Folkvang Exotics

12/29/2024

PRECAUTIONARY ONLY
REGARDING ANIMAL-GRADE RAW MEAT ONLY (commercial raw cat/dog food diets and meat NOT for human consumption only)

To make it incredibly obvious - this is just for people who are worried and want to know prevention methods for the OVERALL household. There is only concerns at this time and people like to know how to prevent those concerns.

‼️IMPORTANT‼️- transmission from warm to cold blooded for this virus is highly unlikely at this time. -

There's no reason to fear, no reason to panic. Just a few simple recommendation for those who feed animal-grade raw meat. ♡

Re: USA Avian H5N1 (Bird Flu) Prevention tips if you feed commercially available raw food or raw meat to your reptiles, cats, or dogs. This is purely precautionary! There is no evidence this infects reptiles, but it has infected other animals (felines) who have eaten contaminated meat/came into contact with contaminated dung, and it has infected a human due to exposure.

-ACCORDING TO THE USDA, FOOD SUPPLIED FOR HUMANS ARE SAFE so all that grocery store chicken and turkey is perfectly fine ♡

We firmly believe we better be safe than sorry
Raw pet food and raw meat products are a common item to feed to many reptiles with carnivorous or wide omnivorous diets, which is why we felt it was necessary to post this.

Over the last few weeks, unfortunately, a domestic cat passed away in Oregon state, USA due to eating contaminated commercial raw food. While a single case of illness linked to pre-made raw food has been reported in the US, it is not representative of all diets.

We want to prevent this from happening to our furry and scaly friends at home (though, again, lack of evidence. The concern is more for mammals, including us!). Here is how to prevent contamination. Make sure you practice basic food handling safety.

1. Use a thermometer to cook all meat you get to 165 F or 74 C. this will kill the virus, but keep juices that are formed from cooking.

2. You can choose to not feed poultry or beef at the time. There are many other proteins to choose from.

3. HPP is not guaranteed to kill the virus. Freeze drying raw does not kill the virus. Freezing does not kill the virus

4. Do not feed raw eggs. (it's actually not the egg that is the issue but the shell.)

5. Feed a commercially available cooked food or - in regards to BTS - switch to primarily insects (with appropriate supplementation) for the time being.

There's no reason to fear, no reason to panic. Just a simple recommendation for those who are concerned ♡

12/24/2024

Caught Lucifer in the middle of shedding today, but I had to get a picture of this beautiful lad ♡

Proven male who was paired to two ladies this season! Fingers crossed the ladies take ♡

12/12/2024

Gizmo - 2023 Merauke holdback from the first Apollo x Peach pairing. Obsessed with the high yellow, including a peachy belly that blends nicely. Leaning female!

12/11/2024

Our new Aru blue tongue arrived today.

Meet Sebastia!

We are so excited to finally have a possible TRIO of Aru blue tongues! We have a confirmed pair, and I'm leaning female on this little one for the time being ♡

Wanted to show what an Aru belly looks like, too! Very unique compared to Merauke ♡ they give me more Kei vibes to be honest - which makes sense considering the Aru islands are just east of the Kei islands!

12/03/2024

Some nice pictures of Apollo and Peach! I love this pairing. They are taking this season off to relax and be a skink!

Photo of Peach taken by Bloch Wild Photography ♡

12/03/2024

One of our Merauke male offspring from 2023 ♡

12/02/2024

The Ultimate Blue Tongue Skink Diet Guide!
(For Northern, Eastern, and all Indonesian Blue Tongue Skinks – the most common species globally!)

I’ve spent months putting this together because there’s a lot of conflicting information out there when it comes to Blue Tongue Skink diets. So, I decided to put together the most current, reliable info we know of. I also had input from several people with different diet preferences – some swear by canned food, while others go for a more natural approach. I spent a few weeks going over everything, getting feedback, and making sure we got it right before sharing it publicly!

There are two main types of diets people usually follow: a canned cat or dog food-based diet and a naturalistic diet. We personally follow the naturalistic diet, but we wanted to cover all current known safe diet options.

Inside our Google Drive folder, you’ll find two detailed documents:

☆Canned Food Diet – Based on canned cat or dog food.
☆Naturalistic Diet – A more natural approach, with multiple options available. (As I know some people don't like bugs - there is an "insect free" Diet plan example here!)

Both documents are pretty detailed, but don’t worry – they’re broken down into sections to make it easier to find what you need. There are some repeats, but everything is organized for easy navigation. Here’s what you’ll find in both documents:

☆Info on supplements
☆How often to feed and portion sizes
☆Why tooth types matter and how it affects how you prepare food
☆Tips to get your skink to eat more veggies
☆A list of unsafe foods (and why they’re bad for them)
☆Our “meatball” recipe (great for both canned and homemade diets)
☆Sample meal plans
☆A body condition chart to help you track your skink’s body fat levels
☆Tons of food options for your skink to enjoy
☆AND MORE!

We also plan to turn these documents into videos next year since we know all this info can be a lot to take in at once!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13YXIieYHY16VbXhPj4CZCix2klqFfFS9

A quick note:
The body condition charts are for ADULT Blue Tongue Skinks. For younger skinks, these charts may not be totally accurate because their weight distribution is slightly different. Plus, with so many subspecies of Blue Tongue Skinks, each having their own shapes and fat deposits, it’s hard to make a chart that works perfectly for every single one. We used our Northern Blue Tongue Skink as a base for these charts.

Even though it’s not 100% perfect for every subspecies, it should still be really helpful for most skinks. My main tip is to keep an eye on your skink’s jowls, hips, and spine, no matter what subspecies they are.

We hope this helps ♡

12/01/2024

We have completed the ADULT blue tongue skink body condition chart! (This is gonna be inaccurate for young ones, just keep an eye on those hips)

We hope this helps many! ♡

Keep in mind, different species and subspecies of blue tongue skink have varying body shapes and fat distribution. (For example; Ambon have visibly less fat and muscle in their tails compared to other species and subspecies of bluey) It's important to keep an eye on the hip bones and spine overall.

Due to the vast majority of species, it can be difficult getting together a proper chart per individual species :)

11/29/2024

Running a Black Friday deal on our blue tongue skinks, this weekend only

Largest selection of Blue-Tongued Skinks For Sale in US & Canada. Buy from a variety of Blue-Tongued Skink breeders.

11/21/2024

Indonesian blue tongue skink breeding season going strong!

Here's one of our Merauke pairs this season, Lucifer x Hekate.

Already had a few successful pairings (success being locks like this), so super hopeful for babies late spring-early summer next year ♡ hopefully from multiple litters ;)

11/17/2024

Got updated pictures of the baby Merauke today!

Special thanks to Bloch Wild Photography for these beautiful pictures!

11/15/2024

We have released a holdback from last season! ♡

This is definitely a male (dropped s***m plugs)

He is currently deep in blue, so we will be providing updated pics and videos next week ♡

11/06/2024

High yellow Merauke from our 2023 Apollo x Peach pairing ♡

"Gizmo"

We have a few babies from this season showing some of this yellow potential as well. Updated photos of the 2024 babies are coming soon! ;)

10/28/2024

Hekate says Hello!

We have some very exciting news coming soon ;) stay tuned!

10/23/2024

Skink? What skink? There's no skink here.

Apollo sure loves to burrow ♡

10/22/2024

Our first skink to be sent off from this year's merauke litter ♡ safe travels "Lychee"!

Each baby will now come with their own biography card ;)

10/17/2024

Starfruit, our only Merauke holdback from this season

Showing that high yellow coloration we've been loving from this pairing!

The pattern on this one is very clean as well ♡

10/17/2024

Luci is a confirmed male based on all the s***m plugs he's been dropping 🥴

Welcome to breeding season!

Excited to now have 2 confirmed males and 2 possible females in our Gray base Merauke group!

Very excited to see his potential next year.