BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Gave my lil outdoor cage a good weed out,had to pull easterns,landmullets and alpine blotchies out over winter as angle suns on gives cage no winter sun,anyways ,suns starting to get back in there now its early spring here,got out the temp gun and with todays top being 22 ,checked temps and its in the 30s in a few areas so decided its a good time to put brumating tub of lowlands outside for a slow natural wake up

4 out of the 6 went straight to the water bowl for a big drink,one even had a bite of dogfood

In brumation tub


5 mins after popping into outdoor cage

Often i blab on about conditions in outdoor cages,how even in cold climates u can manipulate the sun to offer warmth,and how the easterns down in my neck of the woods can use heat like this in a cold environment to become active and mate earlier than whats normal for blotchies

Anyways heres some pics of temps i took from varies areas in a ten by 5 foot outdoor enclosure on a dau with a max temp of 22 degrees celcius



Ground temp of substrate in the sun



Ground temp of substrate in the shade


Surface temp of one basking against back wall




Basking temp ontop of wood hide



Basking temp on slate tile sitting on top of wood hide


This cage is alot better at supplying this range of temps than my main blotchy cages,its little wonder those ones are still lethargic,dont have the options of this small cage