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04-28-11, 06:42 PM
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New Fire Skink
Hey all. I just got a new fire skink today. I have been looking for one for a while and finally found one. He/She, not sure yet, is about 8 inches long and very bitey.
This is the best pic I could get at the moment. I will try for some better ones later.
The enclosure is a 20gallon long with the back painted black. It has crushed coconut husk for the substrate, two hides and a water bowl. I also got a fake plant in there. There is a heat lamp and a UVB lamp. 12 hour photo period. I don't have a heat pad yet, but I will get one soon. The temp under the light is about 80 deg. F. and on the cool side it is about 75. Let me know what you think. The heat lamp is a 60w red bulb and the UVB is a Zilla tropical series 25 15 watt T8 in a fish tank hood. Let me know what you think. I am currently in the process of upgrading all of my enclosures, so this one will get all kinds of bells and whistles along with the others.
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04-28-11, 06:43 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
Does he have a yoshi face or is it just me?
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04-28-11, 06:45 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
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Originally Posted by stephanbakir
Does he have a yoshi face or is it just me?
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Lol, kind of.
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04-28-11, 06:56 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
Ahaha looks like a trouble maker! Very nice face though
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04-28-11, 09:18 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
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Originally Posted by Wolfus_305
Ahaha looks like a trouble maker! Very nice face though
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He is a trouble maker. He already bit the crap out of the fiancee. She was not happy.
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04-28-11, 09:28 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
At 8 inches im assuming there were no long-term scars, well... physical scars the mental ones never heal
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04-28-11, 09:54 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
I can imagine why she was less than thrilled
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04-28-11, 10:10 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
I've never been bitten by a little or big lizard so have nothing to compare it to, gona need to try that one of these days
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04-29-11, 11:40 AM
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Re: New Fire Skink
No long term scars, it just gave her a couple of punctures. The cat does more damage when it is "playing."
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04-29-11, 12:06 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
can u get a pic of just him, out of the substrate as i would really love to see his body aswell but from what i can see, hes lush and so is his enclosure.
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04-29-11, 04:23 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
Finally managed to get a couple of good pics of him/her today. He posed for me all pretty this morning.
What do you guys think?
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04-29-11, 04:24 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
He is beautiful - not much more to say!! 
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04-29-11, 04:30 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
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He is beautiful - not much more to say!! |
Lol, thank you very much. He is very rambunctious as well. He has been all over the place today. It is funny to watch.
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04-29-11, 04:30 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
wow hes a stunning skink, very beautiful, nice job on getting him
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04-29-11, 04:32 PM
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Re: New Fire Skink
Fantastic looking skink!
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