Scheneider's Skink......

http://photo.redtailboa.net/albums/a...2/IM000017.jpg

do they eat the same as BTS's? What's in their diet?

Their diet is pretty broad, but they are mainly insectivores. They will also occasionally east fruits/veggies, I know alot of people who feed them canned cat/dog food as well.

I want a blue tongue, it's one of my favorite lizards. Supposedly my sis was buying me one, I'm sure it was BS. Ain't gonna happen I guess.

Christmas isn't here yet, you never know :D

Sandfish as we call them are the best. We had one with the worst MBD I've ever seen (rescue) and he lived for about 6 months or so. He was a good specimine for educating the public about why not to feed certain foods to animals. He was very personable came out of his sand at dawn and dusk, would wait for his crickets every day. A great character!
We personally do not recommend feeding these guys dog or cat foods as they do not have the full nutritional requirements. But everyone is different.
Ours loved his bugs.
Anyhow there's my rant
thanks
Rusty

Rusty....I said this on another forum you posted this on, but I'll say it again here......Schneider's Skinks are NOT the same as Sandfish.....they are very different. They're totally different species......Schenider's get much bigger and don't have the shovel-like upturned nose.

Whoa boys.

Can you feed them pinkies?

Aren't there only like 6 breeders who have successfully bred Schneider's Skinks in captivity? That's pretty cool if that's true.

I didn't mean to come off as snippy....just making my point. Sorry, lol.

I believe you can when they are bigger.....not sure though.

Here is a pic of a Sandfish.....see the difference?

http://novogate.com/forums/1046/user/6766/8973.jpg

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Rusty....I said this on another forum you posted this on, but I'll say it again here......Schneider's Skinks are NOT the same as Sandfish.....they are very different. They're totally different species......Schenider's get much bigger and don't have the shovel-like upturned nose.

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Hi David, I appologize for the mix up. Many people tend to call them sandfish also.
Anyhow I personally have never been on any other forums (that I recall) with you besides "the reptile rooms" But I don't beleive we've ever accually met in that said forum either.
But thank you for the clarification.

Pretty big difference in looks. How close is care?

No problem, Rusty. There was a big thread on TRR about it. I don't know much about the care of Sandfish.

Nice lizard david. interesting colors and cute as a darn button. i've been interested in skinks since i was old enough to talk. i'm not sure what kind i used to have other than the good ol' blue tails, but one of them was about as large as yours... maybe a bit larger. and had a red face, with a brown body. i believe i called it a "broad-head" when i was little. ever heard of that or am i just making stuff up again?

Fire skink maybe

well i found it in north carolina, it had taken over a birdhouse in my back yard.. my father was cutting the grass and he saw its head peaking out and thought it was a snake, so immediately ran and got me.. and we removed it. low and behold, a monster sized skink.

like this but much bigger. (the owner of this site called it a broad-head also)

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/southportcavers/msano1.jpg

Yes, I've heard of Broad-Headed Skinks....we have them here in Kentucky. Very neat looking critters.