Tossed him into the new six foot enclosure. To see how he looked in it and he looked genuinely chuffed.

He's about 4 months old now, but most of the time I've had him he's spent buried in his substrate. The past couple of days he's been out and about. Still eating well and his poops are good. It has been significantly colder where I live. I also have considered it's time to add more substrate since he's gotten so much bigger. Temps in tank sitting around 85 during the day and 70-75 at night.

My girl Persephone is the most northern blue tongue that ever blue tongued, she is such a foodie but I have gotten her to be so polite and she doesn’t even go after my fingers anymore! I just love her to pieces. 🖤

I have taken some more better photos and i have zero clue to what this could be

Can’t believe the apetite on this little guy 😂

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

If it helps, the tongue color seems like the “vibrant” the northerns have, solid color for sh least an inch and a half, deep blue

haven’t gotten a pic of the tongue yet, and haven’t seen all the way down it, but I don’t wanna get her out and stress her anymore.

Got this lizard today from someone, I’m new to skinks not reptiles. Her home sucks I think these are wood chips? And she doesn’t even have a hide, poor things been sheltering under a plate all day :(

Getting her a hide tommorow, but I want to confirm my research that she’s a northern before I buy any substrate or try and set up heat/humidity levels, and you all know much more about this than me

Thank you for your time <33

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

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

I have a roughly 5 month old bob tail! She loves her food but when she’s put in her outdoor enclosure she constantly tries eating the rocks. Is she just a fatty or is it like other animals and they need some help processing food inside? She hasn’t eaten one yet as she’s constantly being watched.

This is Mudcake my 🤞 soon to be mama

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