Training

To start, learn the skink's habits and likes by watching it in its natural environment. Allow the skink some time to become used to your smell and vocalizations before you formally introduce yourself. During this first stage, trust is established.

Use hand-feeding as a kind of positive reinforcement to teach your skink new behaviors. Associating your presence with a pleasant and satisfying experience, provide modest, suitably sized food pieces from your hand. since of this, the skink will start to trust you more since you are associated with good things.

To help a skink get used to human contact, offer mild handling gradually. To ease the skink into handling your hands, start with brief sessions. As the skink becomes used to it, you may gradually increase the time. Keep your distance from the skink so it doesn't become startled.

Make sure the skink has plenty of places to hide, appropriate substrates, and things to climb in its cage. A skink's general health may be improved by providing it with a cozy and enriching habitat, which promotes the animal's natural habits and gives it a feeling of safety.

Routines work wonders for skinks.

Keep to a regular feeding schedule and enter the cage in a steady, predictable manner. The skink will develop routines and connections between its actions and the things it does, which will help it cope with stress.

During target training, a skink is led along a predetermined path by means of a target stick or an item. Skinks need to be introduced to targets slowly while being rewarded whenever they follow or engage with them. While handling the skink, this may help direct its movements and encourage desired behaviors.

Keep in mind that the reaction of each Carlia spp. skink to training could be different. While some skinks may warm up to handling, others may be more shy and prefer to keep to themselves. Do not force them to engage in conversation; instead, respect their interests and boundaries.