You have a tough job!
Can you mist her and maybe injure some of the fruit flies to make
them easier catches?
You might need to mist her well and try a fine tweezer to get that
skin off?
Lyle
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On Jun 1, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Sherron wrote:
We found a tiny hatchling on May 13 that was a little underdeveloped
and was still in that grayish skin they have when they first come out
of the shell. She was dehydrated and has a problem with her right
leg, but is spunky.
We haven't been able to release her outside like we do the rest of
the hatchings we find, as her bad leg has kept her from being very
mobile, but she has been doing pretty well eating tiny bugs & aphids
I collect for her. She has also shown a real interest in the fruit
flies around her papaya, but I don't think she has managed to catch
any yet.
But she started having trouble yesterday and was real cold & clammy,
so we put a heating pad near her cage to help warm her up. It seems
to have started her molting her "egg skin", but she has a bunch of it
around her neck that she can't get off.
Is there anything we can do to help her? She is so tiny we don't see
how we could try to cut it off! The rest of the skin except for
around her neck should slough off okay, but the stuff around her neck
is several layers and is a ring, so it may be another matter. :(
Any help would be greatly appreciated as she is really a spunky
little girl.
Mahalo, Sherron
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