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Postby ROBSTA » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:48 am

hey all on the bluetongue forums

im Rob from sydney australia,and ive grown up from a very young age with blue tongues as pets.
They are very common in our suburban gardens in australia
i have kept 2 blueys my first one lived in my care for 24 years!it waqs an adult when i got it.
and the other one is still going and ive had it about 23 years
it was an adult too when i found it,washed up on the shore of a lake after a bad storm

i find wild ones all the time,a couple of days ago i found 1 next to the shed in my yard
and found another two weeks ago when mountainbike riding
i always catch them for a close look

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Postby Tattoo » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:09 am

Welcome :welcome: to the forum. Nice to know our skinks have a long life expectancy. :wink:
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0.1 Indonesian BTS - Annubis
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Postby bruno » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:12 am

Welcome Mate. :ohyes:

:welcome: :peaceout:
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0.1. Tiliqua.scincoides.intermedia/T. gigas ? (Mother to the patternless)

1.1. ---//--- Patternles

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Postby LittleFoot » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:43 am

welcome :btsnet2: :bluey1: :ryo:
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Postby MartinsPerson » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:32 am

Welcome to BTS.net! We'd love to see pictures of your crew!
1.1 IJ "Baloo", "Bianca"
0.0.1 Northern "Sebastian"
1.1 Kei Island "KeiKei", Sprout"
0.2 chihuahua "Delilah", "Holly"
0.1 quarter horse "Cadence"
0.0.1 A. versicolor "Prism"
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Postby Dragontears » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:12 pm

MartinsPerson wrote:Welcome to BTS.net! We'd love to see pictures of your crew!


ditto what she said! ;)
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Postby shingleback aus » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:31 pm

welcome to the forum :)
true blue ;)
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Postby Bird_Brain » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:53 pm

Welcome to BTS.net
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Postby Blotch » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:48 pm

Hey Rob!

Welcome mate - as you've probably realized there are a few aussies on here. Good to have another one!
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Postby ROBSTA » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:06 pm

yea a couple of aussies,

i never knew blueys where so popular in other countries

and was looking at pics of the non australian species ,there amazing
ive never seen some of these subspecies
wish we where allowed to keep exotic blue tongues here in aus.

i have to get someone to scan in some pics of my blueys
some pics are more than 20 years old
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Postby MartinsPerson » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:24 pm

That's awesome that you've been into blueys for so long! I'm always excited to hear the voices of experience.
1.1 IJ "Baloo", "Bianca"

0.0.1 Northern "Sebastian"

1.1 Kei Island "KeiKei", Sprout"

0.2 chihuahua "Delilah", "Holly"

0.1 quarter horse "Cadence"

0.0.1 A. versicolor "Prism"
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Postby Jadex25 » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:03 pm

Welcome :)
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0.0.1-Eastern BTS- Pyro
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Postby Funda » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:28 am

:welcome:

Maybe next time when you see blueys around take photos and share it with us! :D


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*1 Cockatiel, Baylee
*2 Kittens, Lucky and Cuddles
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Postby Scotts1au » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:20 am

G'day Rob

from Northern Victoria.

Scott
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Postby ROBSTA » Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:39 am

yea ive been taking pics of the blueys i come across lately on my camera phone

they always seem to be decent size adults,and always seem to have battle scars

i see alot of water dragons and beardies too
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Postby Leigh » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:34 am

G'day mate, nice to have an old school Aussie keeper to give more advice,stories and pictures,we're all waiting for some action mate.
MMMmmmmm... Something???????
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Postby ROBSTA » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:04 am

ok finally scanned the only pics i could find

one is from circa 1981 sitting on a piece of driftwood with pupImage

and this one is much later with the same bluey(front)
in there cage,it passed on in 2003 so this must of been before then
the enclosure is on the back verandah of houseImage
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Postby Leigh » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:38 am

Nice thick eyebands,were they a mating pair?
MMMmmmmm... Something???????
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Postby ROBSTA » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:32 am

nah they never mated im guessing there the same sex
ive never found out in all those years

funny with sexing bluetongues 100% ID is hard to acheive unless it has babies
or you see a hemipenes

i was told by the worlds expert on the bluetongue skink
who did his Phd on them was the one who told me this
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Postby Shadowfax » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:32 am

Why, it's Jubby's cousins!! They look wonderful! But two pics is not going to get you off the hook!
German Shepherd/Collie -- Smokey
Appendix Quarter Horse -- Solaris
Cats -- Jasper and New Kitty (Nemo is never forgotten, RIP special boy)
Irian Jaya BTS -- Maya
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