Mabuya MultiFasciata (Veekstreepmabuya)

Age: 8 to 12 years old
Origin: Southeast Asia
Length: up to 20 centimeters
These skinks have a small tapered head, dark eyes, a robust body, short limbs and a long, thin tail. Due to the broad spread of this species, the appearance can vary per place. However, this kind usually has a bronze base color, with dark, yellow or orange sides; And a white to yellow throat.

Care
Experience: Average lizard holder
Food: Omnivoor
Feeding adult: 3 times a week
Feed young: daily
Water trough: yes
Change water: daily

Power supply
The Smaragd Skink is an insectivore, the insects that can be offered include crickets, curls and buffalo worms. This diet can possibly be supplemented with mealworms or wax moths. The food must be smaller than the head of the Skink. Feed young animals small crickets or fruit flies every day. Enter as much as they can get up in an hour, remove the non -eaten prey animals to prevent them from disturbing a resting skink. Occasionally some fruit can be fed such as banana, papaya, and berries.

These animals also need extra calcium and vitamins. You can give this by always taking the food animals with so-called calcium and vitamin preparation for reptiles. Fresh drinking water must always be present.

Water
There must always be water, you can offer this in a small water bowl, but the water do change daily to prevent bacteria accumulations in the water. This species gets the most water through the spraying of the terrarium, therefore also spray the terrarium daily.

Cleaning
It is important to clean the terrarium well. Therefore, remove not eaten food animals every day and remove droppings before giving you the SKINK again. Replace the soil material once a month or a few times a year and then immediately clean the rest of the terrarium (including the design). If you use cleaning products, it is important to rinse everything well after time. After you have been in contact with the animals or the terrarium, always your hands well, reptiles can convey salmonella.

Handle
This type of Skink does not like to be used and would never be an animal that can be regularly taken from its terrarium, but with patience they can be made reasonably tame. If you handle the Skink, pick it up by quietly sliding your hands under his body. Support the lower body and lift it off the ground. Keep one thumb on his back while handling so that it cannot run away easily. While handling it is advisable to keep it above your lap or above a table. This prevents the Skink from falling from an altitude. Finally, it is advisable to wash your hands before and after handling. Here you will prevent the SKINK and yourself becoming sick.
Housing
Minimum size stay for 1 skink: 100x45x45
Day temperature: 25-35 degrees Celsius
Night temperature: 15-25 degrees Celsius
Hours of light: 12 hours a day
Humidity: 70-80%
Ground cover: a ground cover that retains good moisture to reach the high humidity, cocopeat, non-fertilized garden soil, beech chips.

Design
This is a raw dweller, so a high terrarium with climbing possibilities is not necessary and they would not use it either. It is important that there are hiding places in the terrarium. You can also dress it up with stones, trunks and fake plants.
The stay must offer different temperatures. There must be both warmer and colder parts so that the animals can choose. A UV-B lamp must still be hung. In this way the animals can build enough calcium on in their bodies. Without this lighting they can get very ill. Use light bulbs, energy -saving lamps or possibly daylight lamps and leave the light on twelve hours a day.
Behaviour
Lifestyle: day -active and raw dweller
Character
This type of skinks is an active animal that would be busy during the day. They can be a bit nervous to be used but with a little patience and the right approach they can be tame.

Points of attention
This species requires a high humidity, so it is important that the terrarium is sprayed daily to achieve this. Keeping several men together is not a good idea since they can show territorial behavior and react aggressively to each other.
Costs and purchase
Legislation: -
One -off costs: This includes the costs for stay, lighting, heating, water bowl and decoration. Together this can cost a few hundred euros up to a few thousand euros. The final amount is due to the quality and size of the products.
Fixed costs: Fixed costs fall the costs for the food, this is a few tens of euros per year.
Unexpected costs: costs are gave birth when your Skink happens to fall ill or your equipment will break.