The scaly sausage has been hiding more or less continually for the last couple of weeks. I thought he might be going into brumation a touch early due to the cool nights we had before it was raining all the time, but it seems he was instead preparing to shed his skin. He finally emerged this evening and spent a while rubbing himself on things to get the old skin off and, as usual, eating most of it. There were a few scraps left though, like this bit from his tail.

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I've seen this little skink a few times recently scurrying across our patio.

This morning I was standing still watering one corner of the garden when they snuck out from somewhere, approached to the edge of the spray from the hose, and spent a minute having a good drink from the water where it splashed on the concrete.

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One of my more successful 3D printing projects: Jerry's platforms and ramps. The scaly sausage does seem to like them.

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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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