How to create skink friendly habitat in your garden | Australian Flora & Fauna | Gardening Australia

[@wellingtonsboots4074]

Enjoyed this thank you. I have small skinks in the backyard and I always enjoy watching them scurry around

[@Samuel-Matta]

I love this channel. Saludos desde México.

[@sydthegoat88]

I used to have Blue Tongues in my back yard. We had plum trees and there was one big dominant male who used to eat the rotten plums and get drunk. He was the most aggressive and was thicker than my forearm. The place is now developed and sadly none of these animals are there anymore.

[@sudipbhetwal9026]

Sad

[@wwfarmhouse9055]

Enjoyed this story. I love lizards! Thanks for all the tips to encourage more to come to our yards.

[@TraderSamsara]

Nice. Ihave some of this guys. And will prepare some boxes for them.

[@simpleperrydiselife]

Nice! I love all kinds of lizards. Those boxes look very effective as protection. I love the way she set it. Thanks for sharing. ❤🙏

[@SteveSmith-zz4ih]

i found 2 different species of legless skinks about a month apart, lucky i found them as one owner thought it was a small snake, but i showed him the difference, otherwise it would have been a disaster. My son was gaedening one day and thought oh a legless lizard he picked it up (gloves on) upon a closer inspection it was a baby copperhead, it didn't try to bite him though, as he had a soft grip on it. So be careful.

[@rgruenhaus]

When it rains too much a box like you show would end up underwater!

[@camdflage]

Great advice. I've recently discovered and am now protecting brown tree frogs in my suburban garden near the city in Melbourne. May I also say the presenter is a very beautiful lady :) 100% subscribed now xo

[@coobye]

Rule #1 don't have a dog. As placid as mine is she has killed all my common skinks and the neighbours dogs have done the same with all our Blue tongues. So sad. I loved my blueys and I never had a snail problem when they were around.Not all dogs are like that, my past dogs have been great but this one just won't leave them alone.

[@myname1syurname418]

Rule #2 don't have cats. I saw my neighbor's cat eat a blue tongue

[@chrism3845]

A great video to inspire gardeners to encourage skinks into their gardens. The 1st must do is remove cats from this environment, that's so obvious. Man-made timber boxes are really not necessary and a waste timber resources and money. The timber rots in a few months and there are simple things like placing different size rocks and boulders and rotting logs in both shady and part shade areas that will last a long long time.

[@camdflage]

Chris M I wish I could stop my neighbours cat from entering my back yard. I have a cat that is strictly indoors.

[@Womble1252]

@@camdflage we just trap them with a humane trap and take to council to deal with contacting owners..

[@babochon]

0:26 OK ... let me change my mindset a little bit. Thanks! :)

[@Nastyjoie1]

Beautiful 💤 💥 🖐 atsuuup 👍

[@vulturedrawz]

I have a dog, we haven’t seen a single blue tongue since my old dog (very calm, placid, never ever aggressive, always careful around little animals) died, but since we have a new one who’s…very big, curious, playful and NOT very nice to small animals there’s been know blueys. Only little garden skinks. We do have a fenced off area of the garden but all the neighbours have dogs too, so no blueys are able to enter our garden :(

[@rgruenhaus]

If a small skink 8" long gets into a home how can I catch it to release it outside? I'm in Northwest Florida

[@SamStone1964]

Maybe try a live rat trap with some mealworms in a little cup as bait?

[@marcuselders2772]

my dream girl

[@speedythelizard9810]

I have a pet common garden skink

[@Loogiemistress]

Land mullet???

[@Fjsbdjdh]

Is skink friendly not exactly the same thing as snake friendly.....

[@Gabriel1o1]

Am i the only one who read the title as "SKIN friendly habitat"?

[@syeduddin3114]

Why do we need skinks in garden? Your arrangement will also encourage snakes , leech and mosquitoes which are dangerous.

[@MuffFlux]

You don't NEED. They never said that ya salty sue!

[@syeduddin3114]

I won’t say dirt; it’s live soil full of organisms and life.

[@camdflage]

Mosquitos are easily controlled, leeches are only common in more tropical areas, and snakes are really only likely in those habitats closer to urban fringes or country residences. This program is generally targeted at suburban gardens/gardeners. The lizard boxes the presenter was showing, are far too small to encourage dangerous snakes anyway, as most of our dangerous snakes are much larger than the lizard box opening. I'm sure you made your statement with good intentions. I hope this remedies some of your fears.

[@TheYoghurt42]

Skinks are beneficial because they eat insects and slugs which can be garden pests. They also provide food for native birds like magpies which we like to see and hear in the garden. :) Basically, they contribute to the garden being a healthy ecosystem.

[@matthewfarrell317]

@@camdflage um what? Leeches are extremely common in colder climates, I am in Victoria and go out gold prospecting all the time, and there is tons of leeches in the cold creeks around me.