New Mossies

[BonnieLorraine]

I just picked up a 1.4 group from the importers today. A couple are pretty skinny, and they were rather dehydrated, so hoping they all come around. They already spent a few hours in a cool shower today, and seem to be plumping back up. 1.2 of them are pretty tiny, I'd say maybe 4-6 months, and I have those separated from the larger females in different quarantine bins.

Female 1 (tiny, about the size of a three month old)

Male 1 (another tiny guy, regenerated tail)

Female 2 (skinniest of the group, pretty worried about this one)

Female 3 with awesome green patches and a regenerated tail

Female 4 with yellow patches

And one of the newer cbb mossy babies I haven't posted pics of yet

 

[Graham_s]

Nice sikorae, some good green markings on these.
I'd keep an eye on female 4 as well. My gut tells me that she looks fragile.
Keep us posted on how they all settle in!

 

[JSmithGirl]

Love the colors, hope they fatten up real soon for you :]

 

[BonnieLorraine]

Female 4 was actually the worst of the bunch when I got them. I was originally just going to pick up 3 girls, but I kept going back to her cage and looking at her. She was severely dehydrated to the point of her tail being a little stick, but very spunky, so I decided I couldn't leave her and to give her a go. She's looking much better since that shower, her tail almost completely uncurled, but like the others she's rather thin, you can see all of their hip bones.

 

[sikorae]

The colours on some of them are gorgeous, good luck with them all

 

[Harley_Davidson]

Oooooooooo Ahhhhhhhhhhh WOW......what gorgeous babies you have there

 

[Graham_s]

Ok, maybe thats what I am picking up on then. Regardless of which ones look more fragile, I hope they all turn into healthy strong adults!

 

[toksyn]

Great colors! I'm sure that they'll more than just recover under your care .

 

[Aimless]

oh, good luck with them! they are lovely.

 

[rhacoboy]

Nice colors.
Hope they all settle in nicely for you.
-Armen

 

[BonnieLorraine]

I just took them out of the shower and snapped some new pics (I'm sure you can tell it's cleaning day here lol). It hasn't been a week yet, but they seem to be plumping up a tad, hopefully that trend continues.

Same order as the first pics:

Tiny female

Small male

Smallish female

And the big girls

 

[Graham_s]

They do look like they have a little bit more meat on them now.
But if it hasn't even been a week yet, with WC sikorae, it might be good to try to avoid handling (and therefore stress) wherever possible?
Just my 2 cents.

 

[rhacoboy]

I agree about the handling.

But they already seem to be doing much better. Good work :biggrin:.
Hope they continue to do well for you.

 

[BonnieLorraine]

They've only been handled twice, the day we got them I gave them a couple hour long shower, and then yesterday I gave them about a half hour long shower. Figured I might as well snap some pics before I put them back in the bins.