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Skinks I don’t believe need as much variety I’ve seen a large portion of the Northerns raised on purely wet dog food and lived long happy lives. A lot of northern breeders feed high quality dog food as a staple. I never read anywhere that says you should cook any meat for any reptile skink or Tegus. Canned dog food like Stella and chewy or Zignature are both raw based dog foods. They cost between 3 and 6 dollars a can. We have 5 dogs all eating a mix of Stella and chewy kibble and canned wet food. Thank god my wife is the Ohio area manager for her company or there would be no one way we could afford this volume of high end dog food. Currently the Tegu eats this food rarely, but I could see feeding it to the skink more often as my blue(tegu) eats about 50% of his meals as whole prey items. Rats, frogs, crayfish, fish, chicks, and so on.

They also don’t need UVB or a basking spot, doing great with belly heat or ambient. They don’t have the same UVB, calcium, or vitamin needs as tegus. I’ve Seen a lot of northerns do very well in large tubs similar to how a lot of breeders keep ball pythons. They enjoy the dark enclosed safe place that the bin or large tub offers. Planning to get my wife a pair of northern blue tongues for her birthday.

Also when we say whole prey, we don’t mean ground up turkey with bone. We’re taking thawed whole rodents, chicks, frogs, crayfish, fish ect

<blockquote data-quote="Zyn" data-source="post: 166965" data-attributes="member: 8799">Skinks I don’t believe need as much variety I’ve seen a large portion of the Northerns raised on purely wet dog food and lived long happy lives. A lot of northern breeders feed high quality dog food as a staple. I never read anywhere that says you should cook any meat for any reptile skink or Tegus. Canned dog food like Stella and chewy or Zignature are both raw based dog foods. They cost between 3 and 6 dollars a can.&nbsp; We have 5 dogs all eating a mix of Stella and chewy kibble and canned wet food. Thank god my wife is the Ohio area manager for her company or there would be no one way we could afford this volume of high end dog food. Currently the Tegu eats this food rarely, but I could see feeding it to the skink more often as my blue(tegu) eats about 50% of his meals as whole prey items. Rats, frogs, crayfish, fish, chicks, and so on.They also don’t need UVB or a basking spot, doing great with belly heat or ambient. They don’t have the same UVB, calcium, or vitamin needs as tegus. I’ve&nbsp;&nbsp; Seen a lot of northerns do very well in large tubs similar to how a lot of breeders keep ball pythons.&nbsp;&nbsp; They enjoy the dark enclosed safe place that the bin or large tub offers. Planning to get my wife a pair of northern blue tongues for her birthday.Also when we say whole prey, we don’t mean ground up turkey with bone. We’re taking thawed whole rodents, chicks, frogs, crayfish, fish ect</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zyn, post: 166965, member: 8799"] Skinks I don’t believe need as much variety I’ve seen a large portion of the Northerns raised on purely wet dog food and lived long happy lives. A lot of northern breeders feed high quality dog food as a staple. I never read anywhere that says you should cook any meat for any reptile skink or Tegus. Canned dog food like Stella and chewy or Zignature are both raw based dog foods. They cost between 3 and 6 dollars a can. We have 5 dogs all eating a mix of Stella and chewy kibble and canned wet food. Thank god my wife is the Ohio area manager for her company or there would be no one way we could afford this volume of high end dog food. Currently the Tegu eats this food rarely, but I could see feeding it to the skink more often as my blue(tegu) eats about 50% of his meals as whole prey items. Rats, frogs, crayfish, fish, chicks, and so on. They also don’t need UVB or a basking spot, doing great with belly heat or ambient. They don’t have the same UVB, calcium, or vitamin needs as tegus. I’ve Seen a lot of northerns do very well in large tubs similar to how a lot of breeders keep ball pythons. They enjoy the dark enclosed safe place that the bin or large tub offers. Planning to get my wife a pair of northern blue tongues for her birthday. Also when we say whole prey, we don’t mean ground up turkey with bone. We’re taking thawed whole rodents, chicks, frogs, crayfish, fish ect [/QUOTE]

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