Nice to have you here mate!

Those jokes you were talking about - were they of a disease nature? That wouldn't be a very nice thing to joke about!

Your little guy is a beauty! irwin - good name! Steve's probably smiling because of it!

Hello Jerry

Welcome and grats on your new baby. It is a great looking skink.
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Welcome, you picked a great reptile! Awesome looking skink, and awesome name to go along with it. We lost a great friend to animals with steve's death.

Welcome! Irwin's gorgeous Post as many pics as you want!
I want a northern. I want I want I want.

Hi jerry,
Irwin is soooooo cute. I am sure he will live up to his name with an awesome and bubbly personality. love pics!
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Hello and , everyone loves loads of photos, top name, I like the portholes{love that discription} and Ray can still check out his babies from here,what a result.

Welcome!

Awesome skink!

Hi Leigh,

Pardon my ignorance, but, what exactly are "portholes?"

Its the proper name {I was told }to discribe the markings on their sides as I called them flashes, and then was corrected

I'm a moron. If anyone read this post before I edited it - you'd know why - otherwise - just know I'm a knob.

Blotch, I didn't get to read the pre-edit, but did you by any chance start talking about nautical terms?

Blotch wrote:I'm a moron. If anyone read this post before I edited it - you'd know why - otherwise - just know I'm a knob.

fair play mate, you do make me laugh

Fatal - Nah - but that did enter my head at first - that is only part of the reason I'm a knob. Just sit back and laugh at me - All is good in the hood!