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Blue tounges?

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Question
Hi i'm interested in buying from a breeder friend of mine a blue tounge skink but i do not no a hole lot about them and have never owned one but i have owned a five lined skink that recently passed on so that could give me some advantage's. I wanted to know the care of blue tounge skink's and there tempurment are they mainly aggressive or mainly docile? Can they be housed together when adult's? How much do adult's weigh? What do they eat? Are they pure insectivore's? Or pure carnivore's? Give me more info thank's and if you have any website's they'd be muchly apriciated!

Answer
 There are quite a number of different species of blue tongue, the most common found is the Eastern.  Most of these require a 55 or larger tank, a moist hide or cave, a water pan to soak and poop in, lots of cool stuff to climb over, good UVB source like a Megaray or Reptisun 10.0, a basking area 90-95F, and a cool 70F end for thermoregulation.  They can become bulky, weights will vary, and with handling can be docile.  They are territorial, so one skink per tank.  They are omnivores and need a good calcium rich salad and appropriate sized prey. Insects like crickets, Zophoba worms, silkworms and roach nymphs are good skink prey.
 Here is a good link for blue tongue skinks:
http://www.anapsid.org/bluetong.html