HELP! Broadhead Skink

j***@dixie.k12.fl.us

2017-04-27 15:20:45 UTC

The best way to care for your new pet is to let him go where you found
him. Besides effecting a loss to the environment (the food chain and the
availability of different species for posterity), it is very likely that
the skink will never adjust to captivity and will die. If you want a pet
skink, buy it captive-bred from a breeder or good pet store. A broadheaded
skink is only about $15.
Please let him go!

But those pet store broad headed skinks are wild caught, too. Better to
either stick with one personally caught or release it and *not* buy a
pet store skink.
AFAIK, broad headed skinks do fairly well in captivity, though I've
never kept any personally.
Behold the tortoise: he makes no progress unless he sticks his neck out.

i am going to have to disagree with everyone on the subject of "let him go" provided a good enough environment, ample food (the right kinds) and room to roam, i think the skink will be fine, so long as you keep it away from any outside contaminants from here-on-out. broad head skinks eat just about anything and everything, and are omnivores, plenty of fruit and meal worms will do the trick. make sure he has a leaf bedding in his terrarium and some place to climb and bask. but yes, they bite and they do HURT. if you have caught a grown one then try not to handle it, if you have caught a baby (which are more common)then it should be fine, when they have been raised in a stable captive environment they can be very docile and even affectionate any time that is not mating season. i have raised one from a hatching and i caught him swimming in leaves. he grew up to about half a foot long before he died (i believe) of old age, i made a lot of mistakes trying to keep him and many of the ones before him i caught died or almost died before i released them. so if you are not very experienced in handling reptiles then i suggest you let him go, otherwise i think you'll be a-okay.