Care Sheet for SkinksAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.11 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 08/08/2003 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Skinks |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Anonymous |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Five lined skinks |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | blue tailed skinks (same thing) |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Females keep there five lines throughout there lives
males turn a brown with a redish head |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Use repti bark and have a water dish big enough for them to sit in |
Lighting and UVB: | I use reptisun and a zoomed basking spot lamp with a 50 watt bulb |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Keep the humidity down low and the day temps should be in the 82-88 and noght shpuld only drop about 10 degrees |
Heating and Equipment: | I use reptisun 5.0 and a zoomed basking spot lamp make sure you put the lamp abput 10 inches away form the basking spot |
Caging Provided: | I provided my skink with a 20 gallon long tank and a few rocks and a little fake hollowed log in the hot area so he can sit and bask |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Crickets only 2 times aweek feed them until they are full theywont sem intereted when they are full it should be about 3-4 crickets 2 times a week |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Iuse herpivite and repcal dusted only 1 time a week |
Maintenance: | Maintence is fairly easy just lick up the droppings when you see them and clean the tank 1 time a week rince water daily |
Some Words on this Species: | Life expectancy 1year- years depending on how good you care for it |
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