Blue Tongue Skink Diet - Ep. 7
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- ***** Notice 5/1/17*****
Due to the use of a euthanasia poison found in some beef sold to pet food manufactures I have stopped feeding any foods with beef. NO BEEF at this time.
*****Update 8/29/17*****
I have moved away from dry foods for every skink every day and moved to using it only for animals who are underweight or need to maintain weight for certain reasons such as pregnant mothers, postpartum mothers, or when they just get out of brumation. I just decided to use wet food only for animals of good weight as some of my animals were getting fat having access to dry food all the time.
*****Description 2/2/17*****
Overview of the diet I feed to my Tiliqua (Blue Tongue Skinks). For great diet and nutritional information for blue tongues check out www.BlueTongueSkinks.org and Rooted in Reptiles' video here: • Episode 6: Food For Th...
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Fed my new addition blue some can cat food today and he absolutely loved it so learning more and more about my little buddy my 1st blue I've had other lizards over the years and I currently have hognose and breed them but thanks for your videos I've learned alot from ya appreciate it
Another great video and lots of useful information :)
I use Lean Ground Turkey mixed with finely chopped fruits&veggies. Along with the occasional egg,chicken gizzard&heart an live snails.
You should make a video of just you having fun with your skinks
I just might! Good idea. Thx.
Great video! I'll sometimes mix the bluey buffet powder in with the wet dog food as well as just by itself in gel form.
Just came across your video's, very nice. We soak our cat food biscuits until they go soggy, it has all the nutrition they need (47 different vitamins minerals etc). Plus we give our lizards bugs, worms, fly's, bettles and we have just started to bread crickets too. Our Mumma blue tounge (solo) is in a 2mx.5mx.5m outdoor cage, (no wire floor). My boy goes out and finds them, brings them home, removes any ticks and releases them where he founds them again. Cheers from OZ.
Cheers 👍🏼
i love blueskinke
I just figured out that when I get a Skink hopefully with in a month or 2 he will be a lot easier to take care of than my Tegu. I was wondering if I could give my Tegu about the same stuff that you feed your skinks. It would make live a lot easier.
Ok thank u
I’m feeding my little skink wellness core and he/she seems to love it! I really enjoy feeding but not when I spill calcium powder everywhere lol.
I feed my skink grain free wet dog food with some veggies. A few questions should I add calcium supplements and also should I give him dry food instead? Also final question my skink does not really eat alot in the winter for a want to say 2-3 months. Is this ok? I know they go through brumation but I feel like he/she is not getting enough food. If you answer thanks!
Check out my most current video on feeding. ruclips.net/video/J_EUQcIsU6o/видео.html
ReptileMountain.TV thank you!
when i frist got my skink i have her canned dog food. it made her feces smell very bad. I then tried a diet of raw turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, and assorted fruits. the smell got much better. do you find that dog food gives off a bad feces smell? and do you belive the diet im giving her now is alright?
I would try to add in some Omni Gold by Arcadia or Repashy's Bluey Buffet or some other brand of dog food as just turkey may not get all the nutrients she needs. Lots of people who use homemade food end up with health problems down the line as opposed to canned dog foods.... Possibly a different brand of food may make the poop smell better...lol. I know certain brands give mine some smelly runny poos.
So when feeding for 6 months and older you feed wet dog food 2-3 times and just leave a bowl of dry dog food? How about when they get over a year do you keep doing the dry dog food or just do wet?
Actually I've gone to dry food for postpartum and pregnant females only and everything else gets wet only. So Babies get wet everyday. 6mo+ gets wet 2-3 times a week and adults get wet weekly. I only give dry food to pregnant and postpartum females now.
ReptileMountain.TV thanks so much this helps a lot
My skinks are 8 months old. Can I feed them dry dog food only or should I mix with dog pate?
Its actually better to feed wet as the primary food always. I have and updated diet video on my channel page. Check it out.
@@ReptileMountainTV Can you give me the link of that video? Thanks a lot for your support!!!
Do you have a sheet that has all of this information on it? I would love to get a feeding outline for the animals from birth to adulthood
www.reptilemountain.com/husbandry
Hi, first of all, thank you for all these video. They are really helpful for me and my BTS. But most of the wet dog food and cat food include salt, and I wanna ask if the salt would be bad for the BTS?
Thank you for your reply.
-BTS keeper from Taiwan
Thanks so much! Salt hasn’t been an issue in wet dog food. It has not been reported or brought to my knowledge to date.
what time of day should you feed your skinks? How many cubes of repashy should you feed?(depending on age) also what did you mean when you said you give dry food and wet on the same day?/
tahne kariguddaiah i like to feed afternoon or early evening. Depends how big the cubes and skink are. The amount volume (not cube size) should be the same as double the size of their head. I feed dry to some of my skinks in a bowl all the time if they are thin from brumation or need to put on weight. Then I also offer wet food on a plate to them as well. Wet is the best for ensuring they ingest their supplements and dry helps them pack on pounds if needed as they can eat whenever hungry.
When feeding your skinks, you don't seem to hand feed yet most care sheets say to. Does that mater or is it more of a bonding thing? Also, the only way i can get my baby bluey to eat is to dig him out of the substrate which he clearly doesn't love. I'm doing that to keep him from brumating since he's a baby, but should i not do that? Obviously I'm very gentile, but he gets rather huffy with me when uncovering him.
What are your temps? Babies should be hungry when warm enough, especially an Indonesian that doesn't naturally brumate. Can you please share the links to these caresheets? Hand feeding is useful to help build a bond with your animal but absolutely not required. Very few keepers I know hand feed as a routine. Possibly for treats but that's it.
So what’s your 7 day diet schedule for them? I have an Indonesian skink. My reptile store said he’s around 2-4 years old.
+Texas guy I feed once a week for adults unless they are thin then twice a week on Sunday and Wednesday.
What do you think About a dog food brand call blue Buffalo
hey awesome advice! can I ask what type of enclosure is behind you at the top?
Maddi Mortuhn thanks so much for watching. The cages behind me are Exo Terra Terrariums. The top four or 36 x 18 x 12 and the bottom three are 24 x 18 x 18.
Can you feed them dog food instead of cat food when they are young? What would the difference really be? Great video by the way, very informative:)
Thanks. The difference is the protein source. Young omnivores (our skinks) need a higher amount of animal proteins while young. Cat food has more animal protein than dog food. Many keepers have noted over the years that feeding dog food at a young age causes scale beading(swelling of the scales) which makes the skinks smooth scales look more like that of a shingleback. We don't know of any significant effects other than that. In the wild the young are born in a time when animal protein is most abundant (usually slugs, snails, and insects). Does that makes sense?
Can you also feed kitten food to the young ones. Thanks for the reply.
It depends on the ingredients really...
Hey reptile mountain do I have to gutload my mealies or crickets before feeding my bluey??!
all insects feeders should always be gut loaded. Mealies and crickets are only good as a treat really.
Hey TC!, just a quick silly question, can I use live insects as a staple diet instead of dog/cat food?
Hi, Insects would be an incomplete proteins source And I would really recommend not trying that. Most animals that are fed insects as their only protein source are malnourished and don’t live as long.
@@ReptileMountainTV Thanks for the reply!, I'll make sure to use dog food or cat food as a staple, I haven't gotten a blue tongue skink yet but you're channel really inspired me alot, keep up the good work!
How old are the northerns you sell for this year
My blue tongue will not eat bugs or salad the only thing I can get her to eat is egg yolk and banana any recommendations
Stop the banana and egg. Offer only wet cat food with liver in it. I suggest Halo Turkey and Liver (Assuming you are in the USA) or Pedigree (Assuming you are in Australia) wet dog food. Only offer every three days and only that food. Healthy skinks almost never starve themselves. A picky skink is not a hungry skink. They may need to get hungry to want to eat. Too much banana is not good at all. Avoid the banana and egg until he is eating the correct food (wet dog food) for several weeks and then only give the fruit as a snack. Also watch my skink wont eat video. Just in case your issue is also covered there.
ReptileMountain.TV thank you
What kind of dog food is good for them? (Turkey, duck, etc) I tried duck and feel I should switch it up. Is kangaroo by Zignature good for an indo species?
Zignature is a great dog food for them. The kangaroo should be a good source of protein also. I would rotate many different types if you can. Check out my caresheets on my website for more info. www.reptilemountain.com/husbandry
I’ve had my BTS for three weeks now. I’ve been giving it wet food every other day and leaving dry dog food out for it at all times. I’ve noticed that my BTS ignores the wet food completely and only eats the dry. Can I just rotate between a few dry foods since it doesn’t seem interested in the wet food so far?
The dry food can have a better "salty" taste. Wet food tends to be better for their long term health (kidney functions according to former zoo vet). I would stop putting out dry unless the animal is underweight and just do wet.
But it yesterday , been one day why?
Why do they eat cat food and stuff? What would they eat in the wild?
Hi! Great question, in the wild they are omnivorous opportunistic generalists eating a variety of plant and animal materials. Basically they eat insects they can catch, snails, carrion, flowers, vegetation, you name it. Thats basically what dog food and select cat food have (meats, veggies, fruits, etc).
So how often should you feed babies/adults?
+Deaven Kim check out my caresheet with feeding schedule at ReptileMountain.com
So if its about a year you give it wet, grain free, fish free dog/cat food 3-2 times a week. And Leave a bowl of dry dog food in their vivarium all the time?
+Snorkle Boi my care sheet explains it best. www.reptilemountain.com/captive-care
ReptileMountain.TV oh.
Yeah you have one of those.
Forgot that.
+Snorkle Boi :-)
ReptileMountain.TV Quite the good caresheet.
+Snorkle Boi Thanks :-)
How many times should I add calcium
Im doing a video on that topic next!
Can we use the Rapashy Bluey buffet as the staple?
I know of one very experienced breeder who does use it as a staple for babies and possibly adults as well. I also know a couple other breeders who were involved in the testing phase of it and don't like it much, so reviews are mixed. I guess it would be up to you. I don't use it as a staple but it is in my rotation. It is a much better choice than a home made mix that could be considerably unbalanced by accident. I hope this helps.
Thankyou for your kindly answer.
The pet store by my house said they feed there skink large superworms as there protein and they look healthy, is this safe for my skink?
+Joe Belknap That would be a good item to include but does not come close to covering their needs. Check out Episode 36 also where I talk about what is the best food choice and why.
Could my main diet for a bluey be bluey buffet and greens only. And switching with dog food and greens every now and then
Kirk Carlson Hey thanks for watching! I'd be hesitant to say it would suffice to use Bluey Buffet as a staple this early in the game. Since it's so new there isn't a plethora of data so it would be kind of an educated guess to say one way or the other. I'm personally not using it that way yet but you can try it... I believe a major breeder fed it as a staple for his 2016 babies.
ReptileMountain.TV ok ill try to stick to premium dog good more
Is there an issue with dog food? I know some of my skinks prefer one brand over another and some want certain flavors beef vs turkey etc. I've tried adding baby food beef/turkey/etc to the food for picky skinks and it worked great. I'm just assuming what your underlying issue was.. :-) Let me know if I can help.
ReptileMountain.TV no issue. Was just wondering if bluey buffet is a good staple. Thanks
Oh sweet!
I'm confused, cats aren't omnivores, why would I use cat food?
+Gilda Pucci Younger skinks require more protein than vegetation. Its an ontogenetic diet variation. Many cat foods have some vegetation as well. For example many cat foods have zucchini, carrots, etc...just much less than dog food. Skinks are more carnivorous/insectivorous as babies/juveniles thus cat food fits the need better initially.
Story mean that I bought it yesterday's
+Raul Diaz-Perera They need a week to adjust before much interaction. If it at at all in the first 24 hrs thats a great thing. Check out the first week video :-)
Like your video very much I have a 11 month old blue tongue stink from Indonesia.. my question I seen other RUclips videos they feed there blue tongue stink greens,fruits and vegetables. My blue tongue won’t eat any of those foods mine is used to cat food and dog food. How do I get my Blue tongue to eat vegetables squash or greens? Thank you also gizzards and hearts also good for them to eat? Thanks for your help on this.
Hi, fruits are pretty much unnecessarily. Dicing the veggies and greens very fine a mixing it in with wet dog/cat food works like a charm.
Where do you purchase your BTS?
GirlAndStarlighters good question! I acquire animals directly from the breeders. You can go to one of the two larger uS based Facebook groups Blue Tongue Skink Keepers and Blue Tongue Skink Enthusiasts. On each they have a file of reputable breeders. You can contact the breeders directly and enquire from there.
I heard it's bad to feed them fish food? why is it bad?
Orlando steel Fish food? Or fish as an ingredient in the food?
I just buy 2 Merauke BTS 3 weeks and the other 5 weeks they just not eating much just hiding under their caves, it's that normal.
+Raul Diaz-Perera How long have you had them? Make sure to watch my video on yours skinks first week.
Can you use wet dog food?
Myles Owens Thanks for watching! Yes, most certainly wet dog food works great. I feed wet and dry. Wet is exclusively preferred by several breeders while some do both wet and dry. Its depends on the individual skink and keeper actually. A high quality grain free and fish free dog food (wet or dry) is recommended by nearly all of the top breeders/keepers. I hope this helps.
ReptileMountain.TV how do i get a picky lizard to eat
ReptileMountain.TV i got 3 lizards clicky (picky) , rocket (baby) , ghanda
Try pure turkey baby food mixed into their food. Works great for me!
Wait, they can also eat Baby food?
when do you feed the BTS?
I feed them during the day once a week for adults, 2 times a week for subadults (6mo-1 yr), 3 times a week for juveniles (3-6mos) and daily for babies. Adults eat about 1 - 3 table spoons worth of food per week.
ReptileMountain.TV thanks
Hey can you message me it's a humidity concern
+l k Did we talk via FB already?
You were a Chaplain?
Yessir. Army Chaplain.
Cool thank you for your service.
How often am I supposed to give the multivitamin for my baby Bluey?
I recommend a multivitamin supplement once a month.
ReptileMountain.TV So I just dust one of his meals with multivitamin once a month?
Yes like you would a powdered doughnut or funnel cake!
ReptileMountain.TV oh Okay thank you so much I don’t know what I’d do without you!! You’ve helped me so much! I’m sorry about asking a lot of questions lol.
Dogfood and catfoods are not an adequate diet for reptiles, for many reasons. Adding synthetic D3 is a complete guessing game too. How have you worked out the vitamin amounts?
Andrew Wood Thanks for the reply. Cat and dog food has been a go to staple for Blue Tongue Skinks in captivity for over 25 years and the results are hundreds if not thousands of healthy animals thriving. There is no evidence to support that it is inadequate. Its a quality omnivore diet that works. I add approximately a teaspoon of calcium with D3 to the animals' meals on a monthly basis. It has proven successful for me as all my animals are in peak health and have been.
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How many times should I add calcium
I add it every other feeding for babies upto one year then every feeding (once a week for adults). Video on this very subject coming soon.
Thank you