The grey is so cool, it’s like almost misty…
Seriously, let me know if you hatch another one like it.
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I should have one more hatching in about 30 days, then 2 hatching in about 45-60 days, so I’ll be posting updates as they come!
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Awwwww! Yeah keeping the first born is most definitely the best thing to do! I love the gray strip color! 
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@ghoulishcresties @autumngeckos @foxreptile
First shed usually takes a day or two right? Am I being overly paranoid about them potentially eating some of the vermiculite in the process of shedding? Should I love to a container with tank substrate in it?
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I usually move them as soon as they hatch, no need to keep it in that tiny container - i keep mine on paper towels for the first month or so just to make sure they’re pooping and such fine. Usually they shed fairly quickly, though i have had a few that took a couple of days.
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Oh interesting a lot of what I’ve read online recommends keeping them in the small container until they shed, just to make sure humidity is high enough to keep it from being a problem. That’s what I did with my ball pythons too. I’ll go ahead and move it then
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It’s funny cause i just read that in a guide, but ive never actually heard it from a breeder? I don’t really see the logic in it tbh, in the container they hatch in they have no way to hide, climb, eat, drink etc which are their basic needs, they also don’t have access to something rough which can help them shed. Logically it shouldn’t make much of a difference as long as you make sure the humidity is ok in their new tub. Ive had 11 babies hatch this year, none of which have had any problems with their first shed (except for the two that unfortunately didn’t make it, but they clearly had other problems going on). None of the 30 babies Ive hatched in the past have had any problems either
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Makes sense! I’ve got him/her moved to their enclosure, and it IMMEDIATELY went climbing on his fake plants to go hide. So I think they appreciate it already. I’ll try to give them some food tonight to see if they eat. They are so little and feel so fragile, I’m almost scared to try to hold them lol
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I would think a first shed won’t be difficult……
It shouldn’t be, but it’s usually one of the most important, from what I understand. Same with ball pythons, I don’t even remove them from the incubator until after their first shed.
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Absolutely beautiful!
I move them as soon as they’ve hatched into their bio/semi bio enclosures. I don’t keep them in hatching tubs x
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He will be fine poppa! 
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Keeping him/her on paper for a few weeks, then will transfer to bio.
I’m going to be out of town for 4 days in like 3 weeks, and we have someone coming to dog sit. If I have a sprayer/mister on the enclosure, can I be safe without having them try to feed it? I really don’t trust anyone in my reptile room.
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I personally wouldn’t leave without food for 4 days, they should be fed every other day.
Just some Pangea in a bowl, keep a couple bowls covered in fridge for them to just pop in.
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That’s my hope too, I might just move its enclosure out of my reptile room, to another room in the house that the sitter could access. (I lock the reptile room, trust issue lol) but that wouldn’t be hard to set it up elsewhere for feeding.
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@ghoulishcresties @autumngeckos how long without eating is usually cause for concern? I’m pretty sure it hasn’t eaten much, if anything. I’m trying multiple different flavors, a different one each day; without much success.
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Do you have access to pinhead crickets? My tiny chameleon gecko ate them for awhile after I got him because he was so tiny
Edit to add: the movement seemed to really interest him
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I might, if petco has them. I’m planning to try to check this weekend and see. Otherwise, I’m not sure where around me would have them.
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Or maybe flightless fruit flies? I think you can get pinheads from Josh’s Frogs
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I am probably going to get in trouble because these might be bad ideas. But I might as well also suggest really small crickets if you pull off a wing
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