BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

hi there, im the newbie lol,
my 11 year old son and i rescued a BTS a year ago. he was 14 inches and you could see his ribs. he was housed on a paper towel in a 10 gallon tank and fed on crickets his entire life. now he is a spoiled brat he is 18 inches long give or take he has a kinky tail. we take him on walks on warm days in his harness lol he loves it! anyway i will get better pics of him up here soon maybe someone can tell me what kind of BTS he is. i just built him his new habitat. it is 5 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot. he loves it. it is made from all reclaimed wood! he loves it in there. it is not completely decorated yet. but it is a start. you can not see it but he has a ramp from his cage to the floor and is free to roam when my son is in his room. my son reads to him everynight and Ozzy seems to know it is bed time when he is finished reading.

Welcome to the forum,hard to see it clearly,looks ij from what you can see of it,clearer pics may help

very nice and how cute that your son reads to him. adorable. Lucky bluey to be rescued by good people. more pictures!!! please

As promised here is Ozzy! maybe now we can know what he is lol. his belly is reddish orange.

Could be an Irian Jaya, but it's hard to tell.

very pretty. with out a doubt, IJ.

I love that tongue shot, very nice

It's an IJ. Couldn't even make a guess on gender. Very pretty!

thanks everyone! we call him a him but after reading on here i am pretty sure he is a she lol i have never seen the sperm plug thing so. but we have no intention of breeding so it is not a problem haha! as far as his tongue shot it is not hard to get with him he seems to lick everything lol including the dogs lol he is just a spoiled and loved part of our family! not sure how old or anything hope to have him for years to come.

Ozzy is held alot and when he is out of his cage our border collies will come up to see him. never alone always while he is in some ones hands. i would never put any of them in danger. my older female Jade has even stolen one of the feeder mice hoppers for our snakes and tried to nurse it. lol she has been an adopted mamma for rodents birds and kittens.

My parents had a dog like that, I grew up trying to save injured animals including a baby bird and an injured blue tongue skink, with both, their dog, Tajah would lay right next to me while I was holding them and warn the cats off if they came to close.

Rani-May wrote:My parents had a god like that, I grew up trying to save injured animals including a baby bird and an injured blue tongue skink, with both, their dog, Tajah would lay right next to me while I was holding them and warn the cats off if they came to close.

My dog also protects my skinks from the local cats. Outdoors she's protective of the reptiles. Indoors she ignores them when I'm around, and points them out to me if they're running loose. Love my dog <3

Very cute That'd be handy if you couldn't find them!

Unless they tried to bring you the lizard like they can do with the newspaper

Definatly ij,nice looking one to,for some reason it looks male to me,build wise,but yeah i wouldnt bet my house on it,lol

Richard.C wrote:Unless they tried to bring you the lizard like they can do with the newspaper

Definatly ij,nice looking one to,for some reason it looks male to me,build wise,but yeah i wouldnt bet my house on it,lol

thanks! we think he is handsome too lol. we thought he was male as well but in the year we have had him i have yet to see a sperm plug so idk. either way it doesnt matter to us. we are just thankful to have rescued him and have him healthy and happy.