You'll never guess what I found while eating weed today.

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Well, weed eating. Either way, I found this.

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[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Yep..its a lizard.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

Get him high.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

looks boss

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

Nice little salamander, going to keep him?

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

Yep..its a lizard.

Amphibian actually, not a lizard.

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Nice little salamander, going to keep him?

Amphibian actually, not a lizard.

It's a skink, actually, so it's a lizard. And I'm keeping the shit out of him. I've now got him in a 10 gallon tank with a full spectrum day light, food and water dishes, and a couple of logs that I modified for awesomeness.

I'll upload a picture after I shower.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

It's a skink, actually, so it's a lizard. And I'm keeping the shit out of him. I've now got him in a 10 gallon tank with a full spectrum day light, food and water dishes, and a couple of logs that I modified for awesomeness.
I'll upload a picture after I shower.

Make sure he doesn't bite you, would hate for you to get salmonella.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

goly gee wilikers.

 

[brynm 10+ year member]

My bad, we don't have skinks around here, looks very similar.

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Make sure he doesn't bite you, would hate for you to get salmonella.

Yeah, I read somewhere that this species carries pretty nasty bacteria and that handlers need to be cautious.

Get him high.

Probably not going to try to get him high, but I might dust some of his food with shroom dust at some point. Or maybe not.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Make sure you do plenty of research on the care/husbandry even though it seems your doing alright so far (except for the full spectrum light, I hope that's not a coil light, you would be better with a reptisun 5.0 or 10.0 if they have real UV needs like beardies do). What about a heat lamp? Care sheets will tell you what the ambient temps need to be.

Also I know it may be different for a wild caught animal but generally you want to bake any logs/rocks/whatever in the oven to kill parasites before you put them in his tank.

Also, check with your local laws, some states it's illegal to house native species as pets (I believe here in ohio it's illegal to keep garter snakes as pets even though they're everywhere outside).

Lastly, enjoy your new pet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

oh my... on another note, I'm glad you got rid of your sig. That thing gave me flashbacks...

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

Make sure you do plenty of research on the care/husbandry even though it seems your doing alright so far (except for the full spectrum light, I hope that's not a coil light, you would be better with a reptisun 5.0 or 10.0 if they have real UV needs like beardies do). What about a heat lamp? Care sheets will tell you what the ambient temps need to be.
Also I know it may be different for a wild caught animal but generally you want to bake any logs/rocks/whatever in the oven to kill parasites before you put them in his tank.

Also, check with your local laws, some states it's illegal to house native species as pets (I believe here in ohio it's illegal to keep garter snakes as pets even though they're everywhere outside).

Lastly, enjoy your new pet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Son of a bitch, I do need UVB. The light I'm using right now is actually Exo Terra brand; it's just a daytime basking bulb, 50W. Right now it's aimed at the log. I haven't been able to find any really detailed information on this species(great plains skink if you want to search), but so far I've seen anywhere from 75-85 degrees F ambient, 85-90 degrees F basking, and 60-70 degrees F night.

I sterilized both of the logs before using them. Hmm, now I need to look around for some kind of fluorescent fixture.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

thats pretty cool, makes me want to wake the 4'+ giant sleeping behind the couch(my argentine B&W tegu)