First meal of his/her life
3 
weeks after their birth, I attempted the babies' first feed.
The last pair of babies I had died after regurgitating food. This may have been genetic (as friends with others from the same litter lost theirs in the same way) but of course I'm now paranoid that I had been giving them too large prey animals.
So these babies are starting off very gently with (pre-killed, frozen and thawed out) tiny hatchling geckos, or tails of larger geckos. Here's the first one taking a tail.
Last night 7 of the 13 fed quite easily, taking food gently from tongs. One tried but then refused what may have been too large a gecko, and 5 reacted to the food as though it was going to eat them.
The 7 successful feeders are now in one tank, the 6 who have yet to feed are in another, and I'm starting a frantic mini-gecko hunt!
weeks after their birth, I attempted the babies' first feed.The last pair of babies I had died after regurgitating food. This may have been genetic (as friends with others from the same litter lost theirs in the same way) but of course I'm now paranoid that I had been giving them too large prey animals.
So these babies are starting off very gently with (pre-killed, frozen and thawed out) tiny hatchling geckos, or tails of larger geckos. Here's the first one taking a tail.
Last night 7 of the 13 fed quite easily, taking food gently from tongs. One tried but then refused what may have been too large a gecko, and 5 reacted to the food as though it was going to eat them.
The 7 successful feeders are now in one tank, the 6 who have yet to feed are in another, and I'm starting a frantic mini-gecko hunt!
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