Can’t believe the apetite on this little guy 😂

It's been officially one year since i brought home my little gremlin & I couldn't be happier with how that first year has gone 😭❤️

From a sassy and hissy baby to a now (somewhat) chill and "cuddly" lizard that enjoys head scratches and burrowing into my arm. Here's to many more years 🍻

He/she just arrived! They are eating and exploring right now they are also getting ready to shed as what the breeder had said hence the dull color

This is Mudcake my 🤞 soon to be mama

He has what looks like dried blood on this scale near his mouth. Other than that he seems normal and his scales are fine. I’m wondering if he simply cut himself or this is something worse

my eastern bts has been trying to dig through the glass of his enclosure for the past few days. he's always done this but recently, he just won't stop. he loves to come out and explore, but obviously he can't always come out. I tried rearranging his enclosure so he had things in there to explore and dig out, but he still wants to get out! right now he's finally exploring in his enclosure, but im sure it's not long before he comes rubbing his nose against the glass again. I would rather he didnt get injuries from this, so does any one have any enrichment ideas for his enclosure that will keep him engaged? right now I have logs, lots of dirt and leaf litter, and plants for him, but any other ideas are welcome

I noticed this mark on myskink some data ago by the lips, i thought it probably just was some dirt, but i guess it isn’t. Could anyone have a idea to what it possibly could be?

I got my skink Ziti in November of 2025. When I got him I was told he was probably 4-5 months old but I got him at a rescue so they were not sure. He had come to the rescue with a tail bite injury which both the vet and the rescue thought would result in the end falling off. It did not fall off and he can still move that part of his tail the only issue is shedding there sometimes. Since he is probably around a year and a half old he should be eating once or twice a week but he still seems so small and is still growing a lot. When I first got him he didn’t grown as fast. He currently weighs about 7.4 ounces and snout to back legs is about 8” long. I think his growth was temporary stunted while his tail healed so I am not sure if I should be feeding him like an adult yet. I know that Halmaheras are smaller but I can’t find solid data on how big they usually are. I hatter he’s a picture with a ruler from today and the las photo is when I got him. Thanks!

TLDR: skink potentially had growth stunted for a bit, should I feed him like an adult or juvenile based on his current size.

My little bluey Tau recently got into a scuffle with her hide, and ended up scuffing up a face scale pretty bad. I thought it would heal up fine and shed off on its own, but she just shed recently, and I noticed the scale was still damaged. I scrubbed it a bit with a soft toothbrush to see if it would come off, but found that the damage was a bit deeper than I thought. I've mostly got it cleaned out, it doesn't look infected, though there's still a tiny bit of dirt in the scale. All in all, I don't think this warrants a vet visit, but is there a way to medicate it or at least disinfect it to reduce the chance of infection? I had a repticare spray, but it expired over a year ago, haha.

Probably notable mentions: heat and humidity are good. She's still active, eating, and pooping all the same. No concern of scale rot or respiratory problems. She just....likes pushing things around. Sometimes a little too hard!

Edited to add photos

So this is my boys hot side of his enclosure it’s got his decent sized black plastic hide that we all know and love but I never know the proper name of and I recently added some nice cork flats to the front of it because the light lands directly in front of his hide and maybe 20% of the light coverage covers the top of the hide itself. Ever since, about 80% of his basking consists of placing his body out halfway like this and will only occasionally go ontop of his hide like he used to or use the cork. I think it’s pretty interesting and I’m glad I’m giving him enough options that he even has a way to bask while remaining in his hide. Anyways, just wondering if this counts as cryptic basking lol.
FYI: last week both of my lights my heat bulb + UVB strip went out not 100% sure why but I was able to get a new bulb at Petco and I have a new strip coming in the mail either hopefully the day after tomorrow or maybe the following day. Thank you and god bless! Also this is him directly after grubbing 2 dubias and having his monthly mouth full of banana. 😋

i've been noticing a little bit of dark discolouration on the top of the nose and eyes along with along the mouth on my Bhutan skin it's new to the household for about a week and a half and has shed once, was wondering if this was stuck shed or anything? The third picture is a reference from before. thanks!

Meet Biscuit (aka ladyfinger in US), first moments in new home! Born in June this year. He chose to go basking rather than hiding after 5-hour car trip

Hello everyone! My little skink is usually stretched out so it can be hard to determine the weight, I don’t have a scale right jow. But sometimes it looks really big and round when basking

Don't worry!
1. I got the leaf piece* out before she swallowed it (not that it would have done her any harm, but still).
2. She only gets a portion of the jelly pots when I really want to motivate her with a puzzle.

*She's in a bioactive setup.

Its cheap but I never saw the ventilation in front like that ? I've seen this exact picture in many different website, what do yall think? It feel sus but idk what can be messed up

hi so i have an adult (about 2.5 years old) Indonesian blue tongue skink. i currently have him in a 4x2x2 and would really like to upgrade him into something longer and wider, possibly a 5x3x3 or 6x3x3. is there enclosures made at this size and what brand would be a good one if so!

So it’s getting colder in Canada and my boy got that internal clock ticking for brumation, so what should I know about it? Like how often do I feed him now? I normally feed him every Thursday, do I feed him every other Thursday? What else should I do?

Hello all,

I recently purchased some dairy cow isopods at the recommendation of the specialty pet store I went to. They based this recommendation on what I shared with them; Northern Blue-Tongue Skink, cypress mulch, and wanting my terrarium to include detritovores. Sadly, after a few days they all perished. After doing some reading, I am wondering if the environment in my terrarium was too dry for them. Does anyone have any ideas of what might have gone wrong and/or a species of isopod that would be better suited to my terrarium.

i committed the grave sin of trying to get him out from under the cabinet. and touched the tip of his nose in the process.

i am well deserving of this screem and have learned not to disturb his excellence while he is in his dark domain. his cabinet now.

Ok, so the way I feed my skink goes two ways: The food I prepare for him, he usually eats halfheartedly most of the of the time. Its usually a puree of vegetables and protein sources he can eat. And to clarify, he usually does not eat vegetables I put in front of him as they are.

But when I feed him reptilinks omivore diet (the 50/25/25 one), he eats them without any hesitation.

So my question is how can I make my skink eat the purees I made for him more often? I feel like one of the main reasons he eats reptilinks diet is due to the fact that they are in collagen casings and have a shape that's easy to eat (no idea if that made any sense).

Hey everyone! Just looking for some advice about a patch on my Northern blue tongue skink’s head. She’s just over 4 months old.
I’ve been trying to work out what’s happened, so here’s a little timeline!
4th October: Her head looked normal in photos. Looking back through her camera footage, I noticed her pushing herself quite forcefully into one of her hides which is now a tad small for her and has been removed. I’m wondering if she could have scraped her head doing this.

5th October: She spent pretty much the entire day tucked away in her coconut hide without moving much.

6th October: Just before shedding, I noticed a couple of scales on her head looked paler than normal. After she shed, the area developed a really strange sandy/gritty texture, almost like dirt stuck to her scales. I tried gently wiping it off, but she flinched as though it hurt, so I left it alone.

7th–8th October: The patch was still there. I initially worried about a burn, but she hasn’t been able to reach her heat bulb for months, so I think that’s unlikely. Looking back at the footage, I’m wondering if it’s an abrasion from burrowing into her hide. I gave her a bath to soak the area incase of stuck shed.

9th October: The patch seemed to be getting smoother, and she was no longer flinching when I touched the area. She’s been behaving normally and eating well. I also showed the reptile shop, who thought it looked like a scuff and advised keeping an eye out for infection. They said it may improve with her next shed but could leave some scarring/discolouration.

12th October (today): The discolouration is still there. The affected scales are flat and level with the surrounding ones, but the texture seems a little rough again. I’m struggling to tell whether it’s just damaged scales healing or something else.

Someone on Facebook mentioned a possible burn or the start of scale rot, which has worried me!
Has anyone experienced anything similar? Does this look like a healing abrasion, or something more concerning?
I’m looking into getting her checked by a reptile vet, but I’d really appreciate hearing anyone’s experiences in the meantime.
I’ll attach photos from before, during and after her shed so you can see how it’s changed. ❤️