When to be concerned about possible RI?

[El Lobo]

Biotin deficiency would be rare indeed in any skink unless they were fed an exclusive diet of raw eggs. For further reading there are a few scholarly articles on biotin deficiency to be found on the net.

Just to give you a hard time from my understanding biotin deficiency would result if only egg whites were fed...the yolk is incredibly rich in biotin to offset the avidin in the white.

That is exactly my reason for considering meringue a poor food choice for BTS.

[Lea]

If you supplement with a calcium and vitamin d powder, then there is no reason why you can't feed chicken/ beef/turkey or kangaroo, or basically the best produce you have available at the time. Understanding why we say feed in moderation is actually key to understanding which foods to select and how to take advantage of the nutrients they have to offer.

The caresheet is meant as a guide, from which we can elaborate on here, by communicating with each other or by doing our own research to further better and fine tune the diets to offer the best we can. There is no one way to do things, but there are a thousand ways we can mess up if we don't fully understand the reasons behind the advice given here.

As a side note, I would cut the pineapple completely, as often it is quite acidic, but also contains enzymes which can cause oral irritation and damage to the delicate linings in the mouth. My mouth will bleed if I eat pineapple, so the discomfort in a reptile could be considerable.

Peas, corn and any vegetable with a husk, is hard to breakdown and may make the animal predisposed to an intestinal blockage or lead to lead to malnutrition, if fed regularly.

There is a thread under the FAQ section here, about vitamin D, calcium and oxalates, which you may find helpful while you are in the process of establishing a healthy diet for your skink.

[critterguy]

El Lobo: Unless fed at a 1:1 ratio with egg custard

http://spanishfood.about.com/od/dessert ... ustard.htm