panther gecko

rainbowbrite · #1 10-07-2011, 07:01 PM

we have a baby, we found an egg thought it was bad and when we cracked it open to our surprise

a baby gecko wiggled around thank fully he's still alive ate one cricket so far butnothing that i can tell since. I have about 6other eggs too hoping they all make it.
anyone have exper. with baby pictus? how often do they eat and will they eat when hungry i guess?

mador · #2 10-10-2011, 07:35 AM

Hallo,
I have many baby pictas and I feed them every day until they are about 2 months old. They are very hungry and need a lot of different food and minerals to grow up.

rainbowbrite · #3 10-10-2011, 10:49 AM

i wonder how come mine won't eat then? maybe he's still too young since we hatched him early,
what do you feed yours?

mador · #4 10-11-2011, 03:55 AM

Most of my Pictas ate the first time a few hours after they hatched out. I feed them with very small crickets, mealworms, Phoenix Worms and Galleria mellonella (I don't know their english name). They most like Galleria mellonella.
You need a very little tank for this little baby pictas, so that the food can not get away and hide. I have them in a cricket-box until I see that they eat.

rainbowbrite · #5 10-11-2011, 06:04 AM

thanks well he's still alive after a week he has to be eating something and he looks like hes growing, I wonder since he was prematurely hatched if he's too young to eat or if one sufices him for a while,
thanks again

sajane · #6 10-11-2011, 01:02 PM

They do eat alot. And should chase down crix that you would think are too big but they do just fine. I feed very small crix. dusted with vitamins. Be sure and mist daily to be sure it drinks.You will be able to tell if its eating as they leave alot of droppings.

rainbowbrite · #7 10-11-2011, 07:22 PM

cool thanks i did finally see him eat again today so he is eating and lots of dropings of white left around, so that's a good sign then, thanks so much everyone i think he's going to make it for sure now

**Riverside Reptiles** · #8 10-17-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rainbowbrite

cool thanks i did finally see him eat again today so he is eating and lots of dropings of white left around, so that's a good sign then, thanks so much everyone i think he's going to make it for sure now

The "white" is urates (urine). But the brown droppings are what you really want to see. It's good that you've seen him eat now though. It can sometimes take a few tries before they actually get around to it. It just depends on the individual animal. I would NOT suggest opening up any more eggs though. It's very rare that a gecko will survive if you don't let them hatch on their own. You got very lucky.