The lizard whisperer, pt 2
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hazliyaOne of the other animals we carry that are part of the skink family are Schneider's Skinks, much smaller than the yellow-lined plated in the enclosure above them. As with all insectivore lizards, we alternate food to give them a more varied diet. This takes place on their Mealworm day.
S: (flail against glass)
H: (opening cage) You're excited. Breakfast! I don't know how well you take to being hand-fed, but we'll try a -
S: (nom)
H: ...Well, that answers that. Hey, C*! He sucked it down like spaghetti. We're good.
S: That's because YOU STARVE ME. (flails)
H: You eat just fine. I know this. I have to feed you guys every day. Speaking of which, where's your brother?
S: I ATE HIM.
H: (checks tag) He's at the vet.
S: BECAUSE I ATE HIM.
H: Nice try. Now, do I even have to wiggle the mealworm, or do you just -
S: (nom)
H: I think you just eat whatever's put in front of your face. (looking up at yellow-lined) Why can't you be more like him?
L: I'm a majestic predator. I only hunt.
H: I made it run around the cage for you!
L: I could see the tongs, you know. That's not really hunting.
H: Whatever. You can go for weeks without eating. One day won't kill you.
L: ... (nom)
H: Was that so hard?
L: It's squishy. Why aren't you showering me with praise and thanks for saving your job?
H: Scaly little malcontent. (back to skink) Now that I think about it, there are still crickets in your cage! If you're so absolutely starving, why didn't you eat those?
S: Because that requires effort.
H: ...
S: Give me a mealworm!
H: No. No more bugs until you eat what you have in there.
S: But... But...!
H: I can't feed you until your other food is gone. It's a rule.
S: That you just made up?
H: NO. EAT YOUR CRICKETS.
L: I'll eat his crickets.
H: You won't even eat your mealworms!
L: That's because you don't make them interesting enough.
I feel like a mom with 78 fussy, whiny two-year-olds.
On the plus side, we now have four chinchillas at work. One that came in the other day was a little guy - shy, but nosy. If I cup my hands together, he can sit easily in my palms. He almost doesn't need both.
And I found out something interesting about the yellow-lined plated: when they shed, they don't lose the top layer like most snakes and other reptiles do. Instead, his scales just fall off. Like cat hair. So as I picked him up, there was a little rain of what looked like mica falling into his cage. I brushed him off, and even more fell. The downside of this, however, was that as I cleaned his cage and he sat on my shirt, I was covered in what looked like glitter for the rest of the day. =/
I'll post about the 20 bearded dragon hatchlings we have later. <3
-H
S: (flail against glass)
H: (opening cage) You're excited. Breakfast! I don't know how well you take to being hand-fed, but we'll try a -
S: (nom)
H: ...Well, that answers that. Hey, C*! He sucked it down like spaghetti. We're good.
S: That's because YOU STARVE ME. (flails)
H: You eat just fine. I know this. I have to feed you guys every day. Speaking of which, where's your brother?
S: I ATE HIM.
H: (checks tag) He's at the vet.
S: BECAUSE I ATE HIM.
H: Nice try. Now, do I even have to wiggle the mealworm, or do you just -
S: (nom)
H: I think you just eat whatever's put in front of your face. (looking up at yellow-lined) Why can't you be more like him?
L: I'm a majestic predator. I only hunt.
H: I made it run around the cage for you!
L: I could see the tongs, you know. That's not really hunting.
H: Whatever. You can go for weeks without eating. One day won't kill you.
L: ... (nom)
H: Was that so hard?
L: It's squishy. Why aren't you showering me with praise and thanks for saving your job?
H: Scaly little malcontent. (back to skink) Now that I think about it, there are still crickets in your cage! If you're so absolutely starving, why didn't you eat those?
S: Because that requires effort.
H: ...
S: Give me a mealworm!
H: No. No more bugs until you eat what you have in there.
S: But... But...!
H: I can't feed you until your other food is gone. It's a rule.
S: That you just made up?
H: NO. EAT YOUR CRICKETS.
L: I'll eat his crickets.
H: You won't even eat your mealworms!
L: That's because you don't make them interesting enough.
I feel like a mom with 78 fussy, whiny two-year-olds.
On the plus side, we now have four chinchillas at work. One that came in the other day was a little guy - shy, but nosy. If I cup my hands together, he can sit easily in my palms. He almost doesn't need both.
And I found out something interesting about the yellow-lined plated: when they shed, they don't lose the top layer like most snakes and other reptiles do. Instead, his scales just fall off. Like cat hair. So as I picked him up, there was a little rain of what looked like mica falling into his cage. I brushed him off, and even more fell. The downside of this, however, was that as I cleaned his cage and he sat on my shirt, I was covered in what looked like glitter for the rest of the day. =/
I'll post about the 20 bearded dragon hatchlings we have later. <3
-H
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