Baby wild blotchy

[Jbolar]

Lobo do you have concerns about releasing after being in captivity for so long? at least here in the US you aren't supposed to release anything that has been in captivity for x amount of days and especially if you've fed it. is Australia the same way at all? i know you aren't supposed to collect wildlife and what not and to own skinks i'm told you need a permit... so do you have concerns about a eventual release?

[Scotts1au]

I don't think that is a problem for blueys, as long as it is being released where it came from. They revert back to wild straight away - like a cat.

[El Lobo]

Lobo do you have concerns about releasing after being in captivity for so long? at least here in the US you aren't supposed to release anything that has been in captivity for x amount of days and especially if you've fed it. is Australia the same way at all? i know you aren't supposed to collect wildlife and what not and to own skinks i'm told you need a permit... so do you have concerns about a eventual release?

I don't have real concerns about releasing, as Scott said they can go native very soon. I know exactly where it was found in my backyard and can release there or in a more protected area of the yard. The odds are there are more from the same litter still in the yard.

A licence is required to keep native species but exemptions can be granted if the animal's chance of re-establishing and surviving or not good. This one has a damaged leg/foot but of more concern is her laboured breathing. She is being kept at a constant temperature 24/7 to support the immune system in dealing with any infection if present.

[Richard.C]

They usually clear them selves up quite well with ri,a few weeks of warmth does them wonders,its actually very uncommon to see them succumb to one,so probably another sign of a possable late litter

An example of how some captive skinks go when being released back into the wild is a cheeky cunningham skink that somehow knows a quick way out of my out door cage,he was at large for close to 2 years,including 2 hibernation periods before i could recapture it,i saw it all the time in rock pile down the back yard but it has cottoned on to me trapping it,so took some ingenuity on my behalf to finally recapture the bugger,which now lives indoors until i can make a more cunningham securing enclosure.

Normally folk wont release for other reasons,eg when dse confiscates illegally kept animals with no idea where they originate,we have a couple of easterns that still pop by that ive housed in captivity breifly to heal up,one a dog attact victom another was found with tar from roadworks stuck all over it and it had burt it to,suprisingly once it shed it looked good to go,it had obvious burn scarring,and body was slightly out of wack from it but it was good to go,ten odd years later and he occaisionllu comes back to our yard

Its like when you bring your calm captive outdoors in the open,they often get defensive and want to high tail it to cover,captivity doesnt take there instincts away

[Jbolar]

thanks for those replies guys, i guess the Herps in Arizona have real issues... you so much as take anything a mile or two from where it was, if it's been fed or watered usually it's done for if you release. esepecially desert tortoises and gilas. they have a honing since and wander trying to get home, or they fail to find water right in front of them. it's strange ...