Your bluey can't tell you the basking spot has drifted cool or that it's quietly putting on too much weight. baskr watches the pattern across your logs, temperature, humidity, weight, feeding and shedding, and shows you what needs attention before it becomes a problem.
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Blue-tongue Skink
Weight trending up
Up 9% over three weigh-ins on a protein-heavy diet. Ease back toward greens.
Basking spot
35–38°C · 95–100°F
Cool side
24–26°C · 75–79°F
Humidity
40–60%
Ideal ranges for Tiliqua scincoides, the same targets baskr scores your logs against.
Basking and warm figures are surface temperatures at the spot; cool and ambient are air. Measure with a probe or infrared thermometer at the animal's height.
Diurnal
Active by day
Across Australia (plus New Guinea and Indonesia)
Wild climate. Mostly warm; open woodland, scrub and grassland.
Why the care is what it is. This is why it wants a 35 to 40°C basking spot, floor space to roam, and a varied omnivore diet.
Logging is the input. The product is spotting when a single off reading becomes a pattern worth acting on.
35–38°C (95–100°F) over the basking spot
A few degrees cool for a week and digestion, appetite and activity quietly drop.
A cool side of 24–26°C (75–79°F)
No real gradient across the floor leaves a bluey unable to regulate its temperature.
40–60% depending on the species
Too dry brings bad sheds; persistently damp is a respiratory-infection risk worth catching early.
Steady in adults, gradual gain in growing animals
Blue-tongues obese easily, a steady climb from too much rich protein is an early red flag.
A rotating mix of greens, veg and lean protein
A protein-heavy run without enough plant matter shows up as weight gain over a few weeks.
Clean sheds in a piece or two
Patchy or stuck shed usually points to humidity that's drifted too low.
Safe to include
Avoid
Blue-tongues are heavy-bodied and will flatten delicate plants, so hardy species or sturdy pots work best. Rinse anything they might nibble, and skip anything you can't confirm is non-toxic.
Staples
Occasional / treats
Never feed
Supplements. Dust protein and veg with calcium (with D3 a few times weekly if UVB is marginal) and a reptile multivitamin about once a week.
Good to know. Aim for a rough balance of plant matter to protein, many keepers target around 50/50 to 60/40 greens-to-protein for adults. Gut-load any feeder insects before offering them.
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UVB lighting
A high-output T5 HO UVB tube (~6–10%, Ferguson zone 2–3) spanning about two-thirds of the enclosure, mounted at the manufacturer's recommended distance above the basking spot. Replace every 12 months even if it still lights.
Basking heat
A white basking (halogen) lamp on a dimming thermostat to hold 35–38°C at the basking spot.
Thermostat
Non-negotiable, it controls the heat source so the enclosure can't overheat.
Thermometer + hygrometer
Digital, with a probe read at basking height, not stick-on dials. Check both ends of the gradient.
Enclosure
A 4×2 ft (or larger) front-opening vivarium with a solid floor and good ventilation.
Grounded in your own logs and the ideal ranges above, plain language, never a diagnosis.
Basking spot read 31°C for 5 days, below the 35–38°C your bluey needs to digest. Check the bulb height or thermostat.
Bluey's weight is up 9% over three weigh-ins on a mostly-protein diet, ease back toward greens and veg.
Humidity has averaged 32% this week and the last shed came off patchy, raise it before the next cycle.
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Enter a reading or two above to see Blue-tongue Skink's care score.
A quick guide, not a diagnosis. Ideal ranges vary with age, morph and setup, and individual animals differ, so confirm anything critical with an experienced keeper or a reptile vet.
Aim for roughly 35–38°C (95–100°F) at the basking spot, with a cooler side around 24–26°C (75–79°F) so it can thermoregulate across the floor. baskr checks the temperatures you log against this range and flags a sustained drift, but always verify with a good thermometer at basking height.
They're true omnivores: a rotating mix of leafy greens and vegetables plus lean protein like insects, snails or cooked egg, with occasional fruit. Balance matters, too much rich protein leads to obesity. Check a current care sheet for the exact ratio your species prefers, and baskr tracks the pattern of what you log so a protein-heavy run stands out.
Blue-tongues gain weight easily when protein or fatty foods dominate the diet. Shift toward greens and veg, keep protein lean and occasional, and watch the trend rather than any single weigh-in. baskr charts the trajectory so a slow climb stands out early; if you're worried, an exotics vet can advise, baskr is a husbandry assistant, not a diagnosis.
Avoid avocado, rhubarb, large amounts of spinach, and fatty or seasoned meats, and never feed wild-caught insects. Stick to gut-loaded feeders, safe greens and lean protein, and dust with calcium.
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Start freeLast reviewed August 2026. General husbandry guidance, not veterinary advice, and ranges vary with age, morph, subspecies and setup. Confirm anything critical with an experienced keeper or an exotics vet.