Contact Exotic Reptiles Paradies
Address
Moonlight State Beach, Encinitas, CA 92024 USA
Business Hours
Monday - Friday
08 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday
11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Sunday
12 p.m. - 12 a.m.
We have a wealth of experience working directly with exotic pets. Our team can guide you from purchasing your first reptile, amphibian or invertebrate; right through to offering aftersales support and giving advice on health and hygiene products, providing animal enrichment and/or nutrition.
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The Red Eyed Crocodile Skink reaches an adult size of 18 to 20cm head to tip of tail. They are native to Indonesia and the surrounding Islands.
These lizards looks like a miniature crocodile rather than a species of skink. The body scales are rough, with three hard, spiky projections running along their back down to the tip of the tail. The eyes are unique with a red/orange ring around the eye socket and yellow in the corner of the eye.
Sexing of Red Eyed Crocodile Skinks is not difficult. A close inspection of the underside will show a section which looks like a belly button; males tend to have larger scales in this area compared to females. They reach maturity in their third or forth year and live to an average life span of 12-15 years.
They are native to Indonesia and have been collected from Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea. Red Eyed Crocodile Skinks live in moist areas close to water.
It is recommended to keep Red Eyed Crocodile Skinks in a spacious terrarium which can withstand high humidity levels.
A 36x15x15" vivarium or glass tank will house an adult pair, do not house males together as fighting may occur. The enclosure should be heated to an ambient air temperature of 28C (82F) with a basking area of 32C (89F). Allow night time temperatures to cool down to 22C (72F). The use of a thermostat is essential to control your skinks enclosure.
Due to the Red Eyed Crocodile Skink being nocturnal, a low percentage of UV lighting is recommended. The use of a infra red bulb will allow night viewing.
Use a substrate which can hold some moister, we use the coco bricks mixed with orchid bark. Hides should be provided throughout the enclosure, humidity hides are essential as a 80-95% humidity is ideal. Some climbing areas should be given in the form of cork bark, sand blast branches etc.
Fresh water should be provided daily in a large water dish or tray, ensure this is not too deep and place some stones in a tray to prevent your skink from drowning. Feed on a range of live foods like crickets, locusts, wax worms, mealworms and feeder roaches. Young should be fed daily and adults every two to three days. Dusting of the live food is recommended to ensure your skink has all the vitamins and minerals it requires. Dust at least three times a week for youngsters and once a week for adults.
WE ONLY SHIP WITH UPS. We are an approved Reptile Shipper with UPS and FEDEX. Nothing sneaky going on they know we are shipping snakes and other reptiles. Yes, I know it says on their site that they do not accept snakes, with that being said there are a few well-known reptile shippers that have obtained APPROVAL to ship with UPS.
When you want a HOLD FOR PICK UP with UPS it must be at held at a UPS CUSTOMER CENTER. You can go to https://www.ups.com/dropoff/ then put in your Zip Code where it says NEAR. Select SEE ALL OPTIONS, then Open Location Type and check the box for UPS CUSTOMER CENTER. Then push the FIND button and you will have a list of places that will hold for pick up. Select the one that will work the best for you. Click on the location and view their pick up hours. Then copy the whole address and send it to us for your shipping location and be sure to tell us it is a HOLD FOR PICK UP. Address should look like this below.
UPS CC - OREM573 N 1500 W, OREM, UT, 84057-2817It is your responsibility to send us the correct delivery address. We will also need your Phone Number and personal EMAIL for tracking information to be sent to you. Your Morph Market account will not work for email tracking information.
We only ship Monday, Tuesday or Wednesdays. During the heavy shipping season we try to avoid Monday shipping.
We only ship when weather permits safe shipping.
Lastly please do not ask us to ship any other agency.
DEPOSITS:
Deposits are only taken on purchases of $ 500.00 or more. ALL deposits are NON REFUNDABLE. All Payments towards your purchase are NON REFUNDABLE. When we reserve an animal for you we are saying to others it is not available. When you back out of a commitment we must re market that animal and others that were previously interested have by that time moved on to something else. Therefore all payments are NON REFUNDABLE.
PAYMENTS:
Full payment is required before shipping. We accept Visa, MG, Zelle & PayPal. Tax is due on all Utah state sales. On many of our animals we receive multiple inquires when you are sent an email it should be replied within those 24hrs otherwise the animal will be offered to the next person in line.
PAYMENT PLANS: Payment plans are available on purchases of $ 500.00 or more and require a NON REFUNDABLE deposit of 25% and payments of at least 25% every 15 days. We have found if people do not make a payment every two weeks they do not follow through with their commitment.
Example: $500 purchase total with shipping
Aug 1st $125.00
Aug 15th $125.00
Aug 30th 125.00
Sep 14th 125.00
LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEE:
We Guarantee Live Arrival when we approve the shipping time and you are there to receive the animal in person. If you are not there to receive the animal, then you have no guarantee.
While UPS does all it can to deliver on time sometimes there are shipping delays. They DO NOT offer late arrival refunds. Please do not ask for a refund of shipping costs when the animal is late.
HEALTH GUARANTEE:
We take great pride in our animals and our reputation. We have been in the reptile business for over 30 years. We try to send out only the best animals. We do NOT have MITES. You will not get MITES from us. Nor will our boxes be sprayed with any mite spray when shipping as we do not have mites. We guarantee that upon arrival your pet will be OUTWARDLY healthy. This means it will move and look normal. We are not responsible for internal issues that may arise. We cannot see inside the them to know if it will have heart, stomach, liver or other problems. Unfortunately after it is in your care we cannot be responsible for issues that may arise. People drop, crush, overheat and let food items hurt their animals all too often. So please be sure when you receive you check it out and if you notice something wrong let us know in the first FOUR hours of receiving the animal. We do not sell animals that do not eat. All animals will have feed several times before you receive them. They should eat fine for you but sometimes they do not because of different surroundings or care. We are not responsible for them not eating in your care, but we will do our best to help you be successful.
Excellent service yet again from you guys! Boa rrived alive and healthy. Dispatched and delivered REALLY fast. Love my new friend Thanks again guys!
I just recieved my first purchase from Exotic-Pets of 25pinkies and 25fluffs and I'm very pleased to say that it was of a standard better than anywhere else I have bought reptile supplies from either on the internet or at pet stores.
The mice were still frozen, they arrived within 2days of ordering and brought out constriction in all of my little snakes, so I'm very impressed and will definately be a regular from now on.
Received the chameleons today and very happy with purchase, will buy again, thanks.
I must say im verry happy with my cornsnake. Very healthy, alert and a better morph than i ordered. Thankx v much.
Hakeem and Juan
Store Owner
Hakeem and Juan have been keeping and breeding various species of reptiles and amphibians for over 30 years together. During this time we have endeavored to produce quality animals for our customers. We strive for only the best in customer satisfaction. Were breeders so offspring sold here are produced by us. We run a clean operation and only family members work with our snakes. NO MITES here! We look forward to meeting you soon.
Contact Exotic Reptiles Paradies
Business Hours
Monday - Friday
08 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday
11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Sunday
12 p.m. - 12 a.m.