I was wandering around the garden yesterday and I spotted another pregnant blue tongue lizard. This one is only a youngster probably about 2 years old and as you can see, she is rather battle-scarred. Looks as though she has been caught by a neighbour's dog and had her tail bitten off, but she seems to be surviving quite well at the moment.
I fed her some raw mince and mushroom, and she liked that so I guess we will be seeing her again at some time in the future.
She seems to be a lot braver than our other blue tongue 'hissy'
@ludwigsdiana I said in the narrarive she was probably attacked by a neighbours dog which is how she lost her tail. If you look at the other lizard photo from last week you will see how long their tails are usually
Poor girl she’s been through the wars! When I first looked at her I thought the tail end was the front as her legs at the back seem to be wrong way round. You can see her blue tongue beautifully.
I'm sorry to hear of her traumatic life- but I think I'd still be running away from her rather than feeding her- hehe- I am just not very good with reptiles or amphibians!
What a beauty! I'm sure she will come back - no dog and yummy food would do the trick. I wonder if the tail will grow back. They do for the little lizards we have here.
@kjarn I think she will stay for a while. The other one I posted a couple of weeks ago has lived under our wood shed for a couple of years and I think this one has found a home on the other side of our house.
@yaorenliu @kjarn she seems to be coping minus most of her tail
Lovely kindness
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@yaorenliu @wakelys @marlboromaam @happypat @olivetreeann @haskar She seems to be surviving without her tail. She is about 30 cm long and has lost about 10 cm of tail. It won't grow back but she can survive without it.