far from an expert in red eyed croc skinks...but something about your post caught my attention. Water changes... as I am pretty sure these crocs don't need large pools of water in their cage, just a bowl to drink from...daily water changes is just part of owning an animal. Its not that hard to do.



If you absolutely don't want to deal with daily water changes, then you are better off going with a reptile that is from a desert environment who get 90% or more of their moisture from the prey they eat.



Substrate ingesting is always a possibility but if the pieces are large enough, shouldn't be an issue with these skinks. It more fine grain substrates that can cause impaction if ingested in quantities. Cypress mulch should be fine. If you are still worried, feed in shallow bowls and/or just cover a section of the substrate with a paper towel and place food ontop one at time...waiting till the skink comes out to eat them. Or feed them on tongs.



Oh, as I don't know alot about these skinks..if they like high humid environments you could set up filters in a water feature...but cleaning filters regularly and making sure the water feature poses no danger to the skinks..probably be far more work than changing a water bowl once a day. Not to mention more costly.
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