BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Yesterday at the Hamm show I did meet a lot of friends but best off all I did pick up a very nice male rugosa rugosa (2002)

Enjoy the pictures

nice looking rugosa fred,11 years old isnt overly old for them either

Lea wrote:What a lovely shingleback! But I'll never get used to hearing they were picked up at a show 9000 miles from where they are naturally found, especially when they look fresh out of the WA wilderness.

He's gorgeous! You are very lucky to have him. Will he be part of a breeding project?

Sure its hard to proof but he should be CB 2002.
I hope he will be the new male to my female.
This becourse my othe male did die.
I dont now why he did die but I think it was stress because of the mating.
It was his first year off mating and he did get not out of it, He was running around and around 24 hours a day, eveb at midnight or 4 in the morning he still was running and running. Than at one day he was laying there and next day he was dead.
After autopsy nothing was found that could be cause of dead.
His bones where strong, organs where good ect ect.
So for me the onlu cause can be stress.

Richard.C wrote:nice looking rugosa fred,11 years old isnt overly old for them either

I now, he can be around a lot longer.

Beautiful animal, hopefully you get many babies from him.

He's a beauty Fred, congratulations!

lovely shingle with a stumpy tail, so adorable. Congrats!

So cute!

Beautiful shingleback. Congrats on getting him!

the europeans do quite well breeding shingles,id say a few in the states come from europe

Lea wrote:Sorry, Fred, I wasn't questioning how you got him, I really mean that it is odd seeing a shingle so far from home- it would be like seeing wild monkeys in England, totally odd(unless you count the hooligans in the local pubs, of course!)

I now and I understand what you mean.
For me I did mean that its allways hard to look back in the history off a Shingle because the only thing you can go on is the word off the person you buy from.

Lea wrote:It's so great to see them looking so perfect so far from home. I hope this turns into a good project for you one day. It's sad about the other one, but this one looks radiant. Fingers crossed for breeding some strong and healthy babies!

Thanks cas you might now I was very Lucky this year to get my first baby shingle.

Adorable! Love the tongue shot.

What a beauty! Congrats on the new addition, Fred.