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17-Oct-07, 03:55 PM
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Hi everyone. Today I saw for my first time the Gidgee Skink. Lucky for me it was at a petshop and they were for sale. I put them on hold and am going to get them ASAP. I was just wondering if anyone on APS does keep these guys or has kept them in the past as I'd like to know how to tell their sex, how to breed them or how to just how to keep them. Cheer. Mark.
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17-Oct-07, 04:14 PM
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hi mark i keep them but i dont know the sexes did you get them from Roy pails as i know he had some for $220 i am trying to get afew more from a mate in SA
Mick
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south coast reptiles
private breeder of pogonas & egernias species
& some snake
[email]southcoastreptiles@bigpond.com[/email]
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17-Oct-07, 04:24 PM
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nah mate, not from roy. I think I got a male female judging by their tails. Interesting little guys arne't they
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17-Oct-07, 04:25 PM
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yes there great critters did they have any more for sale , i have mine in a 2foot enclosure with pieces of slate stacked up on each other
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south coast reptiles
private breeder of pogonas & egernias species
& some snake
[email]southcoastreptiles@bigpond.com[/email]
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17-Oct-07, 04:30 PM
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I'm planing to put mine in outdoor pits. No they didn't have nay others available but apparently the breeder was local so he might have some more. I'll let you know. either way I doubt the petshop I bought off would freight. How many do you have and how have you found them to keep? Any problems? They seem to me like just a different sort of stumpy beign that they are found in similar area's. and have quite different scales to other skinks. I'd be very interested in everything you have to tell. Cheers Mark.
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17-Oct-07, 04:53 PM
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Great skinks  I have 4 and they're very easy to keep. Mine are in a 4ft enclosure with a stack of bricks under the basking lights, they love it. I'd be careful if you're keeping them outdoors, make sure they have a dry area.
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[5:55:17] ihaveherps: pfft i took a dare at work to eat a chilli some blokes dad grew..... within 10 mins i was sh***ing fire..... have been applying lucas paw paw cream to my date daily since and every day a bit of my shpinc skin has been peeling off..... 3rd degree burns from a pepper.... best $20 i have ever made
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17-Oct-07, 05:39 PM
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WOW!! 
Just google'd them....love the tail
ben
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17-Oct-07, 06:28 PM
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they are unique little critters. i was told by the bloke at the petshop they are nearly extinct in the wild
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17-Oct-07, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by m.punja  they are unique little critters. i was told by the bloke at the petshop they are nearly extinct in the wild | I find that very hard to believe, they could have just trying hard to sell them.
This is what I came up with testing the new camera
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[5:55:17] ihaveherps: pfft i took a dare at work to eat a chilli some blokes dad grew..... within 10 mins i was sh***ing fire..... have been applying lucas paw paw cream to my date daily since and every day a bit of my shpinc skin has been peeling off..... 3rd degree burns from a pepper.... best $20 i have ever made
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17-Oct-07, 07:27 PM
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Wow!! they look seriously cool!  Good one Punja!
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17-Oct-07, 07:37 PM
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I held these guys side by side and compared their tails, width and length, although the skinks were the same size their tails were differently shapped. However, they were only juvies so I might have just been seeing things, fingers crossed, hopfully they are different sex. The guy who was breeding them apparently had them in pits. I really need to have a good chat to him, hopfully the petshop will give me his details. Yeah moose, they are weird. When I seen them originally I just wanted to know what they were because I've never seen them before. Then the guy said, wow, wonder if them spikes hurt. I thought they'd be like beardies and be soft so I told him to open the enc, I got one out and what do you know, they weren't soft at all.
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17-Oct-07, 10:41 PM
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Hehe yeah they aren't the most cuddly animals 
If you get in contact with the breeder please let me know, I'd love to have a chat to them as well.
cheers.
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[5:55:17] ihaveherps: pfft i took a dare at work to eat a chilli some blokes dad grew..... within 10 mins i was sh***ing fire..... have been applying lucas paw paw cream to my date daily since and every day a bit of my shpinc skin has been peeling off..... 3rd degree burns from a pepper.... best $20 i have ever made
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21-Oct-07, 12:12 AM
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nice m.punja,there on my list to get,in the process of getting a trio of hosmers,i wouldnt trust what pet shop salesman say,95 percent of them dont have a clue,also not sure id keep them out doors unless set up to keep very dry,there definatly not rare,good luck with the little battle tanks,lol
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23-Oct-07, 09:47 AM
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I would love some gidgy's...if you hear of anymore around M.Punja can you let us know
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23-Oct-07, 11:23 PM
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hahaha i like them. they are cute. i want one now.
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