Is there any other reptile I can house with a red eye crocodile skink?

Question

I have a 40 gallon critter tank. I would like two lizards that look different from each other. If not the crocodile skink I might get a fire skink. Any ideas?

Answer 1

fire skinks require different care (tribs need higher humidity for starts.)

Also (as I sure u know as it must have cropped up in your research) tribs are easily stressed and often somewhat flighty and housing another animal will likely cause stress related problems.



also have u considered

aggression (fire skinks are known to sometimes be bitey)

disease/parasite/pathogen transfer

habitat (how well will you be able to house these 2 species together)

food competition

the list goes on



alot of people are completely against mixing species and for good reason I've seen it work a few times but done by people who have worked with both species PRIOR to mixing and know what to look out for in large well thought-out bespoke vivariums I would not recommend it especially what your suggesting.





40 gal sounds about the correct size for 2 tribs (crocodile skinks) so why not just get a second.

Answer 2

You can house some other reptiles in with him, im not sure what but it can be dangerous housing two different animals togather so I would go with just the skink.

Answer 3

Generally you can't...Different species need different care and you wouldn't be able to meet both their needs at once.

Even with ones of the same species they often can't be housed together (Such as blue tongue skinks) because they'll fight and the close quarters stress them out.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Get another one and make some babies :P!

Answer 6

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