Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

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Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Cvalda » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:06 pm

Hi everyone! I came home from work tonight to find my bluey Dil had had himself a shed, and was looking nice and colorful, so I decided to dig the camera out and snap a few portraits :P He turned nine months old last week, and he's almost 17 inches long now -- it feels like yesterday that I first brought him home as a five inch long baby. They grow up so fast :D

Dil at one week old:
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Dil at nine months (sorry, lighting's not too great):
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby UroFreak13 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:40 pm

Beautiful
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Postby Scincoides » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:56 pm

That is an amazing animal. You a very lucky :)
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Katrina » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:47 pm

Beautiful!! Where did you get him from?

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Never mind, you have him listed as Northern x IJ in your profile... wasn't sure if you thought he was a Northern which is why I asked. Gorgeous colors, he's very striking!
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Fatal_S » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:02 pm

Wow, what a gorgeous & unique skinker :D
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Cvalda » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:13 pm

Thanks everyone! I adore him -- has tons of personality, eats well and is just a lovely lizard all around.

Am I correct in my assumption that he's a male, btw? Is he old enough now for someone to take a stab at sexing him from the photos? :D
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Richard.C » Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:15 am

looks girly to me,body wise especially down near hips,very nice looking specimen
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby StaceyLeigh » Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:47 am

Beautiful skink, love the color! :love:
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Cvalda » Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:56 am

Richard.C wrote:looks girly to me,body wise especially down near hips,very nice looking specimen

Really? Hmmm, good thing I picked a gender neutral name (not that Dil cares) :ohyes:

StaceyLeigh wrote:Beautiful skink, love the color! :love:

Thanks!
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Dakota » Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:22 pm

I bet he looks stunning first out of shed. :D
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Dakota » Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:25 pm

I'm not for hybrids, but this skink makes me want change my mind. :oops:
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Cvalda » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:24 pm

Dakota Nivens wrote:I'm not for hybrids, but this skink makes me want change my mind. :oops:

He was advertised as being purebred Northern, and I was kinda miffed he's a hybrid at first, but I love him all the same and wouldn't change a thing. I think his odd patterning, with the orange sherbet color in the middle of his white stripes, is very neat :D
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Dakota » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:28 pm

Did you see the parents or are you just assuming by color that he is a hybid?
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Cvalda » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:32 pm

It's been a while, but at least one of his parents was definitely Northern from memory. It was some members on here who pegged him as a Northern x IJ hybrid, though, just from looking at him.
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Dakota » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:36 pm

Still a beauty, though! I love seeing hybrids, the colors can be so amazing.
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Re: Dil at nine months (kinda pic heavy)

Postby Spindown » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:10 pm

Love those bright colors! His name is adorable too :)
Hybrids can be so pretty its unfair :D
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