Just a note, I am only planning on keeping the skink in the tank for up to about 3 days.
Hello everyone.
Before I start, I really know very little about reptile keeping at all, so bear with me.
Every now and then, the family dog brings in a tiny little lizard, what I have always assumed are skinks. They are probably about 5cm long from the head to the tip of the tail.
They're unharmed when he brings them to me, and he usually just drops them on the floor as a present. I put them back in the garden out of his reach, but they always die in the next few days.
I'm interested to know whether I could keep the poor little lizards in my son's terrarium for a few days, to give them time to recuperate, and then I'd release them again.
The tank is about a foot wide and half as deep, standard fish tank size I suppose. There are ferns inside, and it's kept in a warm room, but not in direct sunlight. Would it be possible to keep a lizard comfortably in there for a few days, and what would I feed it?
If anyone could give me some general pointers, I'd be very appreciative.
Hello everyone.
Before I start, I really know very little about reptile keeping at all, so bear with me.
Every now and then, the family dog brings in a tiny little lizard, what I have always assumed are skinks. They are probably about 5cm long from the head to the tip of the tail.
They're unharmed when he brings them to me, and he usually just drops them on the floor as a present. I put them back in the garden out of his reach, but they always die in the next few days.
I'm interested to know whether I could keep the poor little lizards in my son's terrarium for a few days, to give them time to recuperate, and then I'd release them again.
The tank is about a foot wide and half as deep, standard fish tank size I suppose. There are ferns inside, and it's kept in a warm room, but not in direct sunlight. Would it be possible to keep a lizard comfortably in there for a few days, and what would I feed it?
If anyone could give me some general pointers, I'd be very appreciative.
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