How to Care for Fire Skinks | Lepidothyris fernandi
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i adore fire skinks, i’ve always wanted one. my mouse is currently in a 40 gallon breeder but he is getting a 6x3ft. cage after i move (a week from today!!) and i am going to have an empty 40 gallon breeder tank. now i really want a fire skink! i’ll do lots more research before getting one though.
good to hear! fire skinks are great. if you ever get one I'm sure you'll love it.
Someone close to me is selling one :-) I live in SW Texas
Did you end up getting one? I've had my pair for about 2.5 years & they are an awesome species to keep! 🙂
Pointless creature. You’ll never see it. I’m selling mine
I really appreciate you for making this video. It answered a lot of questions I had including a specific question about the Exo-Terra 36x18x18. Ive been eyeing that specific enclosure but wasn't sure which lizards would fit. You hit a major point on how a lot of websites and videos say 20 long which can confuse many people. Great video!! Thanks!
I use a mixture of cypress bark, eco-earth and sphagnum moss for my Fire Skink and it seems to be working really well to keep it's moisture.
Ha, my fire skink only comes "out" at night to drink water, or if I throw in crickets. Otherwise I have to dangle a worm in front of a hide to get her where I can pick her up and hold her. I work with mine a lot so she is super docile.
mine is literally always buried in substrate, but he's young still so I'm hoping when he is bigger and calmer it will be easier to work with him lol.
I'm actually shook at how loud your frogs are lol
They’re so loud I can hear them from the other room lol
Hello Jessica, oh my is he ever a cutie! Your video was top notch on caring for him. I can just imagine the sight of him scampering up your sleeve. Sorry,but that gave me a chuckle. Kind of like when one of my butterfly agamas took of running on the couch over one of the dogs. The dog was like can't you control those things! Should have seen me move. Did hurt after though because of the arthritis but I cought the stinker!
By the way loved listening to your frogs.😃. Sorry I've been missing your live streams😟.
God bless you and yours, Lin
I imagine had you seen him scamper up my sleeve you'd have chuckled in person, too! It was very funny. Don't worry about missing the live streams! I'm just glad you leave your lovely comments :)
I've been thinking of getting a fire skink (or pair). Came to your site and gather a LOT of great info. I was initially considering an enclosure too small. Thank you for suggesting a big enclosure! Really enjoyed this video. Thanks again, Wally
glad to hear you enjoyed :)
@@JessicasAnimalFriends Just spoke to a friend that have a few captive bred babies. Getting 3 Friday!!!! Very excited. Thanks for all the info you shared. Wally
@@SupremeGecko how are they doing? Tank size?
We got an exotic vet although I'm not sure she's very bright. But it's her or drive several hours.
The several hours are much more worth it, if she seems dumb, not helpful, or abusive
@@Naturebeautifaul It was the wrong vet on the phone trying to get information. The real exotic vet that we go to see is really great. 🌻💙
Under tank heaters are actually dangerous! They dig down to cool down in the moisture so if you use a heat pad it can hurt them. Instead, use it on the side!
I currently just use overhead heating this is an older guide, but I personally didn’t have any issues
Roku is a crazy young ( still growing) wild child, from what I have learned beside all you need to know about fire skinks.😂🦎🔥
omg yes he is a wild child XD
Great video. We've just bought an exo terra 36x18x18 for our fire skink... we're making it bioactive, and we're making our own background, so it will take a while... but watching your video has helped us a lot with how we want it set up :)
how exciting!!! I love that size of exo terra- so many possibilities!
I keep my pair in a 70 gallon and they use absolutely every inch of their tank I also have strong branches and plants closer to the ground that they can climb because I dont wnt them to fall and get hurt they are in a bioactive set up because I do find they do best in bioactive setups AMD they come out when I open the door which I find so amazing we use a tropical dirt bedding coconut fiber bedding a little clay some reptibark and some Forrest floor they also have 2 hides a rock one that is their basking spot as well and a cool log hide on the far end of their enclosure
@self345 one is probably 15 inches long the other maybe only 12 or 13 we are sure shes female the other bit sure yet
Also I cant get any plants to do well in the tank the clean up crew keeps eating the roots
I love your channel. I am so glad that you mentioned the wild caught/captive bred issue. I have been having issues finding captive bred specimens. Do you have a breeder or seller you can recommend? I would only want a captive bred one, and would not support wild caught. It is certainly challenging to find a captive bred one. I also appreciate how you stress LARGER enclosures!
thanks so much :) If you live around Chicago, I would keep my eye on craigslist at the beginning of 2019. that's how I found mine :)
I found mine at petco :)
I have a schneiders berber skink which are similar in many ways! I absolutely love him. I also keep him in a 40gal breeder with loose substrate, they create tunnels A LOT and they're a lot of fun to care for!
I also really like Repashy Calcium Plus for a multitude of my species :)
Where did you get yours I’m looking for one
i always say house instead of cage , loving my fire skink , just been learning about the shed cause at first i was like oh whats wrong lol
I have a red foot tortoise a cat a dog birds a baby alligator and now a fire skink
well that’s a lot
I’m sure you are not aware that you are doing it, but make sure you always look at the camera. Great video! Cheers!
Thank you! I’m not great at youtube but i can only get better with each video right? 😂
I'm only used to the native 5 line skinks lol pretty blue tails.... Then I saw these... Nice
Great video, I am interested in getting a fire skink hopefully in the near future. Also, is his name an Avatar reference? Avatar Roku?
That would be dope asf
It would be cool if you did a video on how to research before a new pet. Like what you need to know and how to find good sources and stuff... as always, great video! Your talk videos are really cool!
I'll add it to the list! I posted a video called 5 things to do before getting a pet, but view-wise it didn't do so well lol.
Hello Jessica, I'm a little late to the party, but I've got a few questions I'd wanted to ask since seeing this video.
I'm planning on adding a fire skink to my household, and I'm in the process of getting all my stuff straight on building the enclosure.
First of all, really informative vid, very useful.
But I want to know, do you mix your substrate with water in a separate container to get the right humidity, prior to adding it to the enclosure?
I only saw the one UVB light, is that the only light installed on the enclosure, or would you recommend a separate heating lamp?
You placed the heat mat underneath the enclosure, but I'm afraid the skink might dig down to get cool, only for the temp to get warmer as it crawls down. Would you place the heatmat to the side of the enclosure, or would that diminish the effect of the mat?
Once again, great vid. Hope you, Roku and the other critters are doing well.
I’m late now and you probably already figured this out but I have lizards and in my opinion don’t get the heat Matt maybe just get a heat lamp with a brick that’ll heat up, so it can dig under and go to the other side and get cool
And you should be good mixing substrate in the same place that the lizard lives
Thanks a lot now i want a fire skink!
They’re amazing!
You should a fix your exo terra Bgrnd to the outside back of the tank as apposed to inside... Gives you more room and more importantly keeps food items from hiding behind and dying! Just a suggestion yo! Cool vid! been wanting one for sometime now.
I'm getting one next week! My local pet store is family owned and has nothing but captive bred FSs. 😁
That's why it's a treat
Plz do a live stream this week!
I'll try!
I just got my fire skink today!
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thank you so much!
I have a fire skink, his name is dexter :) I’ve had him for maybe a year. Here to make sure I’m doing everything I can for my bb
Omg dexter that is so PRECIOUS. I’m uploading an upgraded enclosure tour soon :)
Jessicas Animal Friends do you still use the substrate you mentioned in the video?
Grace Micke I use a mix of eco earth and organic top soil
I found one in my backyard and thought it was cute so I kept it lol. I didn't know what it was until I asked my friend who is an expert. So I'm learning how to care for it
You shouldn't have took it from the wild... It hurts the wild population which is already under stress from people taking them cause they are cute.... You should always get captive bred reptiles and amphibians or adopt one not steal it from its natural environment.
You live in Africa?
2:49 jotaro?!
Yare yare daze
Hi so I've been doing a lot of research I really want to get one of these beautiful animals, and in all the videos I've seen they don't talk about the substrate except for this one but I saw you made a video saying eco earth (what you claim to use) is bad so I have no idea what I should use if you could reply to this comment and tell me what you use now, and how it is going, that would be amazing!
Hi! I use eco earth mixed with organic top soil for my fire skink currently. I’d say it’s a 50/50 blend, or leans more heavily toward soil. I also have a video all about my fire skink’s current enclosure so be sure to look for that!
Woot I'm viewer #12😚😚😚
Heyyy 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I don't own one of these yet. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn once, so let me tell you that everything here is wrong.
Fire Skinks are called "Fire" Skinks because they are hot and they start fires. They should be kept in a 75 gallon fish aquarium and fed a hot dog once a week. Please make sure to add at least 5,000 cleaning snails as they will pick up after him when he refuses to clean his room. That's basically all you need.
I HAVE TOO SHOW THIS TOO MY BROTHERS CUZ THEY WANT ONE!
they're great reptiles as long as you respect them for what they are!
Uh, I dont have hides or alot of ecoearth and my house gets pretty cold. Im worried my skink comes tommorow
You Definitely want to add more substrate & heat source
hi there! maybe i missed it but, how often do you feed roku? by the way great video! also how often do you handle him?
Since he’s still growing I feed him every day to every other day! Handling is a bit of a challenge since he hates me lol
Why did mine die? Everything seemed pretty fine other than the fact that they wouldnt eat, but i thought it was just bermation, theyd come out to bask they wouldnt scurry away, shed come out usually at like 10ish pm and do her own thing, humidity was ALWAYS 64ish to 75 temperature was fine, im just kinda dumbstruck like what happened
was she wild caught? mightve had disease or was sick if she was and by not eating,, how long did she go without food??
Have you tried zilla jungle mix? It holds humidity very well & I love it bettef than eco earth
Cypress also is poisonous and sand causes impaction. But why not use real plants when they help retain humidity?
Because it’s a medium sized burrowing species, the fire skink may destroy live plants.
I already have a 40 gallon tank that I had a gold fish tank and went through a lot of videos to find the best skink for me. I gonna use echo earth. I would spray it twice a day i have a little experience with animals I have a created gecko and a leopard gecko I had a fire belly toad but we decided she would better with my grammas friend I had some gold fish but the filter annoyed the crap out of me and keep waking we up in the middle of the night so had to get rid of that. I have a fresh water tank that my dad took from me he said it’s his or I’m grounded
Reptiles enclosures are cool
thanks :)
Thanks
roku is the perfect name for a fire skink xd
If you give him uvb you shouldn't need to give him synthetic d3. Sounds like overkill
he doesn't bask too often, he is usually buried. but thank you for your input!
That's reasonable
Looking to get a skink for my daughter. She’s 9 years old. We’re in between the fire skink or peters band. What is the difference between the two ? Thanks
Peters banded skinks are always wild caught, fire skinks can be captive bred. I don’t recommend either for a small child
Did it hurt when he bit you
Hello Ompa lompa
Woot!
Thank you for the information that was honestly super helpful I just a fire skunk today I need to get a bigger tank for him , but for some reason my skink is not shy at all he lets me hold a lot and he is very calm I’m not sure if that’s good or bad I just wanted your input that.
You shouldn’t handle your reptile for the first few weeks you have it home. He’s probably allowing you to hold him out of stress or fear. But some people have good luck with skinks, so I hope yours continues to be friendly down the road
you gotta mix the substrate...moss..cypress and forest floor they borrow 95% of time
Yes he is always burrowed. The person I got him from said to use peat moss and eco earth when he is bigger, eco earth until then.
Had one for 3 months in a 40 gallon breeder...never saw it
Hi, I watched your video and I'm still not 100 sure on what I should do for shedding. When I see that he is going to shed, should I do anything else to help it shed or just keep the tank the way it is and make sure the humidity is correct?
If the overall enclosure humidity is in the correct range, you will not need to offer anything else for your skink to have a successful shed
@@JessicasAnimalFriends ok great!
@@JessicasAnimalFriends ok great!
hit or miss?
would they work with spring tails or isopods?
Probably, but I’d do some research!
Springtails yes (imo) but I'm too scared to try isopods because i think they would feel their movements & 'hunt them" which would result in them getting allot of substrate in their mouth & I'd be scared of impaction.
My friend feeds his fire skink mice exclusively. What are the consequences of benefits of that?
There are no benefits, the downside is obesity and eventually death. The occasional mouse is fine but they should not be fed mice exclusively
Jessicas Animal Friends that's what I figured. Thanks 🙂
10:44 i guess they never miss, huh?
On behalf of Polite Society, must deliver you this notice to Cease and Desist.
n o .
This is 3 yrs ago but do you know if reptisoil is any good?
I’ve heard good things about it but never tried it myself!
Can you please do a cost video on skinks how much per initial buying per week and month and year please !!!!!
Including blue tounge skinks
I only personally have two skinks, so I think a whole video would be a bit much. however I could discuss how much reptiles cost in general, or I could answer any specific questions you have
@@JessicasAnimalFriends yeah I toatly understand I was just curious they are so beautiful i would love to see them in more videos 😄
Siena Thuringer I have a video coming out about Roku in January :)
Thanks for sharing your video Jessica I have two Africa fire skinks I have been searching for something on the Internet about their enclosure more about them how to take care of and if there is anything out there and very little on the internet about them they don't even have they in pet store out here I have had them since June they have gotten very big one at 11 inches the other ones at 10 inches so it almost full side your video helpful I'm always on the internet searching for more info about them so thanks for sharing again
Absolutely! Glad to help :)
Do you think a 36"x24"x24" PVC is big enough for a breeding pair?
That's like 90 gallons. I also plan to set up layers of running space with cork rounds and branches. I have heard they will do some climbing if given the opportunity.
Yes I think so especially if you offer plenty of enrichment :) Roku definitely climbs! Roku also loves to burrow.
Do you work at petsmart? I am pretty sure I have seen you at the one in Slidell La
Nope and I live in Indiana :)
My Halmahera Blue tongue Skink, He is now 3 months old, I got him in May, he was Born a day after my birthday! I got him from a website called Undergroundreptiles, he was $300.00! 😬 All together, it was $600.00 including hides, substrate, lighting. And yes, they are not a cheap animal, the blue tongue skink can be up to, two feet long, they have really cute hotdog bodies with with tiny legs, and a longggg tail. Every morning I turn Feran’s light on, and my leopard geckos lights’ on. My Halmahera blue tongue skink is diurnal like us, which means they only need a light/heat lamp, I have a hide/rock under his lamp so he can bask, yes they do bask like she said, but they don’t tan!!😂 As a baby your skink will be very afraid of you, and you will love seeing your skink grow and be more happy around people, I suggest getting a skink, they are such dosile and sweet creatures to own and watch grow, thank you for providing me with this information. Im watching the diet video after😬😂. ~Meah
Oh man... Underground? 😬 I hope you quarantined! Did it have Any kind of mites? How's it doing now??
my skink has 39 he is soo big
Where did you purchase your fire skink?
Found him on Craigslist!
I have to ask, got a fire skink about a week and a half ago, he is not coming out at all not eating did you experience this at all? Starting to get worried
fire skinks are very shy. it would not surprise me if you don't see yours much. how are you offering food? I offer mine in a bowl so my skink can come out to eat when he feels safe. it's also fairly common for reptiles to go off food when they are in a new environment
I leave him food in a bowl. Since he hasn't ate in a week and a half I'm leaving him 3 super worms, 3 wax worms in the bowl and 2 crickets in the cage cause he hasn't ate with me so I can cover the bases. I took him out today and put him in a plastic container with food in it to try that. He bit at one but no go(pet store told me to try that)
I'm only worried cause he is not exploring the cage and coming out of his hole(no tunnels, no signs of crawling in the substrate) he just sits there
Describe your set up to me please. I have two living together both doing very well.
luis arias 20 gallon long, with 3 inches of substrate in the low side 4 to 5 on the high side, a 75w day bulb with a 5w uvb both on the low side with the heat pad. He has 3 hides one on top of the pad a cork hollow and a half log with one bush decoration and 2 of the vines that have the glass suckers, his basking is about 95 with the cool side around 83 and at night I have an infrared night bulb that does not let out light that keeps his tank 84 at night. I keep the moisture pretty moist and never let the top drop below 40%
Hey there for the calcium powder do you use the one with a leopard gecko on the bottle
Is it called capsicum plus
Calcium plus
Oh my god, Roku is an awesome name 😭 I wanna get one and name it Sozin hahaha
yes, sozin! my sister wanted me to name the skink Azula but she's terrible!
My fire skinks name is azula 😂😂😂
Can you have a bio active set up with fire skinks?
They like to burrow so it probably isn’t a good idea because they would just uproot the plants
STUBBY
Imma get one and name it magma
Do they eat their shed?!
Nope
Thanks
Are carrots a good food for superworms?
yep!
Yes
Hmm...ok..thats part of their diet..healthy for them
From what I’ve read, mice are very fatty and should be offered seldom if at all to fire skinks.
Do you like a mix of eco Earth and cypress mulch would work.
possibly, if the Cyprus mulch was smaller chunks. would be hard to make tunnels that way though.
How often do people tell you you look like Emma Stone?
Pretty often 😂
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@@JessicasAnimalFriends this makes me want to get a fire skink and Saturday is repticon in Oklahoma City
Worst pet of all time. Enjoy seeing them once a month for 30 seconds