Care Sheet for SkinksAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 0 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 06/08/2007 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Skinks |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Bdbo |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Schneider’s Skink |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | N/A |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Tropical play sand or calcium sand. One end should be sand and bark mixed and occasionally misted. Water is a good idea because its better to be safe than sorry. |
Lighting and UVB: | UVB is a necessity and a basking light, this will provide a place to bask and heat. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | One end of the tank should be around 70-75 f
the hot end should be 85-100 degrees, i would go with 90 |
Heating and Equipment: | Usually a basking light can get the temperature on the hot end to 82, but you might want an incandescent heat bulb also but a heat pad under the hot end of the tank would be better. |
Caging Provided: | 20 gallon at the least because they grow to be more than a foot long and will take advantage of the space. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They eat crickets, and most meal and wax worms, i mostly feed mine crickets with the occasional meal worms. Try feeding it fruits and veggies like kiwi, bananas, strawberries, kale, collard greens, carrots, oranges, and broccoli, it probably wont like the fruit at first but make that the only thing to eat for several days and he will eat it and grow a liking for it. it might sound cruel but its necessary, also give it lizard tefu and Ive heard u can give it low fat dog food also. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Occasionally dust crickets with calcium before feeding. he should get other vitamins and calciums naturally from the food you give him. |
Maintenance: | Change water every day, try to avoid using tap water. you can buy reptile water purifier or just give them natural spring bottled water like I do. |
Some Words on this Species: | They love burrowing and a good place to hide. put a shelter on each end of the tank and provide and elevated place under the basking light for it. its safe to handle your skink now and then and they will love the extra room to run around but keep your eye on them. don’t let them have free time outside, they will take off running faster than you imagined and bite you if you try to get them back! |
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