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Pics of my skink cages

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Posted by: OliveJewel at Sat Jan 5 10:29:11 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by OliveJewel ]  
   

Hi, I finally got my camera and some of my cages in order at the same time so I wanted to post some pics.



First, here's my Tree Skink (Egernia striolata) cage, housing six, 2 males, 4 females. It is 100 gallons (I think) or about 5'x1.5'x2'.





Here's a pic of one of my tree skinks, a female. I took these pics first thing this morning, so she's opening one eye, wondering what all the fuss is about.





This is a pic of my PTS cage. She used to be in the one used for the tree skinks, but I needed one that holds humidity better. It's a vision cage, I think it's 48"x30"x30". I will give you my criticism: not enough height for an arboreal creature! But that grape log is hollow, which gives great security, and I have not seen her ever scaling the cork in the back, but I still wish it was twice as high with the same floor space.





Here's the close-up of the PTS, Berman. She (actually unsexed) is a vicious little bugger, unlike my last one, which was affectionate, but I still love the little alien.





That's it. Sorry if my post is way too long or braggy. I don't post often and I probably should post this in cage design, but I thought some skink people might appreciate these pics first. I still need to upgrade the Solomon ground skink (Eugongylus albofasciolatus) cage, right now it is too small (20 gal long, but I want to switch her into the "turtle tank" (like a square maybe 24"x24"x9, which I know is not high, but this skink, true to it's name, doesn't try to climb much, so more floor space will be appreciated, I think.) Also, my Schneidy (Eumeces schneideri) is in a 20 gal tall. That sweet little skink loves to run in it's wheel (when it's awake, it's hibernating right now) and I know would love a bigger cage, but since it uses the wheel, I am putting it off til last for upgrades. Here's a video of her running in her wheel. That was when she was in a 10 gal tank.
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Lisa Rakestraw

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1 Corucia zebrata

6 Egernia striolata

1 Eugongylus albofasciata

1 Eumeces schneideri


   

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