Hey Jason, Congratulations!
My first-ever clutch hatched on Christmas day, and this is how I've done it
so far...The little buggers haven't complained yet.
I have the pair in a 5 gallon tall tank. (approx. 12" x 8" x 16" LWH)
Substrate is roughly 4:4:1 fine fir bark: peat moss: horticulture grade
charcoal. A couple of thumb thick branches and generous climbing foliage (I
prefer the fake stuff, but that's your call) for their all-day siesta.
I mist the tank pretty religiously every morning and evening. I have one
Reptisun 2.0, but no supplemental heating; room temperature ( at least in San
Diego) is suitable to them.
Now, feeding. My adults seem quite fond of peach, apricot and other various
combos of fruit baby food, but my babies either don't want anything to do
with it, or they are eating such miniscule ammounts that I can't even notice
it; in either case I have never actually seen them eating it. The other
problem I have is that, because of the frequent misting/high humidity, the
baby food goes bad after 36 - 48 hours in the tank...keep an eye on it.
Despite some stories that I have heard, my babies needed no coaxing to take
small crickets. They love them! I do still put in the baby food, just in
case, but they certainly relish those baby crickets.
They're really pretty straight forward...If you can keep adults, you can keep
babies.
Seipp/Henkel suggest the same care, with slightly lower temps and higher
humidity than the adults. 'Nuff said.
Good luck,
Neal
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