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In this forum all are welcome to ask blue tongue skink-related questions, share information, ideas, tips, experiences, and pictures with fellow BTS enthusiasts.
If you are wondering if your BTS is acting normally or might be sick, this is where you can get help with that.
This is also where you can have some FUN while sharing the enjoyment you get from your blueys!
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Winkle is one of the big reasons I changed my mind on shingles. Keep the pictures coming!
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Yes they do stink!
Well my shingleback cage smells way more than my blue tongue cage thats for sure. If i see poo i clean it up but it still smells in there, maybe they just fart often, lol.
I do air it out all the time though so that helps but when im not home i make sure its all closed up secure.
Kris
Well my shingleback cage smells way more than my blue tongue cage thats for sure. If i see poo i clean it up but it still smells in there, maybe they just fart often, lol.
I do air it out all the time though so that helps but when im not home i make sure its all closed up secure.
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So do Stumpies smell like they look? Poo-ey?
Or is it just like a musky smell like some snakes have?
( I still want one, smelly or not! I love them!)
Or is it just like a musky smell like some snakes have?
( I still want one, smelly or not! I love them!)
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Zach wrote:I've never heard that either....do you smell them lea or lisa?
Not in my experience. The only thing is, if Santos does a poo and walks through it, he's harder to clean because he's bumpier than a normal bluetounge.
None of mine really poo much in their tanks but because they spend so much time outside.
Ralphie's poo smells the most (and is the biggest), then Jubby's, then Santos. But Santos does smellier wee-wees.
I've been told I have an obsession with poo. Not sure why
Overall, Jubby has the most scent. He has musky days sometimes. Ralphie has never had it, and Santos gets it occasionally as well. I wonder if their sex is a factor in how much they and their poo smells? Santos is my only definate male.
Even if Santos did smell like he looked, I'd still love him!
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1 Nutjob, SANTOS L HALPER (SANTOS), born February 2006
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1 Blotchie, RALPHIE, born March 2006
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I love Santos too, whether he ever smells poo-ey or not! He's just so darned adorable! (But I like pretty much all Stumpies, stinky or no.)
I wonder if it depends on what you feed them/what they eat? Kinda like how for humans, asparagus makes pee smell really funk.

I wonder if it depends on what you feed them/what they eat? Kinda like how for humans, asparagus makes pee smell really funk.

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0.0.1 Northern, Hobbes
3.1.0.1 White Lined Geckos,CrazyHorse, Dad, Itchy, little female
7.10.17 Crested Geckos, HELP!
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SailleSkinklover wrote:I love Santos too, whether he ever smells poo-ey or not! He's just so darned adorable! (But I like pretty much all Stumpies, stinky or no.)
I wonder if it depends on what you feed them/what they eat? Kinda like how for humans, asparagus makes pee smell really funk.![]()
Egg is pretty high up on the stank ladder when fed to blueys! Highest rung probably! Banana can be too if they're really ripe. Yes, I imagine diet would play a factor in their poo stank (I love talking poo!), but as for their natural body odour, well maybe they just need to try a new deodorant! I don't mind a bit of naturalness in them. Boys shouldn't smell like girls

1 Eastern, JUBBY, born January 2004
1 Blotchie, RALPHIE, born March 2006
1 Nutjob, SANTOS L HALPER (SANTOS), born February 2006
1 Shingle SHE'S THE FASTEST, born Feb 2008
1 Blotchie, RALPHIE, born March 2006
1 Nutjob, SANTOS L HALPER (SANTOS), born February 2006
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Well the ones i get from off the roads or driven from there bush area .Come home and go into the treatment room get fixed up then there ticks are pulled from there ears ...Never a big fuss..Even a pair from the bush after i put them in isolation in case they have U.R.T.I ,they hold onto a poo for 2 3 days till they come out side .. then do a dog size cable ...I find there very sweet ive been bitten alot when i was a kid ....The worst one grabed my arm and hung on so i rode home on my deadly treadly (push bike ), with him locked onto my arm ..Storys go when your bitten you need to cut the head off wrong ...And they kill snakes wrong ..And when you are bitten the infection will never heal ..wrong ..tube feeding my misses has them latch on let go then open up show some tongue ...Then back off ... so cute Popeye he can sleep under my kneck all night ..And i like the smell its like emu oil ...But they get a tub every week which they love floating in warm water ...lol
Hey dude i found a nice spot in here !!!!
steamed roo meat poo wreaks
has to be the worst but snail is the most yukie to pick up black and slimy ...They are like the 60,s love childs 
Hey dude i found a nice spot in here !!!!
steamed roo meat poo wreaks
has to be the worst but snail is the most yukie to pick up black and slimy ...They are like the 60,s love childs "My appreciation of humanity is greatest when I'm isolated from it in the bush."
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