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  1. The long saga of bureaucratic mismanagement that was the renewal of my Companion Native Animal Keeper licence has finally come to a conclusion.

    13 1/2 weeks after submitting my renewal application to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service I have now received my new licence. That means that this scaly sausage is legit again, after being held on an expired licence for the past 12 1/2 weeks through no fault of my own.

    As noted up thread these types of licences used to be granted automatically within minutes, but then the NSW goverment decided that all animal licence applications needed to be reviewed, but didn't give the NPWS Wildlife Licencing Team the necessary resources to do it. The inevitable result has been months long backlogs of applications awaiting manual processing.

    #LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink

  2. Today we went to Roma Street Parklands, the best place in central Brisbane for communing with dragons.

    The Eastern Water Dragons there are very used to having lots of humans around, and will happily pose for photos while you close to within almost arm's reach of them.

    #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #DragonsOfMastodon #Dragon

  3. The lizard dug a hole, and is now resting in his hollow log.

    One of the big advantages of a "bioactive" reptile enclosure like Jerry's is that it does encourage natural behaviours. Having a soil-like substrate, a layer of leaf litter, and lots of isopods running around prompts Jerry to poke and scratch around in the leaves and dirt like a wild blue tongue would. This is good enrichment for his little lizard brain.

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  4. So far the "Pets of Australian Astronomical Optics and School of Engineering" photo board in the staff lounge is 100% lizards. Small sample size, admittedly.

    #LizardPosting #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon

  5. The photos that aren't of an archery target are of the archery lizard. This water skink was keeping an eye on things from under the club house.

    #LizardPosting #Archery #SkinksOfMastodon #StabbingAtADistance #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard

  6. One of the neighbourhood water skinks on the footpath in front of our house this morning, trying to soak up some warmth in a gap between rain showers.

    #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard

  7. Resting his chin on the rock where his food bowl gets put, looking for all the world like he's thinking "Why is there no food here? This is where my food normally appears. I definitely should be getting food right now. Can't you see I'm wasting away."

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  8. Tempting as it is to give that tail a boop/stroke I must resist, because that is the one and only way to annoy this lizard. Something touching his tail when he's inside his hollow log is the only thing that ever makes him hiss. Even getting some water on his tail while I'm watering the plants down that end of his enclosure will result in him audibly complaining.

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  9. More often than not this is the view I get of the scaly sausage: the end of his tail sticking out of his hollow log.

    He absolutely loves that log, and spends a lot of his time just hanging out in there. I was very lucky to get it. Shortly after I bought Jerry a tree surgeon ended up with some natural hollow logs from their work, and decided to offer them up for sale on a local reptile Facebook Group. A rare opportunity, with perfect timing, and it turned out that the logs were an ideal size for Jerry's enclosure.

    #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink

  10. Jerry the blue tongue is coming up on his 5th Gotcha Day.

    This has triggered the annual Ordering of the Replacement UV-B Tube, and I've ordered some of his favourite foods and a spare basking lamp while I was at it. Meanwhile I've topped up the leaf litter layer in his enclosure, but I think I need to replace at least a couple of his plants too. The ferns down the cool end aren't quite dead yet, but they are not doing well.

    Jerry himself has been antisocially hiding away for most of the past week, which I think was preparation for shedding his skin. He seems to be all done with that now, but is still just lurking in his beloved hollow log today.

    #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard

  11. Look at my ENTIRE lizard again. #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #Chonk

    Setting up this shot, I put the tape out, then put the food down, assuming Chonk would walk alongside the tape, and give me a good shot for scale. He immediately grabbed the body of the tape measure in his mouth, and we had a tug of war over it. Eventually I had to distract him with the food, and put the tape down AFTER he started eating.

  12. I'm pretty sure that Jerry is watching the TV. He's come to the cool end of his enclosure and is just sitting there with his head raised. Intrigued by the sound and movement, I guess.

    #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard

  13. Now that I'm back in Australia Shinkansen posting will reduce, but #LizardPosting can resume.

    Nice to see Jerry again after 3 1/2 weeks. Even when he has his face in his food bowl he still manages to eye me suspiciously.

    #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #SkinksOfMastodon #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink #LizardPosting

  14. I saw a lizard too, which I can't completely ID either.

    I'm pretty sure it's a Snake Eyed Skink from the genius Cryptoblepharus, but I'm not sure of the species.

    #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardPosting

  15. I decided to give Jerry some enrichment with the Hol-ee Roller dog toy. The smaller holes are just the right size to wedge blueberries in, making Jerry work a bit for his mid-week treat.

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  16. A few friends from around the yard. The bees are winding down with the fall weather, but in the summer, dozens are drinking from the little hummingbird feeders. I have seven of these feeders to give the actual hummingbirds a chance to feed on nectar. Soon, the bees will be gone. #lizard #bees #animals #nature #nature_perfection #naturalworld #nectar #hummingbird #bee #LizardsOfMastodon #lizards #backyardBirdFeeders

  17. Lundi, 10h20, en direct du bac à semis, Jean-lézard se pose des questions sur ses choix de vie.

    #potager #LizardsOfMastodon #lezard

  18. Found a pointy new friend while I was out mowing this afternoon. Look at its good face!

    While it looks like a snake it's actually a Burton’s Legless Lizard.

    #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #LeglessLizard #SunshineCoast #Queensland

  19. The space lizard has boarded his rocket.

    It's a bit short for him but if he wedges his nose into the nosecone (which is obviously where it belongs) he does still fit, just about.

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  20. Space lizard!

    This is how I found Jerry this morning, he must have spent the night in there. Most of the time he ignores his rocket, so it was nice to see him making use of it.

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