Transitioning a indoor blue tongue to outside?

[Interesting Lizards]

Hello everyone,
I am wondering whether or not this can be done? I have an Eastern Blue tongue and I live in Victoria, in the eastern area of Australia. The reason I am asking this is I feel the tank that we have for him is too small. If this can't be done, I may get a larger tank or build one for him indoors.

[IvanDanko]

This can definitely be done - your skink will thrive in its natural environment. Indoor space is always a limitation for a larger enclosure. I'm from Vic aswell and I have thought about transitioning to the use of a high quality Pit at some point (great to have even as an option in summer) As long as you provide everything your skink needs:

- Predator proofing (protection from birds, cats etc.)
- Escape proofing
- Positioning for adequate sunlight exposure
- Flood proofing
- Hides, including an elevated, insulated dry hide box
- Selection of some natural flora
- Clean water

Coop's Reptiles on YouTube is a great resource for this and im pretty sure he's done some guides on how to put them together.

[Interesting Lizards]

Thank you for your reply. Can you only do this in summer? Or could you do it in winter too?

[IvanDanko]

You could do it at any time however the warmer months would make for an easier transition for your skink I would imagine. That way moving into the next winter would be gradual and your skink would have time to naturally enter brumation.

[Interesting Lizards]

Thank you. I have watched a Coops Reptiles video on setting up an outdoor BTS enclosure. Found it very helpful.

[IvanDanko]

No worries. Best of luck with the set-up.