Care Sheet for SkinksAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 4.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 02/18/2008 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Skinks |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Lizard Mania |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Western Blue-tailed Skink |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | In the Spring, Males will start growing an orange or reddish jaw. Males will usually have a wider skull than the females. From my skinks, There is a bigger scale on the left side of my male, and right for my female. |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | For substrate, You can use anything from garden soil to sand to potting soil. These skinks are found in many different terrains and are highly adaptable. For water, They can drink from a shallow dish or they can lick water of of rocks. My skinks drink water both ways. |
Lighting and UVB: | Lighting isn’t to big of a deal but you might want a lamp or light bulbs for your tank hood to keep the temps up. Turn the lamp/bulbs off at night. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Again, These skinks are highly adaptable. Mine are comfortable at room temperature. Humidity isn’t really a problem because these are both desert and forest lizards. you can experiment with the humidity to see what they like the most. If the temps are up, your lizard is most active. |
Heating and Equipment: | Extra heating isn’t really needed, but if you can’t keep the temps up, then you can put a hot rock in the housing. Make the housing look like where you found your skink. If it was found in sand, then use a sandish substrate. If you found it near sticks and logs, then add some of those. You can also add bark or leaves to make it look like a small wooded area. Make a small brush pile for them to play in. Really anything will work. |
Caging Provided: | I used a 10 gallon tank to house 2 skinks. Remember, length is more important than height. They are not arboreal. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | These skinks will literally eat anything that will fit in their mouth...Please do not let them eat anything to big. Their diet varies from meal worms to spiders to crickets. I’ve never seen my Skinks eat a worm. These skinks like trying new things so vary their diets. Don’t just feed them meal worms their whole life. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I have never really used any dusts or vitamins. Mine are fine without them. |
Maintenance: | Change their environment regularly...about once a month. Remember, These skinks are highly active. |
Some Words on this Species: | These Skinks are very neat. I spend a lot of time with mine everyday. They never get boring to watch. Take your skinks outside about 5 days a week so that they can bask out in the sun. These Skinks are very active at higher temps. |
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