Hello friends! Baby season has officially started at Mel’s Exotics!
https://youtu.be/4z_7Xt8KphY
It’s my favourite time of year – Baby Season! First-time mom Clifford was the first to pop and gave me 6 adorable babies. Be sure to watch the video to see what’s unusual about this litter, and follow for updates on this litter and any more to come 🙂
Many thanks,
Mel
Hey friends! It’s been a while since I talked about breeding my blue tongue skinks, so here’s a photoshoot showing off my pregnant lizards, their 2022 partners, and some bonus critter shenanigans!
In this video my photographer friend Jacquie visits again to help me with a pregnancy shoot to announce my hopeful 2022 litters. I worked extra hard on this video because I really love showing off my skinks. I really hope y’all enjoy it!
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Hello friends!
A lot has been happening lately, and there’s a lot more coming up.
What you’re probably wondering about the most is what the status is for breeding blue tongue skinks this year. I’m thrilled to say we had 9 females breed, and they’re looking really promising at this time, so I’m hoping for a bushel of babies any day now. However it could still be a month before they actually pop, so right now it’s just a big waiting game.
Next weekend, June 25 and 26, I will be vending at the Manitoba Reptile Breeders Expo. If you live or around Manitoba, please come check it out and say hi to me at my booth. And I’ll say the MRBE isn’t the only expo I plan to attend this year, so keep an eye out for more updates over the coming months!
Another exciting change is I’ve been working with an artist to do a brand update for Mel’s Exotics. You’ll see changes to the website and all my social medias in the next while, but enjoy this sneak peek of my new logo!
If you didn’t already know, I started a YouTube channel last year. It’s been inspiring me to keep improving myself and the lives of my animals. It’s part animal content and part vlog. I’m trying to upload regularly, so if you ever want to see what I’ve been up to, consider checking it out!
Mel’s Exotics on YouTube
That’s certainly far from everything that we’ve been up to here, but I’ll leave it at that for today. I want to extend my thanks to everyone who has supported and continues to support ME. I’m having so much fun sharing my love of these critters with the world, and I couldn’t do it without all of my supporters, friends and family. Thank you everyone!
Mel
Part Time Job Opportunity
Mel’s Exotics is looking to hire a responsible individual to help care for my animal collection.
The position entails caring for my collection of reptiles (mostly lizards). Cleaning enclosures, feeding, watering, maintaining records, keeping the basement tidy, noting unusual changes, noting needed supplies, etc. Additional tasks may include handling animals, assisting with medications, setting up new enclosures, etc. Your primary goal is to keep the animals healthy.
Location is on Edison Avenue in Winnipeg, MB.
Hours are 2x/week, for approximately 3-4 hours at a time, paying $75/week.
All training is provided, but individual must be able to do physical labour and carry ~20lbs. There is a lot of cleaning involved in this position.
Eventually I would like you to be able to work unsupervised, but that is not totally required and can be worked towards over time.
Previous reptile experience is a bonus.
Mel’s Exotics is LGBT and mental-illness friendly, and that is expected of our employees as well.
So far the 2022 breeding season has been very busy here, and we have 9 lovely skink ladies who’ll hopefully give us some incredible babies in the coming months. No one is showing much just yet, but we’re starting to see behaviour changes like eating less and basking more. Keep your fingers crossed that everyone has easy pregnancies and we get lots of adorable babies in May/June/July!
First up is Wocket, the silver tanimbar. Wocket bred to Cash, a wild-type silver tanimbar.
Next up is Clifford, a young Northern lass. She’s in shed right now, but usually has a lovely red tint to her. She bred to Tex, who also has some lovely reds. 
Third is Peaches, who is practically glowing after her recent shed. She bred to Alrick, who also has some bright colours to show off.
Fourth is Fluke, one of my original girls, still going strong. Fluke bred to Wasp this year, for a litter of gorgeous dark, speckly classic Northern babies. 
Next up is Tiberius, the caramel northern. Tiberius bred to Taz, an incredible caramel northern – I’m so excited to see the babies from these two! 
Alice, my largest northern, bred to Drooly. Both skinks are light coloured and their last litter together was incredibly sweet, so here’s hoping for another great litter from these two. 
Another skink currently in shed, Araucana the northern bred to Penn this year. Both are dark and speckly – I’m hoping for some very dark and bold babies. 
Number eight is Bomber, the oddball classic northern. She was line-bred back to her father, Wasp, in the hopes of seeing if her colour/pattern is genetic. Fingers crossed for healthy babies! 
Last, but certainly not least, is my lady Evita. She consistently produces big, healthy litters of classic northerns. She bred to Penn this year, so these classics should be quite dark and speckled! 
I hope you’ve enjoyed this peek at the girls. I’ll get photos of the boys soon as well 🙂 Be well my friends!
Hello friends!
2022 is starting off strong here at Mel’s Exotics. We have a great team, the animals are looking great, and breeding season is about to start!
This year is shaping up to be huge for having babies – we have an IJ, a merauke, two tanimbars, and 14 northern gals all waking up now. If all goes well (knock wood) we’ll be swimming in babies soon! In anticipation of a great year ahead, as of today ME is putting on a Pre-Sale!
Save up to $150 on a 2022 Baby Northern Blue Tongue Skink!
If you know you want a 2022 baby northern blue tongue, you can buy it now and get access to all the babies before they go on sale to the general public. And on top of just getting priority access, you save $100 by pre-buying your baby.
((Wait, you said $150? Yes, ME always offers a $50 discount for anyone who joins an online Blue Tongue Group, and we’ve decided these discounts can stack to save you a total of $150.))
Summary:
Normal baby northern price is $400+shipping.
Sale runs until the end of April.
Pay now, get an extra $100 off, and get priority access to the 2022 babies.
Guarantee:
Only northerns are guaranteed because I don’t have a lot of the other subspecies.
If somehow ME doesn’t have enough 2022 babies the babies may come from a breeder friend.
If somehow there are no babies available at all, refunds will be provided.
If you’re interested in this sale, or have any questions at all regarding blue tongue skinks, shoot us an email at Contact@MelsExotics.ca
Mel’s Exotics is thrilled to welcome a new team member to the crew; welcome Hex!
Hex will be helping ME with our emails, waiting list, and other such tasks. They’ll be my external brain, which will hopefully help the business run a lot smoother for customers.
This does mean that all contact for Mel’s Exotics should now go to contact@melsexotics.ca
Be sure to check back soon to see what the team is cooking up behind the scenes!
Hello friends!
It’s been quiet lately, but we’re starting to gear up to a big 2022 season here at ME. There’s a lot to look forward to, especially a boatload of adorable babies that will hopefully be born this spring/summer.
I’m also working on some internal changes – hiring some great folks to help ME out, updating the website, etc.
Videos have been paused because my main computer has died off. This may mean a pre-sale of babies will come up soon, so if you’re hoping for a 2022 baby please check back regularly for more updates!
Talk to you soon!
Mel
Hello friends! Since I’ve took this year off and have been downsizing I haven’t really had much in the way of available skinks. However there are a few skinks remaining here that are “less than perfect” – smaller than normal, or missing some toes. I’m now trying to find these wonderful skinks the perfect pet-only home, where they can spend their days being spoiled rotten, and their new owners know to watch for any potential issues.
If you think you might be able to provide a great home for one of the skinks, let me know 🙂
Doxie – 2018 Irian Jaya – Missing most toes
Newfie – 2018 Irian Jaya – Missing toes
Rottie – 2018 Irian Jaya – Missing toes, bend in back from climbing
Smudge – 2020 Northern – Runt of the litter
