paralyzed blue tailed skink

[heavenlyshelties]

How is Slinky doing? She is so cute but my little girls would have a heart attack if they saw one up close lol. They'd think it was a snake lol. Good luck with her amputation and let us know how she's doing.

 

[ilovetegocalderon]

update??:waiting:

 

[peapoo_bunny]

we werent able to get slinky in for the surgery yet..good thing her leg isnt life threatening.. she'll be going to the vet in august to have both legs amputated.. other than that everythings good

 

[m.e.]

*fingers crossed* for Slinky

 

[peapoo_bunny]

update on Slinky.. she hasnt gone in for her surgery yet..but one of her legs is gone now..it came of by itself about 3days ago.. she doesnt have any feeling in her back leg now.. but she can still feel and move her tail..and i think her tail is very slowly growing back

this is slinky and a baby skink i found the other day.. it had somehow found its way into our bathroom.. it was just laying there and didnt move when i got close to it.. i put it in an extra cage and put some tiny crickets in there for it.. i havent seen it eat any yet ,but it seems to be acting a little better...im hoping to be able to release it soon

this is our american toad, Poofy... she's also missing a leg and cant hop..she couldnt get away from the dogs or cats, so she's been with us for awhile now..she loves for you to rub her head

 

[ruka]

I think it is so wonderful that you take in these injured animals that most people would just push aside. Your skinks and your toad are absolutely adorable. Good luck on rehabilitating them!

I wish there were more people like you.

 

[m.e.]

Ditto what ruka said! :thumbup

 

[peapoo_bunny]

thank you:kiss:.. i enjoy doing it..and i love watching them ..slinky is really sweet now and will close her eyes and just sit there when you pick her up..she is also catching crickets by herself, so i dont have to hand feed her anymore..every now and then while shes hunting she'll try to "pounce" on the cricket..she just jumps on it.. sometimes she tumbles over on her back and cant get up until you help her...poor girl

im hoping the new little skink i have will start eating,growing and getting stronger.. im not sure about when/if im releasing it yet.. right now im just waiting to see what happens.. all three of them got better cages today and they seem to like them alot

 

[maherwoman]

Aww...they're cuties! Glad to hear they're doing better! Do you have a lot of blue-tailed skinks in your area, or something? I've never seen them around here before, so it made me curious...

 

[peapoo_bunny]

yeah we have tons of blue tailed skinks.....today i found one trapped in our big flower pot and one trapped in a bucket in the barn.. had to dump them out...but i think a bunch just hatched because lately theres alot of little babies (like the one in the pictures) running around..

we also have grey fence lizards like these

 

[Spring]

I've never seen a lizzard or gecko or skin or anything like that in the wild here. Only exotic ones at petstores ect. . That's cool!

 

[peapoo_bunny]

i love watching them outside..its so neat... today i saw one go over to a little puddle of water on the porch and start drinking from it...it was so cute!

 

[Jenni]

They really do have blue tails!! WOW! I have skinks in my garden but they are all brown and have much smaller legs--they also bite when you catch them.

I love your toad!

 

[peapoo_bunny]

yeah they have blue tails when theyre young...then when they get older their tail turns to a greyish color like slinkys.. they also bite when you catch them... slinky doesnt bite anymore though

 

[ilovetegocalderon]

how's my little slinky these days?

 

[peapoo_bunny]

shes doing GREAT.. i just got some REALLY cute pictures of her posing.. she sits in her own little chair now..and she even has her own car that she likes to sit in.. a punchbuggy just like ours! same color even.. fixing to resize and load the pics

 

[ilovetegocalderon]

cant wait to see them!!