These large skinks are preferably kept in outdoor pits during the warmer months of the year. This has many advantages over the indoor enclosure. These include an endless supply of high quality UVB for nothing and vegetable and insect food in abundance . Their diet in the wild is anything slow enough for them to catch. This includes grass, snails , fruit and flowers with the occasional unlucky insect or animal.
Juveniles are more carnivorous than adults.
All bowls used should be broad based , glazed and heavy so they can't get underneath and make a big mess of the contents. A variety of food on offer will keep these skinks healthy. Fast moving insects can be offered on the end of a pair of forceps. Photograph stolen from the Usenet. Take care that any plants they do munch on are not toxic such as Oleander , Rhubarb or Potato leaves.