Mel's Exotics

July has arrived, and with it (hopefully soon) ME is expecting some babies. I have a few girls here who appear to be pregnant, and I’m giving them all daily pep talks trying to speed things along. I took a couple (bad, sorry) pictures today of two of the girls – Evita and Fluke:

Evita (classic) bred with Wasp (classic) this year. The babies from this pairing tend to be very dark and speckled. This is mama Evita:

Fluke (classic) bred with Jenga (caramel) this year. This is a new pairing, so it will be exciting to see what these babies look like. This is mama Fluke:

Those photos ended up being really dark and awful, so I’ll get some outdoor shots of these gals, my other possible preggo, and probably some of the other skinks as well.

I had not mentioned it on the website before, but my irian jayas (Izuru and Mizu) also locked up a couple times, but the pairings didn’t seem to take. Now Izuru has swollen up quite a lot, so it’s possible she might be making a few babies too. She was not willing to join in today’s photoshoot, but you can see photos of both parents here: http://melsexotics.com/me-collection/blue-tongue-skinks/irian-jaya-bts/

To make sure I have enough babies to go around I’m also planning to bring in some babies from a breeder in the US. Once that’s finalized and the babies arrive I’ll post it here. Those babies will be available to people on the Waitlist first. There is still time to be added to the Waitlist before any babies arrive, just let me know 🙂

There’s been some various other happenings around here, but mostly it’s been a lot of staring into tanks hoping for tiny faces to look back at me 🙂 I’ll be sure to post when that happens!

Many thanks,
Melanie

Hello world.

It’s been a while, and I’m overdue for a check-in. I apologize to everyone who’s been trying to contact me this winter; I’ve been ill for a while now, and it’s taken all my energy just to look after the animals. I’m recovering slowly, and will try to get back to everyone who contacted me.

In March I had two pairs of northerns lock up. I’m 95% sure at least one female is pregnant. Babies are expected sometime from June-August. I will be starting a waiting list, and first in line will be those who’ve contacted me already.

I’ll post again soon with who’s expecting, and maybe a few new pictures.

Many thanks,
Melanie

I had a request for a photo of one of the babies with something for size comparison. Naturally, I used this as an excuse for an impromptu photoshoot for the 5 remaining babies.

Note: There are no more 2013 babies available. 2014 babies are expected in late spring.

To show how big the babies are I took photos of them on a 2×4. It is 14 inches long.

Taz:

Tiberius:

Travis:

Tyler:

Hannibal:

All 2013 ME babies have now been claimed!

2013 has been a fantastic year for ME, and I believe I have the absolute best customers in the world. My babies have gone to fantastic, loving homes, where they’re being spoiled rotten. What more could I ask for.

So thank you!
Thank you to my customers. Thank you for giving my babies awesome new homes. Thank you for caring for them and loving them and spoiling them. Thank you for the updates on how their doing, and the pictures of them growing up. I appreciate all of you so very much.

And thank you to Sam at Reptile Express, who’s made every baby has gotten to it’s new home safe and sound.

And here’s to hoping for another amazing year in 2014.

Right now most of my adults are snoozing for the winter. Come spring I will start pairing them up and we’ll see what they’re willing to give me this year.

In Summer 2014 ME may have litters of:
– Classic Northerns
– Irian Jayas
– Tanimbars

In an effort to get some of these babies into their new homes for the holidays I am offering a $50 discount on any baby that leaves by Monday, December 16.

December 16 is also the last day for shipments to go out until after the holiday rush. This is because we will not risk babies during the craziness of holiday-shipping season. I also cannot ship if the weather is nasty along the shipping route – we only ship when it’s safe for the babies.

There are currently 6 babies available (Tarzan, Tiberius, Tobias, Travis, Turk, & Tyler). I will try to upload some new photos this weekend of who’s still here.

Last weekend was the 2013 Manitoba Reptile Breeders Expo, and it was a ton of fun. I love expos – I get to talk about reptiles non-stop and nobody thinks I’m crazy 😀

And because I love pictures, I snapped a few to share!
My table with the best three assistants I could ever ask for:

The other amazing vendors:

Some neat critters from the show:

There were so many other amazing animals I wanted to take photos of, but the show was super busy and I didn’t get to go for another round of pictures. It was a fantastic show and I’m looking forward to seeing it continue to grow in 2014 🙂

I updated my baby play-tank and then had the whole gang out for some exercise together recently. Each baby had a number painted on it’s back so I wouldn’t get confused, and then I spent a good hour watching them explore the new tank, interact with each other (never leave them unsupervised), and snapping adorable photos. So of course I had to share:

The tank:

The babies:

I frequently get asked about shipping to the US, or to other countries. This is not something I currently do. Not only is the cost prohibitive to get skinks into other countries, but the skinks I currently breed are quite readily available, especially in the USA.

If you’re looking for a baby outside of Canada, please check out the recommended breeders list at http://www.bluetongueskinks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19635

And feel free to shoot me an e-mail if you have any questions or would like a recommendation on who might have babies available.

I’ll work on getting a new page up soon listing all my favourite breeders from around the world. One of the best things about blue tongues is the world-wide community 😀

Many thanks,
Melanie