Question about Crocdile Skinks

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Zfishies

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I know Crocdile Skinks eat crickets, mealworms, and wax-worms, and when there adults maybe a pinkie mouse but is there any already made food for them? like Crocdile Skink pellets? do they eat shrimp? i dont want to keep running to the pet store every week:nilly:. is there any other food for them? and what are pretty kinds of Crocdile Skinks i know there is Orange Eyed, Red eyed .... witch one is awesomer?:confused:
 
I would assume leave them in a shallow dish on the land portion, or feed them directly with tweezers if the one you get isn't shy.
 
rudukai13;4048480; said:
I would assume leave them in a shallow dish on the land portion, or feed them directly with tweezers if the one you get isn't shy.
ok thanks(: even if its shy can u train him/her to be cool with you? how can you tell if its shy or not?
 
If it hides when you walk up to the tank, it's shy. I've never had one so I can't say specifically but from what I've read they are all fairly shy and never really are broken of it.
 
You my friend need to do ALOT of reserch before even considering purchasing a croc skink, if you knew the woule truth you would probably think twice. The croc skinks you find up for grabs in pet stores are allmost 100% wild cauth in their native home lands, they are often parasited, stressed and that doesant fit well in a animal so delicate. Also wild cauth croc skinks even with proper care are noutorious for apearing to setle just fine and then dying all of the sudden wich shows that the capture and import process leaves long lasting "scars" in them. Also these are not by any means a begginer reptile, they need very presise conditions in order to trive and healty varied feeder insects are a absolute must, there is no such thing as prepared croc skink food, if you are to keep them sucessfully you have to handle purchasing, breeding and caring for insects. And pinkie mouse in my opinion is a no no, croc skinks survive with a very lean diet in the wild and are prone to obesity in captivity. Well kept long term imported individuals and captive bred ones do fine, breed and live for many years. If you want even then, do your reserch, build insect colonys and serch for somebody breeding them. Getting cb ones is the key to get healty individuals, not pet store ones.
 
Zfishies;4048517; said:
ok thanks(: even if its shy can u train him/her to be cool with you? how can you tell if its shy or not?
Oh and if you like handling reptiles croc skins are not for you, this are reclusive creatures, they must be left alone in order to trive, esencialy hands of pets.
 
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