Bearded Dragon VS Blue Tongue Skink (Which Is The Better Pet?) 

Wow! Your videos are getting really good! This is a fantastic video full of spot on info. Thanks for the shout out too 👍🏼 And I could listen to your accent all day long, its so great. Love how you say “thang” 👍🏼👍🏼😁 it makes me reminisce of when I lived on OK and TX.

The Bluey’s way cheaper down under in Australia. Anyways, I love the blue tongue more than the bearded dragon. Nice video though!

I wanted to write a lengthy note on both animals but, you already covered everything :) Perfect!

OMG this is great! I am in the middle of recording a video comparing the two also! No where near ready though. Love your content!!

Great info!! I'm really wanting a Northern BTS. They're so beautiful in my opinion and seem to be more fun and more my style of care lol My brother had a Bearded dragon when we were younger and LORD the amount they ate lol thanks for posting such great videos, they are very helpful to us beginners! ❤🦎

Subtitles: “glutinous kinks” Thanks subtitles

I merely got curious a year after this vid was uploaded and this was the first vid I touched, it's nice:D

Thanks for the info because am thinking of getting a northern blue touge shink someday😁Keep making awesome videos🐍

Your Awesome Elle...Knowledge Is Power..Once Again..Loved The LowDown Info On What You Thinks Best.

I own both, and I’m literally so obsessed with each species! They’re so different yet so similar:) I would completely recommend both, I think bts are a little easier care wise, but are harder taming down. And I think beardies are easier for taming and harder care lol. Just my thoughts! Amazing video

Thank you so much for making this video

Thanks for this amazing video. This makes me want to get a blue tongued skink even more

Great video, a tip that may help to hydrate a bearded dragon is spray some water on your greens before feeding. But great video. Your prices are so different from Australia.

Great video!

Great video! I've been thinking about getting a blue tounge skink.

Random comment but that curl definition is to die for!!! I wish my curls looked like that!

What camera are you recording with! Super clear and nice!

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Excellent video, Elle! I actually love both of these animals and have been having an internal debate about the two for quite some time. I don't have either one, but I have had my eye on both for a while.

I got 3 baby beardies from CB Reptiles... Two normal beardies and a Citrus. They are so amazing.

Hii! Just adding a little info. I work at a major chain pet store and handle the ordering of the animals! Our breeders have had excellent history and just wanted to say there are some good stores out there ❤️ definitely support breeders too as well

I would love to see the cost up front and monthly that would be a great series.

I got my blue tongue Jackie off morphmarket. He's a northern orange line and I got him for $275 plus $60 shipping and he is worth every penny.

My bearded dragons love to move around I was finally able to get a harness for them and they love going outside 😊😍

Such a fun video! I can’t wait to have a Bts someday! And I agree, baby beardie Skare a bottomless trashcan! But I’m very fortunate my little Tanzy LOVES her salads!

I am thinking of getting either a northern blue tongue skink or a bearded dragon

Great job on your show it's fun to see what you have & leartn on the reptiles you have

Bearded dragons here in Australia are 150 dollars and blue tongue lizards are only 55 dollars. And they’re both native to Australia.

So i did a lot of research between the two and their pretty much even in care and cage and all of that. the different is its a bit harder to feed bearded dragons because they need bugs for proteins and all of that while you can buy and egg easily for a lot less as well from your local store for blue tongues. So you might say o blue tongues are easier and yes they are a ton harder to tame to holding etc while bearded dragons are just coach potato gods. Really its the lights and bugs etc for bearded dragons but if you dont mind that and want a pet to hold and wont bite etc and is nice and simple for holding the bearded dragon is your lizard. If you want a simple and more show in tell kind of reptile then the blue tongue is your kind of pet. Yes i know maybe there is some like bearded dragons that lay on you for hours on end but the chances of that and the work it takes i feel isn't worth the effort in my option but if you want to work at it etc then go for it. I actually have both and i mostly hold my beardie more than the blue tongue. i do hold my blue tongue but he doesn't love it that much as the bearded and might claw at me a bit. They both have pros and cons so its really what you want as a pet. if you want to work with the blue tongue with holding than the beardie than thats your choice. I just feel like the beardie is a lot more rewording then the blue tongue. if you dont mind having like three kind of light and all of that and the bugs etc than the beardie is your one. I LOVE both of them and their both awesome to keep and very rewording for both but if you want to hold it etc and have a lot of fun with a reptile etc and want it easy with it than go for the beardie. If you want to work at the blue tongue thats your choice. Just saying it will take a lot of effort and determination and not giving up to tame the blue tongue. And its rewording if you do i just hate that it takes a long time to tame a blue tongue than a beardie. It took around 13 to 14 months until my blue tongue was able to be handed to anyone peacefully but have it cuddle with you took about 16 months.

I really love how informative your videos are I have learned a whole lot from you, I am getting a bearded dragon and I was wondering do I always have to use night heat if the room that the dragon is in stays a set temp all the time?

I love the twang in your voice

This an awesome video and I'm currently in debate for my fest reptile and really stuck between the Bearded Dragon and the Pink Tongue Skink, basically a thin BTS that climbs even better than a bearded. I think the dragons look so much cooler with their spikes, and I love their friendly attitude plus ability to be potty trained. However Skinks seem more intelligent, which leads to more unique personalities, at least it would seem. Dog food is also hell of a lot easier than a bunch of different breeds of worms. How would you describe the differences in personality?

I love my blue tongue skink because he is so easy to feed. Every couple days whenever I cook food, I will cut up some small pieces of whatever raw meat I am eating that day and feed it to him. Raw meat is a controversial topic with bts, but mine seems to do well on it and in Australia in the wild, bluesy are knowns for scavenging in peoples trashcans.

Video : Bearded Dragon or blue tongue skink me : Both

So can the skink survive on only cat or dog food?? Or greens?? And maybe some insects every once in a while??

I got my skink for 89 dollars it was 300 but it was there for about 8 months

My bearded dragon Oliver is still picky. He does not like fruit at all Likes collard greens, Chinese cabbage, dubias, hornworms, superior's & giant mealworms. I have a leopard gecko Petunia. Want a corn snake & a Northern blue tongue skink. Love your video this the first one I have seen. ❤🙂

Is there one that you enjoy having more though? What do you value in a pet and which one is meeting those values? I was really excited for this video since I can’t decide between the two but this information I already knew by knowing each animals basic care.

Hah nice accent! Texas maybe? I'm in East Tennessee. Thinking about getting my first lizard, probably between these two. I think the bearded dragon might be the better first choice. Thanks.

where is a good place to buy a skink?

My bearded dragon like to move around on me not just stay still

I just had 33 baby bearded dragons hatch from 2 clutches!! I recommend getting a bearded dragon!

I vote for blue tongue skink all the way :-) I have a Northern and his name is Dobby.

I have made a couch for my baby bearded dragon she will literally sit on it I only have a beardie but I think that bts are so cool but I do love beardies because they are so tame 💙

I have both and I love them so much!! Mushuu and Morty.

I'm actually really curious if you could put both in the same big tank.

I want a bluey for my birthday but over here there are no bluey's

my juvenile beardie loves roaches but im out n now shes looking at crickets n shaking her head no

I just can't deal with roaches , that's the only thing that I'm "scared" of. They give me the willies so bad. I'd rather have a Black Mamba in my house than a roach. Do bearded dragons and blue tongued skinks have to have them ?

Suggesting a vid on first time dubia setup!

Bearded dragons have great personality but due to diet Blue-tongues are much easier to keep.

I would love for how much the blue tongue skunk cost vs beard dragon.

You can get a captivebred blue tonge skink for 14 bucks in Indonesia

I'm at my second bearded dragon.. I love them so much.. I really want a Skink after my beardy die.. but I'm scared to go out of my comfort zone..mostly because of the humidity setup..

$300?...omg...my dream of a skink anytime soon is gone..I've been wanting one since I went to a reptile show when I was 13..saw it and fell in love.. Question: How well do you think a skink would do with cats as siblings? I have 6 cats..

whats your favorite reptile as a pet?

WoAh my bearded dragon was a lot more expensive then my blue Tongue. For a normal blue tongue at my pet shop is around 30-50$ while bearded dragon was around 100$ I don’t know why tho. My favourite between the two is probably the blue tongue skink

Beat this. In my country I have to pay for a BTS 800$+ for the Indonesian....

You should record a human, skink interaction

Make them climb on top of each other 🦎😉

Cool mam

Im getting a baby bearded dragon soon and i wanna feed him her dubia roaches. Ur videos are very helpful bcos i dint kno crockets died that quickly

Blue tongue Skinks don’t move around in your hand that much, the video you showed of you skink moving in ur hand a lot was a baby, baby BTS are very jumpy and will never stop moving bc of all the energy they have. Then turn to adult BTS they’re more calm and laid back 😌 no hate btw! ❤️ I have a BTS if my own and I was just putting out my own opinion 😁

Have a great day 🦎👀s, hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend.

Wow so coll did you know my uncle kepp blue tounge skink 🦎 and my mom and aunty kepp two turtle 🐢🐢🐢🐢

Hm funny, I heard from lot’s of people that the skinks only cost about 200 and beardies cost like 300 or so? Maybe just for baby beardies?

Why does everyone say dont buy from chain stores, do we doom the animal like it chose to be from a breeder to a chain?

why not both >_>

Sellout portion ends at 1:40

Beared dragons are my favorites

What about - which of them makes the biggest poop mess and which is least smelly about it? I hear bearded dragons can knock you out when they go.

You forgot to mention the alternative for uv lighting of blue tongue skink. Instead of lightning to simulate “sun” you can feed them things that have same vitamins like eggs

I got my bluetoung lizard for free,I tamed it

By the way the "Rau" in Merauke is pronounced Ra-oo

I hoping to get a blue tongue skink for my birthday but I want a baby one

This was so helpful thank you! Also it’s so refreshing to see a female of color in the herp world :)

I have an Indonesian blue tongue skink, I named her Periwinkle. I originally wanted a bearded dragon, but when I saw my blue tongue skink, she was so cute. Now, 2 months later, I still want a bearded dragon. My blue tongue, sleeps all day, not very active at all. When I take her out she is active, does fine being held and everything. However, I live in New Mexico (a very dry place) so I don't keep her out of her enclose for too long, she needs her humidity. I will be getting a bearded dragon in the next few months. I am a bit scared, because I have never owned one of those. But hey, I never owned a blue tongue skink either, and she is great!

I got a perfectly fine blue tongue for free

Personally I love both and have always grouped them together! Both do great in a 4x2x2ft enclosure, both are good size lizards with great temperament, and I love the look of both of them. They’re definitely great lizards! I prefer Blueys though but Beardies are absolutely amazing animals.

In China people pay *you* to take the blue tongue from them lmao Edit: some people not all of them

Wow my bearded dragon is more like Morty 😂🤣 he will make a run for it half the time if given the chance

You sound like you are from Alabama. "mama always said life's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gon get"

Can you give me a pet lizard?

Why not both?

BLUE TONGUE ‘LIZARD’! They come from Australia and that’s what we Aussie’s call them

I’m Chinese and in China Blue tone skinks are like 15 American dollars while bearded dragons are a lot more expensive

2 minute intro?? 👎

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give this a thumbs up for every time she says "thang".