Baby Fire Skinks hatched in the tank! You don't see this every day. They hatch just as red as the adults but with a gorgeous baby blue tail as well. Unlike the well known Blue-Tongued Skink, these guys actually lay eggs! Their clutch sizes appear to vary between 3-8 at a time. They are fossorial which means they are adapted to life underground so it is important, even for the babies, to provide a substrate that will maintain the shape of their burrows. A 1:3 ratio of Excavator® Clay and ReptiSoi

How to breed garden skinks? The Comprehensive Guide – Reptiles & Amphibians

It’s baby Fire Skink day! After seeing a flash of red skitter around in the incubator, we knew it had to be our Fire Skink eggs. In our experience these guys have a really tight hatch window, likely because the movement of the first hatchling cues the others into hatching as well. So on a hunch we picked up one of the eggs and sure enough a little Fire Skink snout emerged! #reptile #reptiles #babyreptile #babyanimal #hatchling #lizard #skink #fireskink #eggs #egghatching #nature #natureismetal |