While we were away, the skinks did play

@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I'll have to store the butternuts inside now that they know about them.

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv You give them milk and they do this?We can't expect Skinks to be thoughtful.Better luck next time.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

@silvermist I'll give him the benefit of a doubt and say that perhaps he thought I'd put it there for him.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (81127)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Mar 18

Glad you had a successful garage sale. Sorry to hear they were eating your vegetable but I do like what a skink looks like. Are they friendly?

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

They are very timid. We put milk out for them sometimes but they haven't really become any less skittish.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72553)

• Philippines

11 Mar 18

There's really a lot of lizards there in your place and they don't seem to be afraid of people.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

We have to be very quick and quiet to take a photo of them as they are afraid of people. I crop the photos so you can see the lizards more easily.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113053)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Mar 18

I wonder if the skinks would eat dandelions, if they did you could grow them around your veggie garden so that they'd have something to eat.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113053)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Mar 18

Thanks for mentioning that @JudyEv I wanted to get sunflower seeds and try to grow some again. I love sunflowers.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

That's a really good idea. My mother used to grow sunflowers around her apple tree and the parrots would eat the sunflowers and mostly leave the apples alone.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

@rebelann In France we saw acres and acres of sunflowers but for some days we always seemed to be on the wrong side so they all had their faces turned away but eventually we got a good photo of them.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

12 Mar 18

Judy, congrats on the yard/garage sale. Is there something that can be put around the things you do not want the skinks to get to?

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

I think the melons and butternuts are ripe now so I'll pick them all and store them inside.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

@Hannihar That's correct.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

13 Mar 18

@JudyEv Judy, great idea. So, if they are inside then the skinks cannot get to them, correct?

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58737)

• Portugal

12 Mar 18

I didn't know this animal exists, It seems he really liked your butternut

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

It does seem like that doesn't it? I'll have to store them inside now.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

@nela13 I hope he doesn't find the couple that are in the garden.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58737)

• Portugal

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv it is better because now he knows that you have It there.

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AKRao24

@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

11 Mar 18

Nice to know that your garage sale went on well and you could make some good money! You have asked us tp behave ourselves in your absence , though we beahved well the skunks have shown their colors! We face similsr situation because of the big rodents field mice! Thanks a lot @JudyEv! G

od bless!

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AKRao24

@AKRao24 (27424)

• India

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv , that is very natural as they are in search of food and they are getting the privacy what they want! Thanks!

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

The skinks are very timid but if there is no-one around then they aren't afraid to go exploring to see what they can find to eat.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72430)

• United States

13 Mar 18

My goodness if it's not rabbits or kangaroos eating your plants now it's skinks lol

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72430)

• United States

13 Mar 18

@JudyEv oh goodness

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Mar 18

There seems no end to it at the moment. Then the wind blew away my rose protectors so I've had to redo them. I wonder what the next little surprise will be.

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much2say

@much2say (56477)

• Los Angeles, California

11 Mar 18

I see the hole in the butternut

! We get lizards, but I don't think we have "skinks". We have seen gigantic ones in reptile shops though . . . do you get those??

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much2say

@much2say (56477)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Mar 18

@JudyEv Our little garden lizards are teeny things - we would freak over anything that is a foot long! Butternut squashes are not soft either - I sure wouldn't want to be bitten by a skink!

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

Our adult skinks get to about a foot long I guess. I've cropped the bottom photo so you get a good look at him. He has nibbled away at the butternut. That isn't just one bite out of it.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (138327)

• India

11 Mar 18

We need to keep our fruit basket in the pantry before going to bed, as we have the rat menace.

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@allknowing (138327)

• India

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv Not too many. We now have just one

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I would hate to have too many rats around. Luckily nothing can get into the house unless we leave the doors open.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

@allknowing That is still one too many.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

12 Mar 18

better to have skinks than skunks

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv I live to serve. My work here is done lol

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

@arthurchappell You've done well today.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

Thanks for pointing that out. I feel much better now!

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121798)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Mar 18

That's a big hole in your butternut. You sure a skink did that? How big do those lizards get in Australia? LOL

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

Sigh - that's not one big bite, it's lots of little nibbles.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121798)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv That would make more sense then! It's obviously hard to tell that from the small photo! Just look around for a fat skink, and that should tell you who the culprit is! haha

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

@moffittjc Here's a close up but now it just looks like an egg.

Edited: I thought I posted a photo but perhaps I didn't.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247184)

• United States

12 Mar 18

Oh, they are as bad as our deer!

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DianneN

@DianneN (247184)

• United States

13 Mar 18

@JudyEv So sorry.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I thought once I'd picked it it would be safe.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317490)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Mar 18

You're probably right about who took a chuck out of your butternut squash. He was a hungry lizard. Good idea to remove the wood in summer.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317490)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv He probably was.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I think the skink might have been nibbling over a couple of days.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (161165)

• United States

12 Mar 18

I have had trouble with box turtles eating cantaloupe before. Very frustrating.

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@JudyEv (342516)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

There is always something to frustrate us isn't there?

snowy

@snowy22315 (182795)

• United States

11 Mar 18

I wouldn't think they would go for those. We have salamanders around here in the summer. I always thought they ate bugs. I think we may have skinks too but they don't get that big.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182795)

• United States

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv Oh we have none that big for sure...!

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