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Postby kris21 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:16 am

These guys looks pretty cool...are they related...i assume they would be.
Just saw 3 for $250, if any Aussies are interested.

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Postby bluetonguemad » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:14 am

ould you post pictures of them?
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Postby kris21 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:24 am

This is the only pic he has up. Its body is very slender and i like its head!

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Postby bluetonguemad » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:25 am

that is pretty cool, man i cant wait to be in aus
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Postby Funda » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:59 am

wow they are slim and slender, and very long :)

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Postby kris21 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:07 am

bluetonguemad wrote:that is pretty cool, man i cant wait to be in aus


You movin here or just comin for a visit?
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Postby mom22wins » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:29 am

Ya know, I wonder sometimes if the BTS is the animal along the evolutionary chain between lizards and snakes. I mean, take off the legs and elongate the body and Sammy looks just like a snake! Just much more intelligient.

I mean, is it impossible to believe that millions of years ago, fishlike creatures evolved into snakes which evolved into BTS which evolved into other forms of lizards which evolved into bla bla bla. You get the idea. And after seeing this pink tongue, I'm beginning to believe it even more. :chin:
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Postby AneesasMuse » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:32 am

From my minimal experience with Pink tongues, they are very docile and use their tails a lot. People house them with some of the Rhacodactylus species... I don't. They are voracious snail eaters, too. And yes, they are loooonnng. :D
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Postby mom22wins » Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:01 pm

AneesasMuse,

Do you find that the Pink tongues are intelligent like the Blue tongues? If they are similar, I could see myself this time next year with a PTS! Do they get as large as the BTS?
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Postby Chase » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:07 pm

mom22wins wrote:AneesasMuse,

Do you find that the Pink tongues are intelligent like the Blue tongues? If they are similar, I could see myself this time next year with a PTS! Do they get as large as the BTS?


In the U.S you can expect to pay 200+ for only one. They are pretty cool though....more arboreal than blue tongues. I can't attest to their intelligence though.
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Postby mom22wins » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:16 pm

So if I were to get a Pink Tongue skink I would definitely need a tall enclosure with some tree branches for it to climb...

I wonder what they eat... :chin: I think I'll do a search online and find out.
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Postby aggiegirl » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:24 pm

Send Naturesgift (sp?) a PM. She has one. I think Ray G. actually breeds them. They have some info about them in the Bluey Bible too. Tell me what you want to know and I'll look it up for you. I've seen them in classifieds for about $250. They can eat cat food. They are neat too. Oh, so little time and space! :wink:
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Postby Chase » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:58 pm

mom22wins wrote:So if I were to get a Pink Tongue skink I would definitely need a tall enclosure with some tree branches for it to climb...

I wonder what they eat... :chin: I think I'll do a search online and find out.


They're not THAT arboreal. I believe a 40 gallon breeder would suit them just fine.
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Postby russman » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:06 pm

I think I'm gonna stick with blue tongues.. they seem more interesting.
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Postby mom22wins » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:21 pm

There's my friend Aggiegirl!
Send Naturesgift (sp?) a PM. She has one. I think Ray G. actually breeds them. They have some info about them in the Bluey Bible too.
I think I'll do just that! Although, I am partial to bluey's since I got Sammy...
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Postby kris21 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:39 pm

I wonder if they could breed?

A bluey and a pinky i mean.
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Postby Funda » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:42 pm

If they could i wonder what colour the tongue would be :lol:
Maybe purple or some sort of violet colour :P

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Postby Pike » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:26 am

I breed them every year,just got rid of my last 3 juvies yesterday,should have some early Jan for about $40.
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Postby kris21 » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:03 am

Oh wow, awesome!
I'd love one...you freight to NSW? LOL.

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Postby AneesasMuse » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:15 pm

Sorry, I didn't answer before. I don't know that much about them. A Rhac breeder I know keeps them with the R. ciliatus in a very arboreal set up. They eat snails mostly, in her care. I believe she paid appx. $150 each for hers, too.

They don't get as large as BTS. They are long... mostly tail... and slender.

I wouldn't mind having a couple, but then I like skinks almost as much as I like a few of the gecko species. Although, the Bluey I am getting soon... hopefully... will be my first CB "any" skink, as I mostly had WC 'five lines' and such that I tracked down as a kid growing up in the Southeastern US.
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