Hello all! I am considering rehoming my skink locally. I am finding people perusing forums to be more knowledgeable about these animals and Facebook is bit scary (speaking from experience)...
Here’s the deal- we have a very small house (under 900 sq feet) that tends to be very cold (low 60s and sometimes even in the 50’s) so keeping my skink’s enclosure top notch is an anxiety source for me. She seems happy, comes out in search of food, is rather social (its cute!) sheds fine, eats fine etc- but there’s risk her enclosure can get too chilly at night. I think she might be better suited in a home with a more consistent climate. I am not open to shipping her. I live near Albany NY (east of) and I am open to traveling an hour to do the hand off.
I got her last winter from a girl who rescued her from poor conditions- she (not sure) had been living in a tiny tub and was estimated to be just under a year old at the time. I’m thinking that’s pretty accurate as she hasn’t grown since, and would eat for me a few times a week but over the summer started looking for meals once a week (she’ll be 2 this summer by my estimation). She had lost some toes from sheds that weren’t checked, and has a small kink in her tail- we guess from metabolic bone disease that has since resolved. She came to me with a bloody, rubbed nose which I also healed up quickly. She’s an awesome girl, pretty chill and when blueberries are waved in her face she will take them right out of your hand. When she comes out she comes up to the doors and scratches at it with her hand trying to get our attention. We love her! That said- I want the absolute best environment for her.
She has the largest exoterra enclosure, two hides, a stockpile of food I’ve prepared in the freezer (enriched with calcium) the exoterra hood light, an additional lamp for heat (the hood can’t handle heat bulbs) and a UV bulb, manual mister and a log humidifier (needs 7$ replacement motor from amazon) among other goodies. There is an undertank heating pad but I think it will need replacing since the adhesive is on its way out.
I’m only looking for 300$ to ensure a good home and it would include all of the above which adds up to quite a lot. If anyone is interested I’ll also share my basic food recipe that she seems to like so you can keep things consistent if you’d like, but also make tweaks for seasonal produce and such.
Thanks for reading!
Here’s the deal- we have a very small house (under 900 sq feet) that tends to be very cold (low 60s and sometimes even in the 50’s) so keeping my skink’s enclosure top notch is an anxiety source for me. She seems happy, comes out in search of food, is rather social (its cute!) sheds fine, eats fine etc- but there’s risk her enclosure can get too chilly at night. I think she might be better suited in a home with a more consistent climate. I am not open to shipping her. I live near Albany NY (east of) and I am open to traveling an hour to do the hand off.
I got her last winter from a girl who rescued her from poor conditions- she (not sure) had been living in a tiny tub and was estimated to be just under a year old at the time. I’m thinking that’s pretty accurate as she hasn’t grown since, and would eat for me a few times a week but over the summer started looking for meals once a week (she’ll be 2 this summer by my estimation). She had lost some toes from sheds that weren’t checked, and has a small kink in her tail- we guess from metabolic bone disease that has since resolved. She came to me with a bloody, rubbed nose which I also healed up quickly. She’s an awesome girl, pretty chill and when blueberries are waved in her face she will take them right out of your hand. When she comes out she comes up to the doors and scratches at it with her hand trying to get our attention. We love her! That said- I want the absolute best environment for her.
She has the largest exoterra enclosure, two hides, a stockpile of food I’ve prepared in the freezer (enriched with calcium) the exoterra hood light, an additional lamp for heat (the hood can’t handle heat bulbs) and a UV bulb, manual mister and a log humidifier (needs 7$ replacement motor from amazon) among other goodies. There is an undertank heating pad but I think it will need replacing since the adhesive is on its way out.
I’m only looking for 300$ to ensure a good home and it would include all of the above which adds up to quite a lot. If anyone is interested I’ll also share my basic food recipe that she seems to like so you can keep things consistent if you’d like, but also make tweaks for seasonal produce and such.
Thanks for reading!
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. Space is limited so I can’t have multiple high heat lamps above like I used to.