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[Pierre-Luc]

Hello I'm new to this magnificent site/forum full of useful advice

I need help to find if what kind is my Male I'd tend to say Indonesian, and female Irian Jaya, but i will leave it to you're expert eyes

And if my Female is a bit too fat what would you suggest in her Diet

Her old master usually fed her everyday and when i pick her up she is so compact .

Thank for all the advice you will be able to give

if you see somethign i should change Go on! im ok for constructive remarks heh


/Pierre-Luc Bouchard


Here is my Male Ouroboros:


and One Last for the male


and Oh the Love!!


and The Female Lily

[marisa]

The male is Merauke, I'd say. The female looks to be an IJ. As far as feeding goes, if they're adults, they should only be fed once every 3-7 days... the female does look a bit chunky but she's definitely adorable! The male looks to be a great weight and is gorgeous too. I would wait to see what some of the more experienced owners have to say about diet, but if it were me I'd be upping the veggies a bit in proportion to the protein and only feeding once every 4 days, maximum. They both look so shiny!! Love it.

[marisa]

Actually. I don't know. I'm rethinking the male ID... could definitely be Indo. But some of the others will def chime in.

[Pierre-Luc]

i usually feed them a bit ever 2-3 days

[Pierre-Luc]

I had the same problem im Between ID and Merauke

[marisa]

Honestly the more I look at it, the more I think Indo.

[Karen]

From the pattern and head scalation of the male, I'd say Indo. Can't see the head too clearly on the female, but looks like she might be an IJ/Merauke mix. Jeff just wrote up a good post on skinks from Indonesia: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22347

The female does look a bit overweight. I feed my skinks once a week on dogfood and mixed veggies. Marisa makes a good point about upping the veggie to protein ratio a bit to help slim her down.

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

The male is at least Indonesian, perhaps with Merauke influence, I'm not call him a definite inter-grade for fear of starting another debate.
James Wilson once said:

one thing to look at is the tail. The gigas gigas tail pattern usually breaks up with age and devolopes a more granite look to it.

The female is an EXTREMELY overweight plain ol' IJ

[Pierre-Luc]

Her diet consist of around 70% veggies but ok i will feed them on longer intervals

[Spindown]

I'd say the male is Indo, although he has hints of merauke in his look
The female is a very chubby IJ
They are both very cute

Adults can be fed once a week, just so you know. Mine are all on a weekly feeding schedule.

ML, I've seen MUCH more obese skinks than that female, she just needs a longer feeding period than what she has now...and maybe some portion control! I'm doing this to my cat right now, and hes not very happy with me