New Hatchling + Questions

[Matt Miller]

Hey All!

I picked up a hatchling leachianus, and this is my first one so I wanted say hello, share some photos and ask a question!

Here is my new little guy Bulbasaur, only 10 days old!



My question is does anyone have any tips of getting him/her to eat? Now he's just been put in a new enclosure on Thursday, I'm feeding Repashy Crested Gecko diet. When I got him he did poop in his old enclosure so I do know he has had something to eat since hatching. He seems quite active and is always out and about when I check his enclosure for humidity and poops.

Any other tips in terms of handling/not handling for a period of time, feeding or anything else welcomed That said I have done a tone of research before purchasing and have the correct set up humidity levels etc. Thanks!

 

[acpart]

Stick his nose in the CGD a few times and then just be patient. He will eat eventually. I got a fairly young leachie about a year and a half ago that weighed 7 grams and I worried and weighed him regularly feeling that he wasn't eating. Now he weighs in at 135gr. and cleans his bowl every time I feed him.

Aliza

 

[Matt Miller]

Ok thanks that sounds like a good tip! Do you feed yours live feeders straight away as well? Or should I be focusing on CGD initially and then once that's going strong then try live? Thanks!

 

[Vikki1988]

Hi there, Other than the CGD you could try offering some life feeders. Try to wait till he is eating CGD though. Raising baby leachies can be tricky. I remember mine, they always scared me about eating. I was worried all the time they weren't eating enough. So what I would do is hand feed them CGD with a spoon. It helped a lot with getting those little sausages to eat lol