This will ensure the animal encounters the least amount of stress possible. Additionally, make sure your new family member is allowed enough time to adjust to its new home. Wait three or four days before attempting to handle your pet and always supervise children when they interact with pets. Their fiery red and orange coloration makes them popular among reptile enthusiasts. Most skinks will readily tame down with patience and frequent gentle handling.
Skinks have powerful mouths and are capable of inflicting a painful bite.
Children should only handle these lizards in the company of an adult. Ideal daytime temperature for fire skinks should range between 75 and 85 degrees. Nighttime temperature should remain between 65-75 degrees. Additionally, a basking area should be created on one end of the enclosure to maintain a local temperature of 95-105 degrees. This can be achieved with a basking lamp or an undertank heater or heated stone.