I'm watching this whole laying on my bed alongside my BTS. He's one of my best friends and I couldn't imagine a better lizard. I'm for blueys all the way.
I've had both. I prefer the higher intelligence of the skink, due to a different level of interaction. Not saying beardies are bad. I prefer the diet of the skink. I prefer the cost of the beardies. I prefer the handleability of the beardies. Beardies seem to be more aware of their surroundings, and less aloof. We need a blue tongue bearded dragon skink.😂😆
Always want to branch out and try different reptiles. But there’s just something about Beardies that make them seem to be more dog like. Stuck between getting a Beardie or trying something new :’(
@@jazzyj1269I have both as well my kids love the beardie more just because of its fun energy, but I feel like I actually connected with my skink and I understand him…. I also think he hates me but tolerates me because I’m his servant when it comes to food. 😂
I just got a northern blue tongued! He's (or she's) my first reptile and I'm in love with him ❤️ he was born in July, so he's pretty young. I bought him from a breeder which was great because I have his number and I've texted him a lot for help. He was around $500 (I'm Canadian) so yeah it hurt my wallet but he is the absolute best and I would say 100% worth it.
We had a wild bluey in my garden that would steal strawberries that were growing 😂😂 Also my friend has an Australian Blue tongue and it is the cuddliest reptile I have ever seen in my life. It shoulder cuddles and loves it so much if you stroke her she sleeps like that lol
Went to your channel to see the skink and was throughly disappointed to see a channel painting reptiles as gruesome monsters, and glorifying the torturing of animals smh, but I will say your skink is very pretty
I'm in Sydney. I find the wild Blueys, on my property, to be friendly. They don't mind being picked up. They don't even leave in a hurry when you put them down.
I have both, an almost 3 month old bearded dragon, and an Indonesian blue tongue skink, that is about 10 months old. I love them both, but the bearded dragon is so much more fun to watch and hold. My BTS doesn't mind being held, but she pees on me if I don't hold her right. Plus, I can't hold her outside of her habitat for too long, I live in the desert (New Mexico) and she needs the humidity. I guess I would recommend a bearded dragon for personality, but a BTS if you want an easier to feed reptile.
Keep working with your skink! They can be amazing! I find they get more confident as they get bigger. My Gerald is a total character. If you want a very good youtuber that is focused on blueys watch tc huston on reptile mountian tv. Dont get me wrong this channel is fucking great. But TC was a zoologist and specializes in them. I learned so much from him! Also if you ask him a question, he will try to answer it!
I agree, BTS or just skinks in general are easier to feed. The dragons are more personable and the skinks are like cats, they don’t really care and can be very moody.
I love seeing the size difference. I have a beardie now and am in the process of researching skinks as my next reptile. This was super informative and really helped alot. Both your animals are gorgeous. My favorite thing about researching is the negatives. It makes you think and really consider if you want to deal with those.
Our northern, we got when he was 5 months old. He was ....spicy for about 5 weeks lol. Didn't know if he was gonna like you or bite you. But he calmed down. He actually seems to like us , he will come over and climb on us and just snuggle. I didn't expect that. He is so intercative and fun. He also uses his cage , he does not stay buried all the time . We upgraded to a 4x2 and he uses all that space !!!! We were used to our beardie who is super chill and doesn't move lol. I assumed our BTS was a girl, but he started dropping sperm plugs 2 weeks ago. So now we have a boy , good thing Sydney works for either .
My parents used to rescue/raise baby blue tounges from the more populated neighborhoods and re-release them when they were bigger to protect them from dogs and cats. If handled a lot as babies they can be very sweet, common for them to sleep on your arm or shoulder for hours but that's just my experience. We've had beardies too and they just seemed more hyper but less intelligent😅
@@rachelkrajewski5995 I got him from Thomas skinks in California. I think they have a Facebook page. I found them because they were recommended on blue tongue skink.org. He is gorgeous. And he is very well behaved. And they were easy to work with. I don't have him on Aspen shavings anymore but I haven't gotten a really good picture of him cents so that's the picture I'm using right now. I have him on reptichips.
I have 50 Blue Tongues and 9 Beardies. I subscribe to having the largest enclosures possible. My Bluey's are held in 4 out door enclosures 3 metres by 3 metres by 1.8 metres each. In summer the Beardies share the out door enclosures
I have both , plus a uromastyx and a super giant leopard gecko. My favorite is our northern blue tongue skink ! Our bearded dragon is so chill , he doesn't move much . His name is Jaba for a reason . Our northern bts is so fun , and personable. He wants out , he will just come and climb on us and snuggle . He is so interactive and is always looking and thinking . Where our beardie you can take out and he will just stay there , I dont think he thinks much lol. But he is a good boy. Our super giant leopard gecko has always been very calm , but is not as fun as the BTS . Our uromastyx is still too young , he is skittish since he is small. I will say lizards , the all have different personalities . One thing though when our beardie does pass, not getting another . I cant deal with the poop ......... Uro's are the easiest when is comes to that , they have little dry turds lol.
@@thiccmanwillis I have heard that some people have a hard time getting their dragons to eat. The only food mine reject is commercial bought food. Other than that they eat everything i give them
Kari Garcia also my beardie has dealt with ri for a good portion of his life, so it was always pretty difficult to get him to eat his greens. However, in the past several months he’s shown great interest in eating again, although the only green he likes is mustard greens
Depending on the species of bluetongue they can tollerate a relatively huge variet of conditions. The common bluetounge Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (I had to look that up) is found all the way from the southern most point of mainland Australia all the way up to southern Queensland. The blotched or souther bluetounge is found even further south in tasmania where temps do fall below freezing both these species can bromate and many keepers here turn their heating off completely in the winter maybe only warming the lizards up a few times for a small feed if at all. When I had them growing up, they'd spend about half of the time outside in a homemade run in the garden. It was a common keeping practise in the past for them to basically live in a box and you'd take them out into the sun everyday to warm them up and bask. I don't know about the species and morphs in the US but bluetounges from the south of Australia are as tough as nails. I've never heard of anyone here losing them young but I know of plenty of people including experienced keepers suffering loses from sick bearded Dragons. They are from a much smaller range, at least climaticly and the weather and climate that they come from is much less variable. The animal export ban is badly done. There is almost no legal way to export most animals even if you have decades of captive breeding. This has just created a huge black market for taking animals from the wild as most captive reptiles are tracked by a licence. Blue tongues especially the common bluetounge have actually done reasonably well with urbanisation. It's not uncommon to still find them in plenty of suburban gardens. Hell I saw a bunch of babies at the start of this summer, they also have a huge captive bred population, it would be nice to be able to send some captive bred bluetounges to north america to refresh the genepool over there.
My blue tongue sits on my neck and sleeps it's so cute and if I'm upset and I have him out he will always come over to me and the most common one is the eastern
I have both. Bearded dragons are amazing especially for handling but my blue tongue is just so cool and inquisitive and absolutely beautiful, pictures and videos don’t do them justice, they are truly beautiful. And just the way they feel they’re just very special in my opinion. I’ve always been a lizard guy and until I met my first blue tongue I didn’t know they were my favorite lizard but they absolutely are
I've got a young northern blue tongue and she's NOT a fan of being picked up but is getting better. She's very much like our cat in that she prefers to be talked at as opposed to being touched. When I do pick her up I usually have her in a small hand towel and this seems to make her feel more secure.
Blue Tongues are cool but they lack some personality to me. I think the Bearded Dragon is more characterful and entertaining both when in the enclosure and handling.
I feel like my BTS Jimmy has a lot of personality lol he’s always watching us and comes up to the cage to come out. My beardie just sits on his log all day and ignores the rest of the world unless he sees food.
I dunno about you but I love the variety of veggies and fruit to feed my bearded dragon. She loves her raspberries and dandelions plus I breed my own dubia. Never a dull moment and constantly offering her new foods. She's my pet rock and can run errands around town with me and hang out and snuggle- yes she snuggles into me- to watch TV. Also Repashy has 'Grub Pie' insect substitute which we mould into fun shapes and use on vacations and long day trips, carry a little bit of powder add water and easy grub fit for the dragon.
We have both and I really feel like the bearded dragon is super high maintenance. The blue tongue is easier. The blue tongue halmahera to keep the proper humidity has been difficult however. We’re going to attempt to build our own pvc enclosures for both of them. I really like the set up of your enclosure with light inside. Excited for our project. Right now there enclosures are smaller by winter both will have new enclosures.;)
I feel like others that a beardy has much more personality. And a blue tongue will def pee on on you lol. Both excited, due to the many details with beardies foods etc it just makes me wander how many are in homes that don’t have proper set ups, meals etc.
Blue Tongued skinks are definitely still my favourite 😂 they are one of my favourite lizards I have a bearded dragon as a family pet and a leopard gecko as my own, and I really want a blue tongue skink, but I’m only 12, I think that I’m ready to have another reptile 😅 Is a blue tongue skink a good choice? Do you think if you haven’t already you could make a video on why or why not reptiles are good pets for children? Or the worst pets for children!? Btw ur channel is very good 💚
Hey! Im a 12 year old too! I have a leo, ball python and a bts. They definitely take the most care out of my reptiles, but they are so curious and fun to watch. I would 100 percent recommend. However if you want less daily care, I would go with a bp or a milksnake
fun fact: there's secret third and fourth bluies, the southern/blotched blue tounge skinks! these little guys can be found in southeast australia, and are two of the only animals you can keep without a license! ( in victoria, at least )
I prefer blueys, I have 2 of them and getting a third one. They’re a lot easier in my experience, idk beardies seem very stressful to keep, not just from husbandry it’s the community which are dominated by toxic beardie mamas and I don’t want to deal with them.
Awesome! Thanks for hearing me out on more BTS material! Can't disagree with your scoring at all though BTS are starting to have a lot more morphs available. Still not as close as BD though
Went scrolling through to find this. My daughter can't decide and we cannot keep the full sized wilds ones that live around our house 😂. Sadly this didn't help us decide, but we know more about each lol.
I have 3 bearded dragons and we got our first blue tongue 4month ago.. my first reptile was a bearded dragon he's 6 now named Gary..he is pretty big but the best lizard ever! Other bearded is a girl ..she beautiful but not as calm as Gary.. BUT I absolutely love our SKINK over all!!
I got a female blue tongue skink over the summer. She's a December captive born from a breeder out of Florida. She has been fun and can't get over that BTS eat dog food with veggies. As for squirmy BTS, some are like that but it differs from one to the next. The nails bit when handling, quick solve is a rock for them to file on with the nails while climbing over to spots in the enclosure. I have also seen videos of people filing them. The other thing I can say is that BTS can get very picky on whom they let around them if not socialized.
i live in australia and i have a eastern bluey! i noticed in the comments a lot of people talk about difficulty with handling, i got a baby for that exact reason, and he's gotten used to handling very quickly and is quite comfortable with me. he's also super small so it's exciting to watch him grow into a big chonky boi. one difficulty i have actually had with him is diet. the breeder i got him from tweezer fed him, and i have a lot of trouble feeding him any other way. he also isn't very inclined to eat vegetables, at the moment he pretty much just eats mealworms (i breed them) and banana. i'm going to try with some dog food and hopefully he'll eat it and i won't have to worry to much him not getting enough nutrition or variety. i'm actually really glad that australia doesn't import or export reptiles, we also aren't allowed to wild catch, which is great because we have less animals dying in captivity and it also raises the prices of our animals a bit which means we don't have as many inexperienced keepers buying them.
I've got an indonesian that's impossible to hold. She's a rescue who was neglected really bad for the first 1 1/2 years of her life, she's missing some toes and her tail is crooked (probably from living with low humidity and being in a 20 gallon). She's now living in a large, bio active tank and is eating good food. :)
I love your enthusiasm and knowledge on reptiles. Do you think you could do a video on the different species of Uromastyx? I have a yellow geyri, more commonly known as a Nigerian/Saharan but would love to learn more about the Thomasi and Princeps. It'd be fun if you included how Uros do that wiggle dance when they're about to whip with their tail, I don't see too many videos touch on that
I can't remember if you mentioned it, but baby beardies, depending on age, need to be fed 1-3x daily, which can be challenging for an unsuspecting new owner. They also eat SO MUCH for their tiny size, which can surprise people, particularly when it comes to paying for their beardies' invert feeders! We adopted our girl at 3 years old because we weren't ready for that sort of time/financial commitment, and it was a great decision for our family. Since we have our own dubia colony for our other animals and frequently have other types of feeder insects on hand as well, feeding our beardie is pretty simple/cheap and only requires weekly grocery store runs for fresh produce. :)
Am I the only person who has never heard a single person other than this guy recommend a 120 gallon for a beardie??? I follow a lot of reptile youtubers and he’s the only one I follow who has ever recommended anything even close to that extreme.
Love this! Thanks for the info. We have a beardie but I saw a BTS at a local pet shop today I loved! I’ll stick with my little guy for now as he’s great with the kids as well.
@@WickensWickedReptiles so i have a Queston for you which type of blue tongue skink I have, i just cant tell. please check my channel he is on their and comment what it is, thank you!
even Australian Blue Tongues can differ in care needs, there are Blue Tongues native to the snowy mountains, which obviously require mush lower temps than your normal blue tongue
@@WickensWickedReptiles oh yeah, more just commented for info for others. And also want sure if you guys in the US have all the different Aussie Blue Tongues
Behavior has a lot to do with most blue tongues being wild caught and the purchaser not knowing. Mine was captive bread, which is hard to find and he hisses but never bites or lunges. Super sweet dude.
I upgraded my bearded dragon from a 40 gallon to a play pen kinda thing. She has 1650 squared inches of floor space which is around 400 more then a 125 gallon tank
I have both. Eastern blue tongue and a central beardy. Bluey is the biggest Sweet heart where as the bearded dragon ( rescue ) is crazy will bite whip with his tail and refuses to eat anything but bugs😂
I live in Australia, in Central Victoria, and we have Eastern Bluetongues running around everywhere. I've seen three different ones just this spring alone! And here's the kicker - I've handled all three of them! The Easterns in particular are super chill even in the wild (unless you have cats or dogs or any other predator animals to give them a reason to be more defensive). And even when they get hissy at you, they are still very unlikely to bite. Only once has one of my garden buddies bitten me, and that wasn't more than a slight 'nip' that only occured because I had food on my finger (so he wasn't actually biting ME). Easterns are much harder to get over in the US and Canada, and those that are available are more expensive as a result, but of all the BTS species, they are the one I would most recommend. ~JD
I've never had either, and don't plan to, but I'd get a BTS if I were going to. Current plans are BCI, Kenyan sand boa and maybe an African house snake
What about bearded dragon vs clown/painted agama? I think I'd have a bit of a hard choice between the two. I just love how the BTS skink looks and what a tank they are. But beardies seem so chill. I'd want to interact with each one before I chose, not that I really need either lol. There's just so many cool reptiles!
Bearded dragons are the best to start! As babies they are skittish, but are both chill and curious, not to mention a lot cheaper (I’d still recommend paying for a red one though, they’re so cool) Though also I have yet to own a blue tongue, I held a very pissy import
I have both, i got my bearded dragon first since it was easier to find (i got him off craigslist from a lady who didnt want him anymore), but once i found a good breeder i got my northern blue tongue. I gotta say i like both equally, i mean the food requirments are different but its not difficult for me to give them both what they need.
We actually got my blue tongue from a chain pet store. Not super proud of it, he did have mites (we took care of that, though). We decided it would be better than the reptile store because the reptile store had... very poor care, it looked like. Very filthy enclosures, and dried up food. And it wasnt just the one times but multiple times after we saw this. And, when we went (as we were originally going to buy from there), he’d upped the price from $75 to like $110
My vote is for blue tongues. I have friends that have beardies and have handled them a bit. I've had my Halmehera by a for six years now and he is an absolute sweat heart. Got him as a baby, he was may be an inch longer then my adult leopard gecko (22 years). My blue tongue has never hissed or done a tongue display. And my niece and nephew both absolutely love him they are almost 3 now. Indonesians might be a bit harder to keep because of the humidity. But around here (Chicago suburbs) I can find australians anywhere.
Hey I am new to the reptile world I have always had an obsession with them but I am actually going to get one as a pet …. I work from home so would love one in my office that I get to see in the day .. which would you recommend for a beginner… I really want a reptile I can handle ❤
You definitely need bigger, the minimum for a beardie is a 5x3x3 and the minimum for a blue tongued skink is a 4x2x2, you need to rehome your reptile if u think that a 67 gal is enough
couldn’t decide so I got both
amazing!
best of both worlds :)
Lol ima get one or the other 😄
wise decision 👌
Now that’s something I can agree with
BLUE TONGUES ALL THE WAYYYYYYYYYYY, i saw a bluey and it started my reptile love. Like hello! Those blue tongues! You cant help but love them!
same, Blueys are what got me into it
beardies are WAAYYYYYY better
buelys in Australia are only 60 for a baby blue tongue
@@fletcherdoherty5507 Probably wild caught though right?
@@ocamfam1913 no wild caught are illagle and you have to check they have a breeding license and they have the adults to breed
This is one of the few times it's great to be Australian. The rest of the time we just miss out.
indeed!
ya you can get both at your pet store for like 2 dollars lmao
Imagine being a kiwi
@@danielcurrie1549 the store near me bearded dragons are $200 and btl are $150
@@Oceaneorca why you bully me
I'm watching this whole laying on my bed alongside my BTS. He's one of my best friends and I couldn't imagine a better lizard. I'm for blueys all the way.
such great lizards!
I've had both. I prefer the higher intelligence of the skink, due to a different level of interaction. Not saying beardies are bad. I prefer the diet of the skink. I prefer the cost of the beardies. I prefer the handleability of the beardies. Beardies seem to be more aware of their surroundings, and less aloof. We need a blue tongue bearded dragon skink.😂😆
Always want to branch out and try different reptiles. But there’s just something about Beardies that make them seem to be more dog like. Stuck between getting a Beardie or trying something new :’(
@@armyboybrodie I have both. I feel like my blue tongue seems to have more of a personality and dog like lol he even plays with toys
Bearded blue tongue dragon skink
Having both as well I agree!
@@jazzyj1269I have both as well my kids love the beardie more just because of its fun energy, but I feel like I actually connected with my skink and I understand him…. I also think he hates me but tolerates me because I’m his servant when it comes to food. 😂
I just got a northern blue tongued! He's (or she's) my first reptile and I'm in love with him ❤️ he was born in July, so he's pretty young. I bought him from a breeder which was great because I have his number and I've texted him a lot for help. He was around $500 (I'm Canadian) so yeah it hurt my wallet but he is the absolute best and I would say 100% worth it.
Still going well?
In indonesia very chep katti,u can get around $120 for northern😂
@@universalgleam8658 damn i live like a country away from indonesia
We had a wild bluey in my garden that would steal strawberries that were growing 😂😂 Also my friend has an Australian Blue tongue and it is the cuddliest reptile I have ever seen in my life. It shoulder cuddles and loves it so much if you stroke her she sleeps like that lol
Went to your channel to see the skink and was throughly disappointed to see a channel painting reptiles as gruesome monsters, and glorifying the torturing of animals smh, but I will say your skink is very pretty
@@Gabe-ik8ze , Agreed.
@Gabe 1207 where on this channel or which video did you witness this? 🤔
An inch and a half for enclosure height are you sure about that ? 😂
I was thinking the same thing😂
Foot and a half
I dint think they will live very long in an enclosure like that haha 😂
Same
@@josephc2370 total accident. It was supposed to be my channel
I like how the bearded dragon is just chilling on your left shoulder he's like I'll just be here if you need me
he's just there to look pretty haha
I'm in Sydney. I find the wild Blueys, on my property, to be friendly. They don't mind being picked up. They don't even leave in a hurry when you put them down.
I have both, an almost 3 month old bearded dragon, and an Indonesian blue tongue skink, that is about 10 months old. I love them both, but the bearded dragon is so much more fun to watch and hold. My BTS doesn't mind being held, but she pees on me if I don't hold her right. Plus, I can't hold her outside of her habitat for too long, I live in the desert (New Mexico) and she needs the humidity. I guess I would recommend a bearded dragon for personality, but a BTS if you want an easier to feed reptile.
Keep working with your skink! They can be amazing! I find they get more confident as they get bigger. My Gerald is a total character. If you want a very good youtuber that is focused on blueys watch tc huston on reptile mountian tv. Dont get me wrong this channel is fucking great. But TC was a zoologist and specializes in them. I learned so much from him! Also if you ask him a question, he will try to answer it!
I agree, BTS or just skinks in general are easier to feed. The dragons are more personable and the skinks are like cats, they don’t really care and can be very moody.
Yesss!!! I have a 3 month old beardie and a 10 month old BTS as well!!! My BTS is such a grump 🤣🤣 but we love him anyway.
Right on the money.
That's my issue. I want a lizard that has the feeding of a BTS, but the personality of a beardie.
This...1:30.....this is why I keep coming back to your videos...keep it up man, really enjoy your input and humor.
haha glad it landed
I love seeing the size difference. I have a beardie now and am in the process of researching skinks as my next reptile. This was super informative and really helped alot. Both your animals are gorgeous. My favorite thing about researching is the negatives. It makes you think and really consider if you want to deal with those.
That's awesome!
Our northern, we got when he was 5 months old. He was ....spicy for about 5 weeks lol. Didn't know if he was gonna like you or bite you. But he calmed down. He actually seems to like us , he will come over and climb on us and just snuggle. I didn't expect that. He is so intercative and fun. He also uses his cage , he does not stay buried all the time . We upgraded to a 4x2 and he uses all that space !!!! We were used to our beardie who is super chill and doesn't move lol. I assumed our BTS was a girl, but he started dropping sperm plugs 2 weeks ago. So now we have a boy , good thing Sydney works for either .
My parents used to rescue/raise baby blue tounges from the more populated neighborhoods and re-release them when they were bigger to protect them from dogs and cats.
If handled a lot as babies they can be very sweet, common for them to sleep on your arm or shoulder for hours but that's just my experience. We've had beardies too and they just seemed more hyper but less intelligent😅
Hi, of course I am voting for the blue tongue skink
nice!
i really want one
If your profile pic is your northern, that is the most beautiful northern BTS I've ever seen! Love the yellow, if so where did you get yours?
@@rachelkrajewski5995 I got him from Thomas skinks in California. I think they have a Facebook page. I found them because they were recommended on blue tongue skink.org. He is gorgeous. And he is very well behaved. And they were easy to work with. I don't have him on Aspen shavings anymore but I haven't gotten a really good picture of him cents so that's the picture I'm using right now. I have him on reptichips.
Tina Leighton Awesome! Do you mind if I ask why you made the switch to repti chips?I'm thinking about getting a bluey of my own! 😅
I have 50 Blue Tongues and 9 Beardies. I subscribe to having the largest enclosures possible. My Bluey's are held in 4 out door enclosures 3 metres by 3 metres by 1.8 metres each. In summer the Beardies share the out door enclosures
wow that's amazing
50? And 59 in total?
I have both , plus a uromastyx and a super giant leopard gecko. My favorite is our northern blue tongue skink ! Our bearded dragon is so chill , he doesn't move much . His name is Jaba for a reason . Our northern bts is so fun , and personable. He wants out , he will just come and climb on us and snuggle . He is so interactive and is always looking and thinking . Where our beardie you can take out and he will just stay there , I dont think he thinks much lol. But he is a good boy. Our super giant leopard gecko has always been very calm , but is not as fun as the BTS . Our uromastyx is still too young , he is skittish since he is small. I will say lizards , the all have different personalities . One thing though when our beardie does pass, not getting another . I cant deal with the poop ......... Uro's are the easiest when is comes to that , they have little dry turds lol.
I have both, it's defenitly Easyer to feed my northern blue tounge. Beardies have more food requirements
And I have a crested gecko🤪👍
i dont have a bluey, but i defenitely agree w/ you, plus beardiess are extremely picky
@@thiccmanwillis I have heard that some people have a hard time getting their dragons to eat. The only food mine reject is commercial bought food. Other than that they eat everything i give them
Kari Garcia also my beardie has dealt with ri for a good portion of his life, so it was always pretty difficult to get him to eat his greens. However, in the past several months he’s shown great interest in eating again, although the only green he likes is mustard greens
Depending on the species of bluetongue they can tollerate a relatively huge variet of conditions. The common bluetounge Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (I had to look that up) is found all the way from the southern most point of mainland Australia all the way up to southern Queensland. The blotched or souther bluetounge is found even further south in tasmania where temps do fall below freezing both these species can bromate and many keepers here turn their heating off completely in the winter maybe only warming the lizards up a few times for a small feed if at all. When I had them growing up, they'd spend about half of the time outside in a homemade run in the garden. It was a common keeping practise in the past for them to basically live in a box and you'd take them out into the sun everyday to warm them up and bask. I don't know about the species and morphs in the US but bluetounges from the south of Australia are as tough as nails. I've never heard of anyone here losing them young but I know of plenty of people including experienced keepers suffering loses from sick bearded Dragons. They are from a much smaller range, at least climaticly and the weather and climate that they come from is much less variable.
The animal export ban is badly done. There is almost no legal way to export most animals even if you have decades of captive breeding. This has just created a huge black market for taking animals from the wild as most captive reptiles are tracked by a licence. Blue tongues especially the common bluetounge have actually done reasonably well with urbanisation. It's not uncommon to still find them in plenty of suburban gardens. Hell I saw a bunch of babies at the start of this summer, they also have a huge captive bred population, it would be nice to be able to send some captive bred bluetounges to north america to refresh the genepool over there.
My blue tongue sits on my neck and sleeps it's so cute and if I'm upset and I have him out he will always come over to me and the most common one is the eastern
I have both. Bearded dragons are amazing especially for handling but my blue tongue is just so cool and inquisitive and absolutely beautiful, pictures and videos don’t do them justice, they are truly beautiful. And just the way they feel they’re just very special in my opinion. I’ve always been a lizard guy and until I met my first blue tongue I didn’t know they were my favorite lizard but they absolutely are
Yay! U listened to a subscriber! I remember asking u before to post something like this, and u did! 💯✔️ Finally! amazing man!!!!!
I've got a young northern blue tongue and she's NOT a fan of being picked up but is getting better. She's very much like our cat in that she prefers to be talked at as opposed to being touched. When I do pick her up I usually have her in a small hand towel and this seems to make her feel more secure.
Blue Tongues are cool but they lack some personality to me. I think the Bearded Dragon is more characterful and entertaining both when in the enclosure and handling.
I feel like my BTS Jimmy has a lot of personality lol he’s always watching us and comes up to the cage to come out. My beardie just sits on his log all day and ignores the rest of the world unless he sees food.
What a great video! I currently have a 2.5 year old Bearded Dragon, but now also definitely need a Skink!
I dunno about you but I love the variety of veggies and fruit to feed my bearded dragon. She loves her raspberries and dandelions plus I breed my own dubia. Never a dull moment and constantly offering her new foods. She's my pet rock and can run errands around town with me and hang out and snuggle- yes she snuggles into me- to watch TV.
Also Repashy has 'Grub Pie' insect substitute which we mould into fun shapes and use on vacations and long day trips, carry a little bit of powder add water and easy grub fit for the dragon.
I just founds these videos and it already makes me want to get a reptile again
We have both and I really feel like the bearded dragon is super high maintenance. The blue tongue is easier. The blue tongue halmahera to keep the proper humidity has been difficult however. We’re going to attempt to build our own pvc enclosures for both of them. I really like the set up of your enclosure with light inside. Excited for our project. Right now there enclosures are smaller by winter both will have new enclosures.;)
I feel like others that a beardy has much more personality. And a blue tongue will def pee on on you lol. Both excited, due to the many details with beardies foods etc it just makes me wander how many are in homes that don’t have proper set ups, meals etc.
Blue Tongued skinks are definitely still my favourite 😂 they are one of my favourite lizards
I have a bearded dragon as a family pet and a leopard gecko as my own, and I really want a blue tongue skink, but I’m only 12, I think that I’m ready to have another reptile 😅 Is a blue tongue skink a good choice?
Do you think if you haven’t already you could make a video on why or why not reptiles are good pets for children? Or the worst pets for children!?
Btw ur channel is very good 💚
Bts is super ez to keep
Ahmad Daniel yeah I’ve seen they are pretty reasonable!
Hey! Im a 12 year old too! I have a leo, ball python and a bts. They definitely take the most care out of my reptiles, but they are so curious and fun to watch. I would 100 percent recommend. However if you want less daily care, I would go with a bp or a milksnake
Yes get a bts they are a very good begginer reptile I have one
They are way easier to feed too
The Karen hair genuinely made me laugh lmfao
Lol I saw your profile picture while you said that and it totally changed the vibe
Bearded dragons for life! I only say that because I have one 😳👀
Me too yo
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Lol me 2 but I want a blue tounghed skink
I have both and as much as I love my bluey nothing will ever beat a bearded dragon
i absolutely love blue tung skink. You are so lucky to have two
I live in Australia and i seen blue tongues and bearded dragons in their natural bush environment they are awesome
I am gonna have a Blue Tongue Skink as a first reptile ^^
I don't know when, but I will !
Good luck 🍀
@@maychang8215 Thanks !!!
Getting my irian jaya blue tongue tomorrow 😊 your videos are so helpful
I'm so glad!
fun fact: there's secret third and fourth bluies, the southern/blotched blue tounge skinks! these little guys can be found in southeast australia, and are two of the only animals you can keep without a license! ( in victoria, at least )
I prefer blueys, I have 2 of them and getting a third one. They’re a lot easier in my experience, idk beardies seem very stressful to keep, not just from husbandry it’s the community which are dominated by toxic beardie mamas and I don’t want to deal with them.
Awesome! Thanks for hearing me out on more BTS material! Can't disagree with your scoring at all though BTS are starting to have a lot more morphs available. Still not as close as BD though
happy to do it!
Well said about bearded dragons lol. "It's FINE, I promise you it's not fine, you just haven't noticed yet."
Went scrolling through to find this. My daughter can't decide and we cannot keep the full sized wilds ones that live around our house 😂. Sadly this didn't help us decide, but we know more about each lol.
That is awesome!
I have 3 bearded dragons and we got our first blue tongue 4month ago.. my first reptile was a bearded dragon he's 6 now named Gary..he is pretty big but the best lizard ever! Other bearded is a girl ..she beautiful but not as calm as Gary.. BUT I absolutely love our SKINK over all!!
I got a female blue tongue skink over the summer. She's a December captive born from a breeder out of Florida. She has been fun and can't get over that BTS eat dog food with veggies. As for squirmy BTS, some are like that but it differs from one to the next. The nails bit when handling, quick solve is a rock for them to file on with the nails while climbing over to spots in the enclosure. I have also seen videos of people filing them. The other thing I can say is that BTS can get very picky on whom they let around them if not socialized.
Awesome video,I like it(also I prefer the Blue Tongue Skink.)
i live in australia and i have a eastern bluey! i noticed in the comments a lot of people talk about difficulty with handling, i got a baby for that exact reason, and he's gotten used to handling very quickly and is quite comfortable with me. he's also super small so it's exciting to watch him grow into a big chonky boi. one difficulty i have actually had with him is diet. the breeder i got him from tweezer fed him, and i have a lot of trouble feeding him any other way. he also isn't very inclined to eat vegetables, at the moment he pretty much just eats mealworms (i breed them) and banana. i'm going to try with some dog food and hopefully he'll eat it and i won't have to worry to much him not getting enough nutrition or variety.
i'm actually really glad that australia doesn't import or export reptiles, we also aren't allowed to wild catch, which is great because we have less animals dying in captivity and it also raises the prices of our animals a bit which means we don't have as many inexperienced keepers buying them.
4:11 Adam was really rocking the hairstyle, though
hahahhaa
Northern Blue Tongue: $450
Bearded Dragon: $40
Love for both (and all my scaley babies) PRICELESS!!
100%
I've got an indonesian that's impossible to hold. She's a rescue who was neglected really bad for the first 1 1/2 years of her life, she's missing some toes and her tail is crooked (probably from living with low humidity and being in a 20 gallon). She's now living in a large, bio active tank and is eating good food. :)
she'll come around :)
What do you think of fire skinks dude? Also would love to see a video for insect feeders, care guide/ how to breed. Great content! love from Wales!
Cool, I love your vids, please do a cold weather reptile video
fo sho
I have both and i really love them. They are my children
I love your enthusiasm and knowledge on reptiles. Do you think you could do a video on the different species of Uromastyx? I have a yellow geyri, more commonly known as a Nigerian/Saharan but would love to learn more about the Thomasi and Princeps. It'd be fun if you included how Uros do that wiggle dance when they're about to whip with their tail, I don't see too many videos touch on that
Yes I can
I’ve got both! People literally give them away for free to friends in aus sometimes lol.
Can’t believe he said $400-$500 for a blue tongue can pick one up in Australia every day of the week for $50
Bro gave the last two bucause he some people fina be mad lol
I've got a blue tongue living in my backyard. I was wondering why I haven't seen any snails or heard any crickets for a while.
I can't remember if you mentioned it, but baby beardies, depending on age, need to be fed 1-3x daily, which can be challenging for an unsuspecting new owner. They also eat SO MUCH for their tiny size, which can surprise people, particularly when it comes to paying for their beardies' invert feeders! We adopted our girl at 3 years old because we weren't ready for that sort of time/financial commitment, and it was a great decision for our family. Since we have our own dubia colony for our other animals and frequently have other types of feeder insects on hand as well, feeding our beardie is pretty simple/cheap and only requires weekly grocery store runs for fresh produce. :)
Am I the only person who has never heard a single person other than this guy recommend a 120 gallon for a beardie??? I follow a lot of reptile youtubers and he’s the only one I follow who has ever recommended anything even close to that extreme.
Emily, Clint, Dav, all kind of cream of the crop RUclipsrs I’ve heard say this as well, reptifiles also, BioDude.
I saw an Aussie video on blueys morphs....phew! Dam , they've got some gorgeous blue tongues in the land down undah
they sure do
I love blueys. I just got an Indonesian today and he already destroyed my arm. What a great lizard.
that's awesome!
Love this! Thanks for the info. We have a beardie but I saw a BTS at a local pet shop today I loved! I’ll stick with my little guy for now as he’s great with the kids as well.
very awesome
Congrats on 200k
thank you!
i have a blue tongue skink, absolutely love him!❤
same!
@@WickensWickedReptiles so i have a Queston for you which type of blue tongue skink I have, i just cant tell. please check my channel he is on their and comment what it is, thank you!
We wanna see you put the bearded dragon on top of the blue tongue skink
even Australian Blue Tongues can differ in care needs, there are Blue Tongues native to the snowy mountains, which obviously require mush lower temps than your normal blue tongue
true yes, but if I went into the depths of each locality the video premier would still be going now
@@WickensWickedReptiles oh yeah, more just commented for info for others. And also want sure if you guys in the US have all the different Aussie Blue Tongues
What’s a better pet blue tongue skink or tortoise
Behavior has a lot to do with most blue tongues being wild caught and the purchaser not knowing. Mine was captive bread, which is hard to find and he hisses but never bites or lunges. Super sweet dude.
I want a blue tongue skink some day and I also have quails which would help a lot with the mini eggs haha
I’m just sitting here staring at the behavior part with a beardie bite on the top of my finger 🥲
hahaha, silly beardie
I love your sense of humor
I think my mom had a brain aneurism when she walked in my house and saw a 30inch bluey by my desk
HAHAHA poor mom
I upgraded my bearded dragon from a 40 gallon to a play pen kinda thing. She has 1650 squared inches of floor space which is around 400 more then a 125 gallon tank
that's awesome
Where did you buy the play pen
Julia c just off amazon
I have both. Eastern blue tongue and a central beardy. Bluey is the biggest Sweet heart where as the bearded dragon ( rescue ) is crazy will bite whip with his tail and refuses to eat anything but bugs😂
for sure
The Karen wig was Hilarious. I am subscribing as of now 😭😂😂😂
hahahah thank you!
I live in Australia, in Central Victoria, and we have Eastern Bluetongues running around everywhere. I've seen three different ones just this spring alone! And here's the kicker - I've handled all three of them! The Easterns in particular are super chill even in the wild (unless you have cats or dogs or any other predator animals to give them a reason to be more defensive). And even when they get hissy at you, they are still very unlikely to bite. Only once has one of my garden buddies bitten me, and that wasn't more than a slight 'nip' that only occured because I had food on my finger (so he wasn't actually biting ME).
Easterns are much harder to get over in the US and Canada, and those that are available are more expensive as a result, but of all the BTS species, they are the one I would most recommend.
~JD
so cool!
@@WickensWickedReptiles I'd post pics, but I can't very well do that directly - would mean giving out links to my twitter and/or FB pages... ^^;
Blue Tongued Skink.
They aren’t just expensive because of availability, they’re expensive because they’re fucking awesome.
Live in Wisconsin. I got a bearded dragon and named him Rambo.
I gotta shingle back , he's name is Hercules 😂, he sleeps in my bed 😂. Luv from Australia 🦘🦘🦘🐊🐊🐊.
I have 3 blue tongues and I definitely prefer them 😁
Both these animals are beautiful, so it is difficult to choose one
totally agree
I've never had either, and don't plan to, but I'd get a BTS if I were going to. Current plans are BCI, Kenyan sand boa and maybe an African house snake
What’s a BCI
@@i.d.k504 boa constrictor imperator. They might just be boa imperator now, I don't keep up to date with the literature
@lightningv46 thx
What about bearded dragon vs clown/painted agama?
I think I'd have a bit of a hard choice between the two. I just love how the BTS skink looks and what a tank they are. But beardies seem so chill. I'd want to interact with each one before I chose, not that I really need either lol.
There's just so many cool reptiles!
Bearded dragons are the best to start! As babies they are skittish, but are both chill and curious, not to mention a lot cheaper (I’d still recommend paying for a red one though, they’re so cool)
Though also I have yet to own a blue tongue, I held a very pissy import
Liking the new backdrop!
wait til you see the real one we're making!
Just got a blue tongue lizard today
I got a bearded dragon that was neglected for like 7 months and my friend who knows more is helping me to get her into a good health weight
Dayum! That bluey ain't medium sized at all lol
I have both, i got my bearded dragon first since it was easier to find (i got him off craigslist from a lady who didnt want him anymore), but once i found a good breeder i got my northern blue tongue. I gotta say i like both equally, i mean the food requirments are different but its not difficult for me to give them both what they need.
Do you remember the breeders name for the northern blue tongue
Nice vid my guy
Nice video Reptiles 🦎
Glad you enjoyed it
We actually got my blue tongue from a chain pet store. Not super proud of it, he did have mites (we took care of that, though). We decided it would be better than the reptile store because the reptile store had... very poor care, it looked like. Very filthy enclosures, and dried up food. And it wasnt just the one times but multiple times after we saw this. And, when we went (as we were originally going to buy from there), he’d upped the price from $75 to like $110
Just vibin in Australia with Mel bluies and totally gorgeous pure white morphs. 😎
jelly bro
My vote is for blue tongues. I have friends that have beardies and have handled them a bit. I've had my Halmehera by a for six years now and he is an absolute sweat heart. Got him as a baby, he was may be an inch longer then my adult leopard gecko (22 years). My blue tongue has never hissed or done a tongue display. And my niece and nephew both absolutely love him they are almost 3 now. Indonesians might be a bit harder to keep because of the humidity. But around here (Chicago suburbs) I can find australians anywhere.
I think most morphs of blueys in Australia are easterns rather than northerns.
Hey I am new to the reptile world I have always had an obsession with them but I am actually going to get one as a pet …. I work from home so would love one in my office that I get to see in the day .. which would you recommend for a beginner… I really want a reptile I can handle ❤
Both are beautiful and sweet
Blue tongues ARE SOOOO MUCH BETTER AS PETS as they are very laid back and intelligent and my one called Bobert helped me relax so much during a test
well I don't know about that. Between my BTS and Beardie, Diamond is a better pet
“I think 120 gallons”
Me with a 55 gallon tank*
55 are narrow, I really recommend a 75 because it's wider
My gf has hers in a 55 rn, hes going to be going into a 75 or 120 sometime this year though.
@@jessiefranklin9318 that's great that yours is getting a upgrade 💕
@@kaitlynredetzke7752 I’m upgrading to a 67 gallon for right now
You definitely need bigger, the minimum for a beardie is a 5x3x3 and the minimum for a blue tongued skink is a 4x2x2, you need to rehome your reptile if u think that a 67 gal is enough
Could you potentially keep them together? I'm not looking to do that, just curious.
blue tongues are like 100 dollars here in australia
wow!
My beardie free roams but I live in the desert 🌵 like it sometimes even gets roo hot for my little beardie boy
I got an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink. It always squirmed and clawed at me at first, then, once it got used to me, it just sat still on my shoulder.