Blue Tongue Lizard Enclosure Set Up!

[@tomgray7350]

Great video. Love the way you enrich them and how natural it looks

[@Rileys-Reptiles]

great builds and love the attention to enrichment. great video as well!

[@aussiereptilians7623]

Amazing animals! Need to get some blue mountain blotches!

[@adushitay9200]

Wow this is a great looking setup! Nice work 👍

[@henwill5372]

Cool setup

[@neon96304]

Super cool!!

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Excellent build

[@ryanford5093]

Yo bro nice set up I’m new and I already no that I found a great KZbin channel bro keep it up 👍

[@paytsesh]

Where do you get your stuff for the enclosure, I can never find good stuff

[@schleichlover0180]

I’m getting a blue tounge soon

[@谢雨谦]

It's beautiful, but what if the excrement is not found in the corner? And what brand is used for the cushion material?

[@Henry-C-Bukowski]

Really great to see you pushing enrichment, so keep up the good work. I was under the impression the trend was to keep them in racks with no light - basically nothing, in Australia.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Charles Bukowski thank you! There is many kinds of keeping styles here in Aus whilst racks do have a time and place I prefer to have my animals where I can better view them displaying wild behaviours in naturalistic environments!

[@Henry-C-Bukowski]

@@coopsreptiles2588 I don't believe racks do have a time and place, reptiles are not cutlery. However, I completely agree viewing our reptiles in a good set up with enrichment, allowing them to exhibit natural behaviours is much more enjoyable for the keeper - and obviously the animal. Keep doing what you're doing, you'll be influencing the next wave of keepers and maybe even some older keepers with outdated husbandry.

[@GhoulifiedDelta]

@@Henry-C-Bukowski I know this comment is months old but while I do agree that adult blueys should NOT be kept in racks there are some exceptions, reptile mountain tv has some nice rack set ups! Also I wanted to mention that having a smaller, more plain rack system is essential when breeding to make sure the babies/juveniles are pooping and acting as they should especially to avoid substrate impaction. But otherwise I completely agree. 🦎

[@ezthelizardman8808]

Looks good 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@lucywindebank6566]

Could you please do some more blue tongue pits

[@floyddewar3596]

Love it

[@phoenix-redwolf7873]

Hey what's that you're feeding them? Is it just mince or?

[@shaharothe-khan4139]

Hello, I love your videos they’re so inspiring as I have my own baby blue tongue he’s 7 months old and I wanna know if there’s any particular substrate for enclosure that is bad for babies??

[@snotie007bits6]

Hi looking to get a baby bluey just a eastern what type of tank do you reccomend

[@skywolf-4434]

Question: can you use red dirt for substrate?

[@demonstabzkos7752]

No know will probably ever see this bc this video was made a year ago but, your should place supports under your rocks bc your skinks may borrow under them and it may fall onto your skink the over all great setup

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Gavin they are against the bottom of the enclosure. Nothing to fall down to

[@Joel-to3xx]

Hi, just wondering what size enclosure this is? And what % Arcadia t5 light would be suitable for eastern Blue Tongue Skinks Thanks Joel.

[@droopymosin7981]

Joel 1985 the percent of the bulb doesn’t matter as much . So when your trying to figure out the size or type of bulb just know it’s not as much how big the enclosure is , it’s how far the light is from the animal . Typically a strip t5 light is okay being 2 feet from an animal for proper absorption. Because remember the further the light is the more the light disperses and becomes less potent of rays

[@droopymosin7981]

So really just know 12 inches or more away from animal do 12 percent . 12 inches or less from animal do a 6 percent

[@sheridanbrowning9211]

What material is the enclosure made of? That can withstand humidity and not rot? I’m looking to build a wooden tank for my skink but I don’t know what material to buy. Thanks!

[@KerrGraham-p8u]

What is the size? and what is it made from? Thanks

[@BeachesScalyBeasts]

Looks great Coop! Good to see those beauties thriving! What did you build the enclosures out of?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Just ply wood mate! painted with weather protection paint and insides hit with pond sealer + silicone. The doors are acrylic

[@rohansadventures8511]

i have a baby blue tounge at home wat do u sugest for an encloser we allready have a rock sand beeding fo him to sleep plants ad a pool anything else u sugesy

[@markgerety2787]

Hey mate, what was that they were eating?

[@marthanewsome6375]

Can I use real plants by any chance and make bioactive? I have a 4 foot discus paludarium above the 3 foot tank for my blue tongue on a racking system.

[@jogoddess1255]

Got two lowland blotchys , I live in Tassie. What temp do you recommend for them. They have 2ft glass tank as they babies.

[@droopymosin7981]

Jo Goddess1 look at care sheets and decide what’s the best way too heat them . Since you have a glass tank use heat pads and thermostats to control the heat

[@ausreefguy5362]

Are they ok to keep two together in the same enclosure long term ?, Do they have to be opposite sex ?, Is a 90x45x60 enclosure ok for two eastern blues or just one ? Looks good mate love your passion can really see it in the way you take care of them & the enclosures you built ! Well done !

[@droopymosin7981]

Do your research on what sexes can be coed . Most of the time even though they say you can you don’t want too . In the wild they do not . If you really want to have two just have two enclosures . As for the enclosure size remember bigger is always better

[@GhoulifiedDelta]

I would say MINIMUM 120cmx48cmx48cm I have one adult in one of these and im thinking of upgrading lol. As for co-habbing i have only heard if two females from the same litter being successful but i wouldn't do that myself they can be pretty territorial

[@GhoulifiedDelta]

Watch reptile mountain tv hes got some great advice!

[@critterc0rner]

That size is too small even for one bluey. If you’re a newbie you shouldn’t attempt cohabbing at all. For a pair I wouldn’t go below 6-7 feet or keep them in a tank ever since they do better cohabbed in an outdoor pit. You need multiple or one massive basking spot which can get expensive and is difficult to achieve in an indoor tank without the temp gradients being out of whack. You also need multiple hides and other resources to reduce competition as much as possible.

[@Paul77ozee]

Years ago when l was a kid. My dad would take me camping in Moulamein NSW to catch yellows and cods. One year l wanted to catch a Blue Tongue. So my dads cousin who live up there told me how to catch one. She said put some blue dye in a bowl of water and they’ll come. So l filled up 3-4 bowls and laid them around the camp. It wasn’t until we were coming home that my dad told it was bullshit. I laugh at it these days.

[@Swedishviking2]

Hello. Just wondering what mulch that was and where you get it from? I am getting a hypermelanistic bluey in a few months and wanted to use some type of mulch as substrate but don't know which one is safest. Thanks 😊

[@coopsreptiles2588]

I use eucy (eucalyptus) or sugar cane mulch for blue tongues. From bunnings

[@jdog3532]

@@coopsreptiles2588if possible could you tell me the brand that you use?

[@baraboys3868]

noice

[@mattheworchard30]

Thankyou

[@dinosaurnews8310]

Are Blue Tongues social animals?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

They often live solitary lives in the wild. However some species are more tolerable to living together than others

[@shaharothe-khan4139]

How deep do you have the substrate?

[@elliehoffman3199]

I think not to much but like enough so the can dig in I reckon put the most in one corner

[@ScottSandwith]

Do

[@Wacky_839]

What gender are they