When I was done with the gardening I saw the three-legged water skink, along with a four legged companion, checking out the small blue plastic plate that I used to feed them 4 weeks ago. They clearly remembered that last time the big human made an awful racket in the yard dog food appeared on that blue plate afterwards, and so as soon as I sat down they came out of hiding to check the plate.

Not wanting to leave them disappointed I went inside to get them something, and returned with some canned superworms. The two of them made a feast of those, and even had a Lady & the Tramp moment when they both tried to eat the same one.

Last time: https://aus.social/@spacelizard/114051612271150428

@Unixbigot Evidently good weather for blue-tongued lizards today. #lizardposting

@pandanus @futurebird My reptilian supervisor is quite a bit smaller, but she does keep a close eye on me whenever I'm outside hanging out the laundry, just in case I have some more treats for her.

Continuing to make friends with Justine, the wild Eastern Water Skink that lives under our shed.

She was outside when I went to hang out the laundry so I gave her another mealworm in the food bowl, and she clearly recognises the food bowl now because she immediately ran over and looked inside. After eating that she came back for more so I decided to see if she would take one from my hand and yep, she did.

In case you're wondering why I think it's the same skink it's the same species, it lives under the same shed, and it has a regrown tail with the seam in the same place.

I think I should give her a name...

@xssfox I'm finding that attaching a lizard works surprisingly well too. #LizardPosting

He's feeling better now.

... it's a decoration/hide for our pet blue tongue skink. My son wanted us to give him a model rocket of his own, and I figured that if I made it large enough, with large enough openings at each end, he might like using it as a hide. We shall see what the lizard thinks. (2/2)