As skinks are omnivores, you can also offer them fresh vegetables that are found safe for them to eat as well. Cat and dog food can be fed to your skink as a healthy addition to their diet. … Cat food can be offered to young skinks, but once theyRead More →
A hatchling red-eyed crocodile skink (above) weighs only a few grams and is a couple inches long. A full-grown adult grows to lengths of eight to 10 inches. Mature crocodile skinks are sexually dimorphic. How many crocodile skinks can I keep together? Two skinks can be kept in a 10-gallonRead More →
Sandfish are well-adapted to living in arid, sandy habitats. These lizards are named for their habit of “swimming” in the sand. Sandfish are not ideal for beginners, but intermediate and advanced keepers will find them pretty easy to maintain. How do you take care of a sandfish skink? Feed themRead More →
Be advised that although skinks are not aggressive, they have strong jaws and teeth, and a bite from a skink can be quite painful. Try to avoid provoking or startling them, and don’t let small children interact with a skink without proper supervision. What do you do if there’s aRead More →
Also, skinks aren’t poisonous or venomous, so the colour can’t function to warn away potential predators. In fact, some biologists have proposed exactly the opposite — that these colourful tails attract the attention of predators. Is a blue tailed skink poisonous? The blue-tailed skink bite presents no threat to humans,Read More →