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buld = code for bulb :lol: try 3.5million crickets, per annum, for capability .. i'm sure it can hatch a couple of geckos.

diy marae version tahi rua. light buld + thermostat + fan + old fridge. fully insulated room though so not too hard to keep stable. otherwise unprepared like usual :thup:

don't think so .. I wasn't fussed on colour .. just asked for something not hot infertile beep .. time will tell hahaha

male female they're a bit more yellow to my eye .. camera seems a little off. be interested to know what you think ...

dammit. ill go get some pics then ... the albino doesn't like photos though, if it eats my camera don't blame me. lol very merry day here. dog just farted wot the ... evacuate. back again. yeah was down to one male a few years back apparently. not aloud exotics in aus I don't think? they have knobtail geckos that are similar though.

they all the same ? ? ish eh ..

a month later I have a pair a young male and two female on order. and 2 eggs as of a few hours ago. dam you reptiles, so addictive

Thanks ... one of the only pics I got in the end + a couple of vids, but yeah the female skink really didn't like being disturbed or looked at with a camera lens. Me disturbing her and or the up and down weather we have been experiencing may have mucked things up, then again the infertile slugs and prem suggests something else wasn't right. Thing that bugs me is the skink I had breed here a few years back was inside in a little glass tank... 13 perfect babies. Put whitey outside over a year ago ... seemed in good shape but hmmm. Maybe get a better result next year. Ended up with 3 still born (large ones too ) 1 prem, about 3 slugs and still have the 3 live rascals. One of the young skinks trying to get a cricket 3 rascals and mother Until next year comrades, happy herping, who am I kidding I be back on here 100 times a day :oops:

Mine came this morning :mbh: Looks great, only had time for a quick skim, that longfin eel on page 20 is a beast Well done and thanks to Stella

From fishpond.co.nz? Just found an email from the 8th this should be me :mbh:

they're almost like snakes, with legs, but they can't kill you :lol: . and you can get them in nz. maybe not Auckland though good excuse to move haha easy care reptiles too. one of my favourites. the live births are always interesting aswel.

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latest born chilling with its ma & another sausage coming for a nosey

:lol: even has four legs :sage:

just found another baby skink, just born

Hi there, there is already a thread on here that had a list of plants for frogs but I can't find it via search ... seen it the other day. Ficus pumila is a good climber for walls or up drift wood. Often found at The Warehouse in amongst the little plants. May find more via search - I may try again later but it frustrates me lol Basically need hardy plants as the bell frogs get big and trample them. :smln:

another slug this morning. bit gutted but whatever that is reptile keeping, here anyway, ha on a positive note the skink ate a heap of insects yesterday so she seems all good. pastel on trademe too fokes ... not albino but pretty cool. http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/r ... 226440.htm

15 babies would have been better, but hey after 3 years just two is a bonus. not unusual for first timers to have weird clutches so I read. she is a nutter of a skink if there ever was one. may do better next time...

really undeveloped .. looks like an egg almost. will get a pic after breakfast. see (right the undeveloped embryo = slug, and left the almost fully developed one came out in it's amniotic sack and all but no life in it) first came a live one, that has a cut/ possibly got attacked, then came the under size one, then a live one, then the slug. slug almost looks like two embryos joined together. female still fat and not hungry so who knows what's going on in there.

ah skinks ... turns out the white is a female .. and one in pic above on the right is a male. good to finally know. the male is one from the only other skinks i had breed years ago and the only one I kept. anyway 3 years on and 2 young were finally born yesterday, also one slug and one under developed ... maybe more to come but who knows. stoked with two .. may get 3 or 4 next year :bggrn: considering last year she spat out all slugs, it's all good.

some good advice up there. not sure about king koura though. pm/email me an address I will send you a little sample of my freeze dried crickets. it can take some time for the animals to get use to them but mine ate them and started breeding on them. remove legs maybe. .. prob find that is the good thing with freeze-dried ... most legs fall off. wouldn't worry either way though. worms also good.

including carpet let's not discourage him too much .. some ones got to do et :sml2:

what containers are you using? ... from memory I used a fine material (like seen on fruitfly cultures) over top ... then wire mesh for older grade? adjust the mix and or air availability ... and or humidity around cultures... fresh air balance is key for most

nice one almost looks good enough to eat :nilly:

problem with grass is potential contamination. not just chemical but parasites like worms etc. one could possibly use dried grass (should eliminate most parasites) and something else for a moisture source. to avoid chem one really needs to grow their own grass :lol: