Feeding Blue Tongue Skink
August 19th 2009 16:13
Blue tongue skinks are very interesting reptiles to have as pets, but it is very important that you keep the diet right. This reptile is omnivorous, which means it eats protein matter as well as vegetation. You want to be able to reflect this in captivity in order to ensure that the diet is ideal to keeping a healthy skink.
You want to remember that variety is the key. It is best to try to stick with about 60% vegetables and fruits and 40% meats.
Vegetables and fruits that you want to stick with include: beans, peas, summer or winter squash, parsnips, leafy greens, strawberries, bananas, melon, cherries, berries, peaches, nectarines, and pears.
You want to be careful of corn ans carrots because they turn into sugars. Carrots particularly need to be limited, as they can bind with calcium, preventing the calcium uptake.
You want to supplement the foods with calcium D3 as well as a good multi-vitamin.
As for meat and proteins, you can include the following your skink's diet: low-fat can dog food, superworms, redworms, small crickets, and pink mice for adults (limit pinkies as they can be fatty).
You want to remember that variety is the key. It is best to try to stick with about 60% vegetables and fruits and 40% meats.
Vegetables and fruits that you want to stick with include: beans, peas, summer or winter squash, parsnips, leafy greens, strawberries, bananas, melon, cherries, berries, peaches, nectarines, and pears.
You want to be careful of corn ans carrots because they turn into sugars. Carrots particularly need to be limited, as they can bind with calcium, preventing the calcium uptake.
You want to supplement the foods with calcium D3 as well as a good multi-vitamin.
As for meat and proteins, you can include the following your skink's diet: low-fat can dog food, superworms, redworms, small crickets, and pink mice for adults (limit pinkies as they can be fatty).
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