BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

What is too old to breed for females?

ive heard of 26 year old females having good litters

okay so 13 yrs is still good to go then as long as shes healthy?

Richard.C wrote:ive heard of 26 year old females having good litters

Exactly how old is the oldest skink, that you know of?

SnakeCharmr728 wrote:okay so 13 yrs is still good to go then as long as shes healthy?

If a 26 year old skink is producing babies well, it is probably ok to breed a 13 year old skink. They are all different, but generally, if a skink mates, that means it is capable of producing babies. When they get too old, they either stop trying (males) or they don't allow other skinks to mate with them (females).

Of course there are cases where a male will more or less "rape" another skink against its will, but that happens with young skinks too. Even worse, the rape victim does not necessarily have to be female.

dakotanivens wrote:

Richard.C wrote:ive heard of 26 year old females having good litters

Exactly how old is the oldest skink, that you know of?

umm, 26 years old

theres a good chance the old lass in my avatar is older than 26,got her as a big adult just shy of 2o years ago,she still breeds most years,though had this year off

13 isnt very old for tiliqua