Newbie who needs help...LONG

[Chandra2]

Okay so ive posted over on repticzone but need a faster board.
Last week I decided to adopt a Bosc..I only had pictures so had no idea what I was getting except the guy thought he was a bluetongue skink (seriously). I knew right off from the pics it was a bosc.

Anyway I brought him home today.He is much bigger then I thought.At around 20 inches.He is in a 40 gal breeder with a 250 watt light.He is on redwood bark and has no hide. He is in shed but has what looks like some burns on his back and tail but It could be shed, hard to tell.

What worrys me the most is he is wobbly.Not horribly so but noticeable..They fed him boiled eggs and mice. He had no UVB but not sure if thats important or not based on what ive read..

I soaked him first thing when I got home for half an hour.He is hissy but handleable and seems pretty curious and active.


Here is what I am doing.Since he is so much bigger then I thought.I am making an emergency cage.I cut the ends off two 30 gal bins and bolting them together to make a 4ft cage.Still small but better then what he's got now..I am putting dirt(I was actually putting together some bioactive substrate to use in a ball python cage but will now use it for the Bosc. I will have to get some dirt from the yard as well but think I can get at least a foot of dirt in the bins/cage.

I bought a reptisun UVB bulb and 65 watt floodlight, might need a second one to get the heat up right, Herptivite and Calcium powder.I also got a digital thermo/hygrometer with a probe.

So what do you think, am doing okay for now?? What else should I do?
I did read the website Savannahmoniter.net