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American Five-Lined Skink care?

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Cliygh and Mia

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Hey all, as you know from my previous thread, not only did I catch an American Five-Lined skink, (which I named Smaug) but he escaped for about 4 days, and I recaptured him, (thanks to Monster and Krispy on Frog Forum) but how do you care for them? From the only two caresheets online, I determined they like to burrow/climb, love high temperatures, and love to eat. but is there anything else that you guys out there did? Did you use sand for the heavily burrowing animal? What kind of UVB bulbs did you use? Tell me in the replies how you cared for your American Five-Lined Skinks!
 
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Cliygh and Mia

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No, I know how to care for them, I was wondering if there was anything that the caresheets left out (they were very short caresheets)
 

supergrappler

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Skinks need to be able to burrow so a cocofiber/sand mix would be good and if properly cared for will rarely be seen lol. Standard reptile lighting should be fine with uvb/heat etc. Make sure he has a little water dish and give him a varied diet. Appropriately sized crickets, wax worms, grasshoppers and an occasional earthworm will be greatly appreciated by this species.

Good luck!
 
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Cliygh and Mia

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Oh, and BTW, whoever did the rep thing saying, and quote "Stressing the skink will end up killing it" accidentally left the rep green, soo :p
 
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Cliygh and Mia

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Vacation update! Smaug before we left was doing really good. He was basking and didn't run when I looked at him. Here are his setup pics BTW
 

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Cliygh and Mia

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Just have to enter five characters and I'll be done
 

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Cliygh and Mia

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Oh, today I found another one,(A teenager, a little bit bigger than Smaug) which I named Behemoth. He is developing into a male, and Smaug looks like she may turn out into a female,(growing and keeping her stripes and tail color) so how easy are they to breed? I see videos on YouTube with the skinks breeding, so are they an easy species to breed?
 
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Cliygh and Mia

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Pictures!:D
 

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Cliygh and Mia

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I have, and sorry about the blurry pictures, he just wouldn't sit still!:wink:
 

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I have, and sorry about the blurry pictures, he just wouldn't sit still!:wink:
well that's better then having lazy animals :D
my spotted salamander is the most lazy animal if ever seen:happy: (even lazier then a koala)
 
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