skinks have woken up

[XI]

hello,

my name is jake i live in FL i was hopeing to have my skinks breed this year i followed the burmation guide on here for the most part well and i did belive i would be successful but it has bin warming up here in florida for the last month and the natural heat has triggerd my skinks to become very active again my question is do i continue not feeding them untill febuary and wait to put them together to do the "baby dance" or do i just put them together now and hope that the are feelin frisky and begin feeding them any help i am greatful for

also my skink has not eaten in months but he managed to drop this ...wth is it lol?

[Lucifer_Spades]

looks like Urea to me. I would imagine even without eating the kidneys would still be processing and eventually have to get rid of it. But I've never claimed to be an expert.

[Blotch]

I'd tend to agree, My guys do this when they don't eat, what substrate are you using?

[NomadOfTheHills]

That doens't look like urates to me.

[SailleSkinklover]

It looks like hardened/dried urine/urea with dried urate on the end.
My guess is like the others, kidneys still function, so its just a waste by product. Do they have access to fresh water while brumating? If not, make sure they do just in case.

[Blotch]

exactly Saille - even though fresh water may be available - this still may occur, depends on your bluey. but it's nothing to worry about.

[XI]

ok ty for the feed back and yes fresh water has bin available to them from day one can anyone gimmi some tips on how i should handle the situation with what i should do with them breeding wise should i wait or what? ty

[Blotch]

let them brumate over winter. Just elave them alone and don't feed them, just give them water.

You'll need them to be in fairly cool temps. What sort of blueys do you have? You are in FL so i take it you have relatively moderate winters?

Maybe it'd be better to keep them out in a garage over winter?

When Spring comes along, start giving them heat.

There's a brumation 101 thread written my the lovely LISA at the top of the thread listing. Read that and it should explain what to do, when they wake up introduce the female to the male and watch them. When they are done, you'll know it.

The caresheet also has a "guide" and pics.

Luke


PS - How old are they? They need to be sexually mature.

[XI]

lol ty for that but that wasint what i ment they are 3 yrs old and this winter "our current" one i had reduced there temps so they would fall asleep recintly they have woken up after being asleep since october becuz it is naturally gitting warmer here my question was should i put them together ryt now or wait till febuary to try to breed them this year

i hope i make sence this time ty

[rachel]

Hi, just curious- im hoping to breed Easterns some time in the future, so my question is: Living in Queensland it is too warm over winter for them to brumate no matter what i do...so what would i have to do?

[Leigh]

Rachel, if they live naturally in your area,they must be able to brumate,and mate, or there would be none there, I'd go the garage root,wait until one of your fellow Aussie pipes up, but I think I'm right.