[JimmyNightlizard]

Hi I want to know how you started feeding your babies, and how long it took from the time of hatching out of their eggs did you notice the food items disappearing? The reason I'm asking is because I recently found two baby hainan cave geckos hatched of their eggs...the first one on monday 09/07/09 and the second one today! 09/09/09. Neither one of them have eccepted the tiny crickets I offered them. Does it take time for them to start eating? a few days, or a week maybe? Or should I start with something different like fruit flys or small meal worms?

Thanks,

Jim

[marczy80]

Hi!
my lichten babies hatched 60 or 62 days in 27 celsius. After hatching, the first two or three days I gave them to eat. In the evening, after I gave them a small humidification , i take the boxes some small crickets.They are ate all the crickets. Now i have 9 lichten babies, and they are very amaizing animals!
Have you got some pictures your hainan babies?

sorry my english but not the best.
regards
marczy

[snave_relyt]

Thats rad, good job, applaud you and your success sir

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by marczy80

Hi!
my lichten babies hatched 60 or 62 days in 27 celsius. After hatching, the first two or three days I gave them to eat. In the evening, after I gave them a small humidification , i take the boxes some small crickets.They are ate all the crickets. Now i have 9 lichten babies, and they are very amaizing animals!
Have you got some pictures your hainan babies?

sorry my english but not the best.
regards
marczy

Hi,
Yes I have taken pictures of the first one that hatched out on monday, I did'nt want to disturb the second one with the camera flashes. And stress him or her too much. Right now I am keeping them both in their own containors in a quiet dark room in my basement. I started incubated them at 72-75 for the first month, then later found out that it needed to be alittle warmer and turned it up a notch. For the last few weeks I've been keeping the temperature steady at 78-79 degrees. The first one took 78 days to hatch and the second one took 80 days. Keep in mind this is my first time working with this species. In the begining, I just incubated them the same way I do my Cyrtodactylus pulchullus eggs. I thought because they both come from similar places they has the same requirements. I have 4 more hainanensis eggs, but they are a bit smaller then the first two that hatched out. The first two were retained for almost 7 months before the mother layed them. She was noticabally gravid since the day I baught them early november of 08. She layed them on june 21 09. The second and third clutch were layed much much sooner! One month after the first clutch was layed, 2nd being on july 28th...and the third aug 29th. Hope you like the pics!

[marczy80]

hy!
great! beautiful hatchlings.i like it! please send some pic when they are older.
they are eating now?
regards

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by marczy80

hy!
great! beautiful hatchlings.i like it! please send some pic when they are older.
they are eating now?
regards

Thanks Will do if they live that long. I put crickets in last night, checked them this mourning and found the crickets still moving around. I guess they need more time? I heard this not uncommon with this species hatchlings, they are very easy to scare, and need alot of quiet time and darkness. I had them in a spot out in the open in my basement, so I moved them on a shelf in a dark corner. I hope this helps. Only time will tell. I plan to try again on monday or tuesday. Those crickets were in there with them for about 6 hours. I hope that did'nt stress them out too much. Usually I check on it after a half hour or so if they were eaten. If they don't eat them right away they are not going to at all. I wonder what is keeping them from being hungry? All my other baby lizards eat the first or second day after hatching.

[Geckeleon]

I’ve bred cave geckos for several years and most of them eat while I’m sleeping. I feed them right before it gets dark and by morning crickets are gone. To prevent crickets from stressing geckos put a slice of apple or a piece of carrot in the tank while feeding and usually crickets will eat that instead of stressing the offspring. Also, make sure crickets are proper size. Usually ⅜” works for these little guys. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Originally Posted by Geckeleon

I’ve bred cave geckos for several years and most of them eat while I’m sleeping. I feed them right before it gets dark and by morning crickets are gone. To prevent crickets from stressing geckos put a slice of apple or a piece of carrot in the tank while feeding and usually crickets will eat that instead of stressing the offspring. Also, make sure crickets are proper size. Usually ⅜” works for these little guys. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that soon! One of them finally ate today One more to go!