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happydog March 31, 2024 12:58 PM

Skinks in the greenhouse
 
Are they ok to have in the greenhouse, or do I need to get them out? If so, how do I do that? I googled it but apparently I'm the only person in the universe with this problem. I can't find any info about whether they're good to have in a greenhouse: eating spiders and bugs - or bad: nibbling my seedlings or burrowing down in my pots and eating roots. They're kind of big and nerve wracking. This morning I was emptying pots, all zen and relaxed, and one jumped out of a pot of soil at me. :?:

[url]www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/reptiles/lizards/southeastern-five-lined-skink.html[/url]

Salsacharley April 2, 2024 09:31 AM

I've got blue tailed lizards and skinks all over my property and I have never experienced any problems other than having to rescue the lizards from my pool. I see them burrow their faces in the soil back and forth to find whatever they do there to eat. Roadrunners eat the lizards so I expect they eat the skinks too.

MrsJustice April 2, 2024 10:05 AM

[QUOTE=happydog;772293]Are they ok to have in the greenhouse, or do I need to get them out? If so, how do I do that? I googled it but apparently I'm the only person in the universe with this problem. I can't find any info about whether they're good to have in a greenhouse: eating spiders and bugs - or bad: nibbling my seedlings or burrowing down in my pots and eating roots. They're kind of big and nerve wracking. This morning I was emptying pots, all zen and relaxed, and one jumped out of a pot of soil at me. :?:

[url]www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/reptiles/lizards/southeastern-five-lined-skink.html[/url][/QUOTE]

Even though Virginia has Skimks; I have never seen one here on my Mini Farms.

Maybe because I have a Cat at all times.

Do you have a Cat? :cute:Amen!!

happydog May 30, 2024 07:46 AM

According to my extension agent they're fine. They eat bugs, not seedlings. So now it looks like I'm running a skink habitat in the greenhouse. I keep saucers of water filled for them. I'm hoping they love slugs and pill bugs, haha.


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