BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Larry loves anything alive . Horn worms and crickets the odd time is all I have given him .Today he ate 2 Horn worms and wanted more . He likes squash . He is very odd because sometimes he will barely touch his food but if I feed him the food that was in his bowl with chop sticks he eats nearly every bite (LOL) . THe kids think it's fun . I guess he does too .
He hates almost everything green . He will lick and eat everything around the greens . I try really hard to hide it in the dog food .

I won't be much help here; my two guys eat anything digestible, of any color, dead or alive, matters not. Maddie will stop when she's full, Jazz just keeps going till it's gone, no matter the amount and then he licks the plate clean!

Ruckus LOVES Bananas. And anything living. I know he hates everything else I feed him LOL Other than dog food ofcourse. He picks threw his food. Wont eat his greens undless he needs to. If he gets a bit of green on his tounge hell try to spit it out and if he cant, then hell eat it

Ember loves chicken wellness and her favorite veggy is acorn squash ( I really think she would eat that alone on the plate!) Thor's favorite by far is snails I get from the garden! Neither like fruit Which seems odd to me since many on here have talked about fruit being a grand treat?

I'm sad because Plinko doesn't like banana, she completely ignores it. Same for apple. She LOVES Silkworms, waxworms, anything alive. She also loves strawberry, watermelon and snails!

Of the healthy foods:
Most of mine love most cat/dog foods, roaches, dew worms, silks. Most squashes are ok too, but not as popular as the meat items. A couple of my blueys aren't big live food fans, but most LOVE roaches or worms.

Of the occasional foods (not something I feed all the time, not the healthiest but good once in a while):
Chicken breast, steak, egg, mushrooms are pretty much all eaten eagerly.

Fruits are also usually a huge hit. Grapes, blueberries, raspberries, mango, strawberries etc are given as treats, usually not with meals but maybe once every week or two I will hand feed half a grape or blueberry to everyone who is up.

Like Susann, I find that most everything gets eaten if you feed less frequently. That is the best way to get them to eat their greens and veggies. But some foods are definitely preferred!

all of mine love dog food/cat food and roaches, they all eventually eat all parts of their food except for one.

My pickiest skink by far is Zergling, my Indo. She picks out all greens big enough to pick out and refuses all fruit except banana and blueberry. lol, she knows that fruit is bad, but it makes it tough to give her yummy treats

Sometimes (rarely) i give young mice as treats. Creep is afraid of them and runs away, everyone else eats them.

Egg and hamburger and chicken is always appreciated, except by skinks going into brumation LOL

Most favoured - definitely snails.

MissMeg wrote: He picks threw his food. Wont eat his greens undless he needs to. If he gets a bit of green on his tounge hell try to spit it out and if he cant, then hell eat it

Scoot spits his greens out too! Sometimes he wont even eat more than a few bites if there are too many greens. I think Scoot is a very picky eater. LOVES meat, LOVES fruit
but HATES greens and is on the fence about squash. haha.
He tries to eat my classroom carpet all the time though. hehe.

Mazi HATED strawberries - Once I was handfeeding him berries. He was enjoying it so much he just stopped smelling what I gave him and just ate. So that meant he also grabbed the strawberry when offered, only for him to spit it out and walk away

He loooved snails, slugs and worms, but would eat any veggies or meat given to him~

Scooter_in_Kindergarten wrote:

MissMeg wrote: He picks threw his food. Wont eat his greens undless he needs to. If he gets a bit of green on his tounge hell try to spit it out and if he cant, then hell eat it

Scoot spits his greens out too! Sometimes he wont even eat more than a few bites if there are too many greens. I think Scoot is a very picky eater. LOVES meat, LOVES fruit
but HATES greens and is on the fence about squash. haha.
He tries to eat my classroom carpet all the time though. hehe.

I think somebody's skink has got their owner wrapped around their little clawed finger.....
I would get a food processor, you can get a $10 one at Walmart, and chop the greens smaller. To begin with you can add a little extra meat in it, so he won't be grossed out, and extra meat is good for a rapidly growing young skink anyway. Then gradually start decreasing the meat, and leaving bigger green pieces.

If he is still picky or finicky then you are feeding him too much or too often. Start adding another day between feedings until he is HAPPY to see that plate with lots of GREEN on it!

Tea Cup is not very picky at all.
Her favorite thing, EVER, hands down, is earthworms, straight from the chemical and pesticide free garden. She also VERY much enjoys cat food(when we give our cats some as a treat). She eats her greens with a grudge, but doesn't refuse them. She also likes Sowbugs(similar to pill bugs) and snails. She loves slugs but they're a pain to clean up after.

for some reason i didnt know they could eat earthworms lol, i may have to start a worm bin outside.

How good are they for them? Treat or staple? I'm assuming that they are not like dubias which can form a good staple, so treat?

The shinglebacks love escarole, squash, mango, and dubias.

The irian jayan will eat protein or fruit over vegetables.

Favorites: Beef (or steak), chicken thighs, bison, collard/mustard greens, spinach, grasshoppers (plain or rolled in calcium powder).

Icky: Dandelion greens, pumpkin, cheap dog food (if it's not Merrick or something similar she will turn her nose up at it now that she's hooked on the good stuff ), pork, and live food with the exception of wax worms.

Simon loves anything, but his favorite is Banana.

Litchie likes banana more than he likes berries or other fruits. BUT he likes live food better than banana. Superworms and crickets are his favourite, but i give him grasshoppers too sometimes.

ill go with salad in general being his least favourite.

Mine's favorites would have to be squash, green beans, any insects, snails, and raspberries.

My eastern BT loves chicken breast, even if he is in the most pickiest of moods, he can't resist it. Good luck getting him to eat much green at all, although i have convinced him to have some peas and corn regularly now.

My girl shingleback loves cucumber, she downs it so quickly that cucumber goes everywhere from her giant chomping jaws lol

My boy shingleback loves loves loves his dry food pellets, he wipes away all his fruit/vegies/meat to find the dry food in his bowl, and finishes it all before the female even has a chance at having any.

I'd say Elliot likes best in order:

Plain chicken
Portobello mushrooms
Banana
Raspberries

He won't eat most greens or veggies on their own, only chopped up small and mixed in! A few fruits he dislikes by itself are apple, pear, and mango. He used to like mango more, but I guess he changed his mind! He won't take it as a treat anymore.