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Chaoslillith
Snake mite
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 Posted - 10/11/2009 : 05:35:48
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Hello all, Chaoslillith here.
So I was loosening up the moss in my red eye croc skink tank and found something unexpected. We have had the skinks for a year but their tank I always thought was not the best setup for them. I have them on moss we mist 3 times a day and a "trib lake" which is a rubbermaid tub with rocks and water. I was actually planning to redo their tank this month and make it sexy like our other tanks.
At any rate, in the act of loosening up the moss I saw what I thought was a croc skink adult skin shed, then I thought it was part of a tail like they had been in a fight. The adults both had tails, then I pulled it out of the moss and found this:
A BABY RED EYE CROC SKINK!!!
I had no intention of really breeding these two and was actually thinking of getting rid of them to make space for other critters, apparently they had other ideas. The sort of freaky thing is that this coming weekend is the anniversary of a year since we bought them.
I have no idea how old the baby is because they are VERY shy, but you can bet I will be checking their tank a lot more now.
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lee2308
Moderator
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Posted - 10/11/2009 : 16:04:59
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| Congrats,must of been a shock |
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Kehhlyr
The Resident Loon
United Kingdom
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Chaoslillith
Snake mite
USA
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Posted - 10/11/2009 : 21:58:49
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| Yeah it was a shock hehe. We think we spotted more eggs on the bottom of the tank. These were supposedly so hard to breed too. I just have them in 4 inches of moss and pretty much leave them alone and look what happens...LOL |
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gingerpony
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 20:05:11
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congrats 
it's probably the leaving them alone that's done the trick! |
Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder hypo boas, ratsnakes, cornsnakes, Day geckos
LOCATION: Leeds/York area
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MissCat
Snake mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/11/2009 : 08:33:43
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| that's so CUTE!!!!!!!! |
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Kazerella
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
721 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 18:21:14
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You lucky thing!
Croc skinks are on my list of potential lizards. Me and Lewy have decided we are only allowed one species, so we need to cut down the list pretty severely  |
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Chaoslillith
Snake mite
USA
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Posted - 20/11/2009 : 03:42:43
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Yeah, Dan my mate has the same problem. Fortunately our house is only so big and since we are breeding critters we cannot really get too many new species.
The baby is still doing fine and we found one egg that we are incubating, hopefully it will hatch soon. |
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Kazerella
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/11/2009 : 19:48:03
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| I'm jealous |
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Miracle Unexpected Baby
