I love skinks. Something about the long body and stubby little legs speaks to me on a spiritual level.
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
Oh I agree I think it makes them look really cute ..
@rottweilerfun95202 жыл бұрын
Yay !! Skinks are my favorite types of lizards. They're so smart and curious. I've managed to mostly tame some of the ones that live wild in my yard. There are a few that will take insects from my hand and a few that will crawl on my arm. If I'm sitting outside reading anx don't notice them they will bump my foot until I go get food for them. They should be coming out of brumation any minute now.
@rebekahkennedy45622 жыл бұрын
I have a fire skink. I absolutely adore "her" I just deemed her a girl bc she has the features like a female from the research I have done. I found her right before Christmas at a local pet shop that I know sells captive bred animals. I was thrilled to find her. I'm in the process of making her an upgraded enclosure. She goes in spirts on whether she wants to show herself or be in hiding. I keep her in my room, since that is where I spend the majority of my time. Sometimes she will sit on her hide and watch me and the other animals. It's quite comical seeing her head pop up over her flowers. I too do fake plants in her enclosure. I am horrible at keeping indoor plants alive. Not to mention, she loves moving them around as she burrows. Even if I were good at keeping them alive, she would destroy them. I can get her to tong feed on occasion. But for the most part she wants it in her dish. She always manages to get food and calcium all over her face. She just looks at me like she's proud of the mess she made. I had decided I wanted one after seeing videos of Roku. They are just so pretty. I named her Nornik, pronounced Nor-knee-ick. It means burrower in Czech. It's sad that people tend to get rid of them bc they never come out or claim that they are too much work. If you think a fire skink is too much work, please don't have pets.
@ghost8127 ай бұрын
I just got a fire skink the other day!! Her name is Bowie and she is an absolute angel. While I don't entirely know her behavior or personality yet, she is super gentle and actually amazing with handling. She loves my hoodie pockets and my jackets, as well as soft blankets! So excited to give her a bioactive enclosure in my reptile room once her quarantine is over and get to truly discover her personality:) fire skinks are my favorite type of skink, hell they are one of if not my favorite reptile in general and I am so blessed to have found her, I'd been researching in hopes of finding one at a local shop or expo and I finally did. Pretty bad timing due me preparing to take in a ball python this weekend but I'm okay with pushing that back a few more months or so
@rottweilerfun9520 Жыл бұрын
I really like how you did the water feature in your Crocodile Skinks enclosure. It's awesome ! 🐊
@JessicasAnimalFriends Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@LuckyStone8882 жыл бұрын
My Peters Banded Skinks eat from my hand. They've never bitten me, but 3of4 of my leopard gecko's have bitten me. As of yet breeding Peters is a huge challenge. I find my Peters more curpuscular, but that might be the way they've trained me. As for their diet, they truly are not picky. High end cat food, any live insect and even crested gecko diet. The crested gecko diet was an accident but they ate it better than my cresties. Truly a delightful species if we could figure out how to get them to mate in captivity, I would be so happy. All of my animals are "rescues" from others, but my Gargoyle gecko and my Peters Banded are my favorite. This comment has gone on too long, but every comment is helpful for your channel. Thanks for the great content.
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh I love Peter’s banded skinks. Truly lovely!
@WJSipe12 жыл бұрын
Great video! My partner and I have a blue tongue named Sweet Potato and an Emerald Tree Skink named Verde. Verde is the joy of my life, and I could not recommend the species more! Such a fun, interactive, playful lizard. Skinks as a whole are amazing and I would love to get any that you’ve shown here (but only CB or rehomed!)
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
Oh I definitely have interest in emerald tree skinks!
@insertclevername072 жыл бұрын
I would love to get a pair of emerald tree skinks and try my hand at breeding. They're wonderful little guys who seem to adapt well to captivity, and I think they're going to get very popular in the coming years, so establishing captive breeding seems like a fair trade off for probably having to purchase wild caught.
@luwildy2 жыл бұрын
Any ethical and responsible reptile breeders out there who are looking for a new project PETERS BANDED SKINKS!!
@FLOridaM.o.m8 сағат бұрын
I love the skinks and enclosures! ❤
@johnflowers2736 Жыл бұрын
I am getting a Fire Skink this Spring/Summer. They are so colorful 👍
@amysuewest38262 жыл бұрын
What a sweet family of skinks you have ❤
@Trevors_DragonsАй бұрын
One thing I learned from this video is that of course I got the weird blue tongue skink, Jackie almost never burrows during the day. He used to fully burrow when he went to bed for the night but now that he's older Jackie partially burrows, just sleeps in a hide, on top of the dirt on just sticks his head in the dirt 😅
@ChantalsCritters2 жыл бұрын
They are all so pretty. Great video.
@Poteluz25 күн бұрын
Wow that fire skink is captive bred and it's still that skittish
@emmal54452 жыл бұрын
Wow Nice Vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Your Channel!!!!!!!!!
@anitaslack Жыл бұрын
Shukaku going sploot face down is too cute!🌻💙
@baileygaray58852 жыл бұрын
All of your skinks are so cute! I hope to own a fire skink one day
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
Bailey I agree a fore skink is really cool . You definitely enjoy it when you get one. They look amazing and they don't get has big has the blues what is a good thing .
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
I am really wanting a blue so bad. They are just so cool. I don't have any money to support you buy I can put some comments on here and hopefully youtube will push the video more
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
Just your lovely comment here is enough thank you so much ❤️
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
@@JessicasAnimalFriends I Hope u r doing okay after the break up I no when a relationship ends it is really hard.. keep your head up
@Trevors_DragonsАй бұрын
I wanted a blue tongue for 8 years and last October I finally got one it was worth the wait. If you get an Indonesian species alot of them are wild caught but are cheaper. The Australian species specifically the Northern which is most common in the pet trade are captive bred but more expensive.
@lashedvenom2 жыл бұрын
omg Roku is such a good fire skink name I love it 😭
@stephanier.6802 жыл бұрын
Skinks are probably my favorite. Their body shape is just too cute. 🦎
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
I agree .. they are just so cute
@laurendobinson59302 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video xx❤️❤️
@danasmith85572 жыл бұрын
I dont have any skinks. .. do u have a pac man frog if so cud u do a care guild on it great video I love ur videos thank u 4 sharing ❤
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
Nope sorry don’t have one
@laurendobinson59302 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video ❤️❤️
@Gamer7906u Жыл бұрын
I saved my wild caught skink from a school ground where they were often killed by kids being curious. 😢
@ingeniouspixie2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful skinks! I've always wanted a red eye Crocodile but setting up a tank with the water requirements seems intimidating.
@bobbiec28292 жыл бұрын
I have one skink...a pink tongue skink. I love her to pieces but she is a picky eater and I always worry about her eating enough...complete opposite of a blue tongue lol.
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard they’re way more challenging than blue tongues
@bobbiec28292 жыл бұрын
@@JessicasAnimalFriends I've never had a blue tongue but from what I can tell it's definitely the case. Luckily my Ruby girl (I don't know her sex for sure) was already a year when I got her. I've read that they are pretty hardy once they get to that age.
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
See my pink tongue will eat everything I offer her . But the male is pickly he will only eat set things what u fine it really odd . Both of them was only baby's when I got them so u don't understand why they are both ao different when it comes to eating..
@bobbiec28292 жыл бұрын
@@JPsPetNation very interesting. I actually fed mine critical care for a while because the vet was concerned about her size. Despite feeding it to her in a syringe she did enjoy it lol.
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbiec2829 yer I fine it really odd maybe my girl is just a pig and nit a skink 😂. Oh did the vet say she was to small then?
@BigBass-xf5yi9 ай бұрын
Judging by your collection, I really think you would enjoy a couple of Southern alligator lizards and/or some prairie skinks. Both natives of the US…
@danielyates85782 жыл бұрын
I have and love my Peter banded skinks, I am a real scientist and if I can breed them, I will study the babies growth for 3 yrs and show people how to do a real study correctly, I just got done yesterday talking to someone on Facebook on if they should get a Peter banded skink or a Blue tongue, I explained if you have no intention of breeding then you should go with a blue tongue till peters are more captive bread, this way the peters are going to more places that will breed them and limit the ones taken from the wild. But I just love mine, the reaction from most my animals always seem different then what others say about the species, it shows that they have individual personalities and the handlers also matter
@tyliful2 жыл бұрын
nice vid. love skinks.
@matthewsweeney1593 Жыл бұрын
Love skinks I had one years ago I just don't remember the exact species of skink he was
@cG-es8mb3 ай бұрын
Fire skink is so pretty. That’s the one I woukd get if getting a skink but I woukd want to hold it
@apss57362 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@Nazoirr2 жыл бұрын
All adorable
@crabyshackonabudget41372 жыл бұрын
Hello ,could you please do a video for beginners on African fat tailed gecko and supplements. I have searched your channel but not sure what video you have that fits this? Thank you 🙏❤️
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
I don’t have one yet! Will add it to the list
@crabyshackonabudget41372 жыл бұрын
@@JessicasAnimalFriends thank you ❤️
@alisaurus8254 Жыл бұрын
I can’t decide what kind of skink I want haha
@luwildy2 жыл бұрын
My leopard gecko ran up to the top of my head and jumped off onto my kitchen counter and hid under the microwave. That was the first time I ever held him haha
@BladeCuttervita2 жыл бұрын
Quite enjoyed thi video. I have 2 emerald tree skinks and 2 red-eyed crocodile skinks myself.
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
I am definitely interested in emerald tree skinks in the future!
@BladeCuttervita2 жыл бұрын
@@JessicasAnimalFriends emerald tree skinks are extremely smart like monitor lizard smart. They are also very sociable for lizards
@alexisernzen1 Жыл бұрын
I have a pair of monkey tail skinks and fire skinks are my next goal
@Ejmakesort2 жыл бұрын
The banded skinks at petco had mbd and were impacted
@rottweilerfun95202 жыл бұрын
That's sad , poor things.
@luwildy2 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with the Naruto names
@MichaelaEDavis2 жыл бұрын
Maybe next vet visit for a checkup for the 3 Skinks they can confirm Gender? Are Skinks a harder species to identify what gender they are? I dont know anything other than they're super cute!
@LuckyStone8882 жыл бұрын
Skinks are a challenge to identify gender unless you have a male and female in front of you. The physical characteristics is subtle. I would not trust probing to a veterinarian. My experience, veterinarians know a little about many species. Probing is a skill that I don't want my kids practiced on. I had a sweet snake probed by a trusted vet, that caused her to become very defensive afterwords. Took many months to regain her trust, for no benefit. I don't breed so gender was not important
@MichaelaEDavis2 жыл бұрын
@@LuckyStone888 oh ok. I know Leo's and a few others but I didnt know they were probed 😕
@JPsPetNation2 жыл бұрын
@@LuckyStone888 they really are a pain to sex . noamlly you would go off the Males having a larger and more triangular head than the females . They also have a thicker tail base, than females. But again it is not always that easy and it depends on the type you sre sexing
@kendravoracek36362 жыл бұрын
💚💚
@josh.theleo2 жыл бұрын
Great video 😍 Side note: Roku is beautiful and you demonstrated perfectly how easy it is to use They/them pronouns just saying 👀 haha
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
Literally so easy to use they them pronouns
@Chaotic4Exotics9 ай бұрын
I have a fire skink myself but she has eye problems from time to time does this happen with roku
@Ejmakesort2 жыл бұрын
But yours look amazing
@moncyesthervarughese7488 Жыл бұрын
Hi. We just found a skink in our yard. How do we care for it.
@Iceinmyveins88810 ай бұрын
Is it okay for a peters banded skink to live in coconut coir
@JessicasAnimalFriends10 ай бұрын
I believe it holds too much humidity for them
@D_R112 жыл бұрын
Why did you move Roku to your bedroom?
@JessicasAnimalFriends2 жыл бұрын
I installed two racks and a few reptiles were moved onto them, same with Shukaku :)
@D_R112 жыл бұрын
@@JessicasAnimalFriends That makes sense lol I wasn’t sure if there was a specific reason or not