The purpose of this thread is to talk about purchasing and owning a Indonesian BTS. Since living in Canada, finding a Northern CB or CBB skink are VERY rare. The only type that you see available here would be the Halmahera or the Merauke BTS. Which brings me to the topic of WC or CB/Farmed skinks. As you know, these types of BTS Ive mentioned are usually WC for the most part, but if you came across a CB/Farmed skink would that mean the same thing as WC???
I am looking into getting a young Halmahera BTS from a friend who owns a very well known Reptile shop here in Toronto. Now with that being said, I know he got these skinks from a farm out in Indonesia and are captive bred/farmed skinks. He has had them now at his shop for 3 months now and they are now ready to be sold to the public. I went yesterday to look at them and they actually looked good. They were in nice shape and had no stuck shed or ticks/fleas ect.. from what I could see. My concern would be are these youngster carrying any parasites? Now take in mind that my friend that owns this shop would never put the rest of his collection of other reptiles he is selling at risk by bringing in reptiles that harboured diseases, but there is always that uncertainty in the back of my mind...Since he has had them already for the last 3 months would you think they would be OK?
I would not want to bring this little guy home and infect the rest of my collection of reptiles. Of course I will house the BTS in his own enclosure but he will be in the same room as my other reptiles as I only have one room in the house that I am allowed to use for my collection. MY QUESTION NOW to those of you who currently have an Indonesian BTS is what has your experiences been having one of these kinds of skinks. Was yours WC or Farmed? Do you have any regrets? What are the PROS and CONS?
Thank you for listening and please share your stories and or advice...
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