Auzlizardking
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Eastern water skinks they love to swin and don't grow very big
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My first reptile
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I would get some golden/eastern water skinks, they would go well in an enlosure that size they look awesome(i have only seen wild ones). They are fairly cheap and breed easily as they are live bearers, they can also be handled if you want something that can be handled.
Im not sure about water skinks but most lizards will prefer to crap in the water so if you put a good filter in you would probably rarely need to clean anything other than the filter.
You could probably keep a variety of other things such as various species fish with them too, even young turtles.
Definately one of my favorite skinks.
Im not sure about water skinks but most lizards will prefer to crap in the water so if you put a good filter in you would probably rarely need to clean anything other than the filter.
You could probably keep a variety of other things such as various species fish with them too, even young turtles.
Definately one of my favorite skinks.
An eastern beardie will be able to tolerate a fairly high level of humdity so a planted enclosure would be fine, but i wouldnt keep one in a 4 foot tank, especially if it had a large amount of water. I have also read of beardies drowning when they are young but im not sure of the circumstances as mine can swim pretty good if he is after food.
haha you must have had the same brain wave :lol:
Other species of water skink would also be the in the same boat, but they arnt as good as gold IMO.
Forensick
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what i was thinking of doing, was in the front corner of the tank (6"x12") silicon in a glass divider about 3inches deep, and putting the water in there.
-i have a spare canister filter.
i was thinking more than anything, it would mean there is always going to be clean water there, even if i had to go away for the weekend.
-i have a spare canister filter.
i was thinking more than anything, it would mean there is always going to be clean water there, even if i had to go away for the weekend.
use a bunch of thick leafy jungley looking vines from the $2 shop....and theres proper viney looking stuff u can get from petshops, thats a bit pricey though.
i wouldnt go with a planted terrarium, too much humidity causes respritory infections, and the leat lights would create alot of humidity on damp soil.
central beardies live between 10 and 15 years, ive heard of 1 turning 19....all depends on good husbandry though, proper temps, UVB lights and low fat feeders and getting them to eat their greens are very important for a long life.
if u use a water bowl take it out @ night, when mune were babies one fell off its branch iinto the water bowl and didnt wake up, if i wasnt still up to hear the tiny thud she would have drowned.
i wouldnt go with a planted terrarium, too much humidity causes respritory infections, and the leat lights would create alot of humidity on damp soil.
central beardies live between 10 and 15 years, ive heard of 1 turning 19....all depends on good husbandry though, proper temps, UVB lights and low fat feeders and getting them to eat their greens are very important for a long life.
if u use a water bowl take it out @ night, when mune were babies one fell off its branch iinto the water bowl and didnt wake up, if i wasnt still up to hear the tiny thud she would have drowned.
Auzlizardking
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I have a gold EWS and it love to swim and is also great to watch.
I made a little fish tank and it doesn't affect the wood
I made a little fish tank and it doesn't affect the wood
stringbean
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i rekon u should get an ewd. we get a few of them in the creek near my house, always swimming. they look pretty good to.
chic parma
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easterns grow bigger than centralls aswell, and centrals have better
temperants apparantely.
go the central.
temperants apparantely.
go the central.
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Easterns have great temperments and are more suited to handling than any other lizard that isnt a beardy(as far as i know). Central beardies are just noticeably more tame and almost fearless as a general rule.
Eastern beardies would be better suited to higher humdity, so they would probably be the best choice for the type of setup you are thinking of.
Are you talking about water skinks? Handling WS's would cause them a lot of unecessary stress.
They would need a desert-like setup.
bredli84
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well, you could still put fake plants in there for "ambience" couldnt u? i dont see how it would be much diff to central beardies?
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