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.