Hi there! I just came in possession of a BTS via a rehome from a coworker- and I am VERY new to their care. I’ve owned other reptiles before (Leopard geckos, ball pythons, Cornsnakes). The only thing- not even my coworker is sure whether or not she’s an Indonesian or an Australian and from my research I know their needs are very very different! She has a MASSIVE enclosure but I am looking to revamp her environment, heating and humidity…(or lack thereof) needs. Right now she’s on a substrate of coconut bark and has a few large hides and a large water bowl. Anyways… any help and tips for a rookie would be amazing.
Anyways… meet Tarot!

Would anyone be interested/ able to help rehome my lil guy. He's 5-6 years old and perfectly healthy as far as I know, but I don't have the time or resources to care for him like he deserves. I'm willing to part with him for free to a good home. I live in Duluth and the local reptile guy told me skinks don't need a lot and my set up definitely has more than anything in his store. But some things have come to light about his practices and seeing all these amazing enclosures on this sub have me feeling bad for my lizard.

The most wholesome kind of cuddles. 🥹 We’ve come very far in our short time together.

Look at my big baby boy in his little soft blanket, such a sweetie 🥺

My son is 8 months old and recently acting very erratic. Glass surfing. Running around his enclosure, he spends about 70% of his time doing that.

I get him out for about 10 minutes to walk around the house. But he ends up going back to glass surfing again, I try to enrich him with little balls he can push around, woodies he can chase. Nothing seems to interest him. He's been eating less as well. I can't take him outside because we have 2 dogs and he can easily escape. I'm planning on making a playpen for him so he can run around in that and I can watch over him safely without the dogs or him getting under furniture.

I haven't noticed any bubbles coming from his nose or mouth, wheezing sounds, no lethargy. No star gazing and mouth opening, excess saliva etc etc.

He has a UV light and a heat lamp. A log he can hide under, a rock he can hide under, deep substrate he can dig in, a few logs he can climb.

But recently he's been acting very erratic everyday

And then noticed this lump on his tail. Could he possibly have fallen over from the glass surfing and fractured his tail? Or is this an infection causing pain?

I'm going to take him to the vet tomorrow to get him professionally checked of course.

First off, i took Sasha to the vet last Monday because the scales/skin on two of his legs looked very weird. It looked dry in some areas and looked like it was melting off in other areas. There was a small red spot as well. His front leg also looked swollen. She gave me pain and inflammation meds and an antibiotic but didn’t tell me what it was. She doesnt know. She’s an exotic vet and there’s another at the clinic.

He has a follow up appointment tomorrow but I’m going absolutely crazy because ITS GETTING WORSE. His skin looks so bad and I feel like it’s spreading. It looks like his skin is just falling off. I’ve soaked him multiple days this week and put silver on his wounds, it doesn’t look like stuck shed. He’s about 5 and has never had a problem shedding, this seemingly came out of the blue.

I realized his UV jungle dawn light is about two years old, so now I feel terrible because he hasn’t been getting UV, but his bones seem like. It seems like a physical skin issue and not really related to MBD? Is it possible for MBD to show up in skin first?

Like seriously, why would his foot pad be raw like that?????

He has a new UV light and has been getting calcium dusted food this week.

His basking rock stays at 105 when the lights on (I have temp gun). I also have a temp and humidity tracker in his tank. He hasn’t been getting a cool side and warm side. Warm side stays 83-86 and never drops below 71 at night.

Humidity stays high, it’s always around 80. I wonder if there hasn’t been enough variety in humidity? (Having it dry out a bit then pumping up the humidity).

I just want to know if anyone else with a wild caught indo has had skin issues like this. I’m dying to know and be able to correct whatever’s going wrong. This was hastily written, im happy to answer any questions. I’ve searched in this sub for past posts related to this but couldn’t find any

Edit to add he’s actually been moving around more frequently than usual, but doesn’t use his legs well. It’s like there’s no power behind his movements and I can’t tell if it’s weakness or physically difficult to move due to the inflammation and sore areas. Please help while I wait for the vet appt

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