Small Leo eating and drinking questions

bman123

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I got a new Leo and her hatch date i don't know. She is little so I'm guessing last month she was born. I'm wondering how much do you they eat and drink when they are small? I got her weds and she has ate every day so far for me. She avg about 6 small crickets but I haven't seen her drink any water. I only saw my adult raptor drink twice so i don't know if she is drinking or not since I haven't seen her do it yet.

I keep her a water bowl full and I change it out every morning. I'm guessing even if she is drinking that she is so small and I probably won't be able to tell from looking at her bowl anyways.

She is alert and active when she comes out her hide, she runs real fast to get away from me and she chases down her food and hunts pretty good. I think her food intake is fine I just wonder how much do your little leos normally eat.

I took some pics of her but they suck, I will post them anyways so you can see her, I don't have a scale so I don't know her exact weight but she's probably around 10-15 grams. She is little around 4 inches long head to tail.

I only feed her crickets and she has ate everyday no problem at all. The lowest she ate was two days ago she only ate 2 crickets but every other time she ate 6. I've never owned a small Leo so I'm just curious about this, I'm not worried about her eating but I am a little about her water intake only because I havnt seen her drink anything yet.

I will take a lic of her setup now so you can see that and I will pos crappy pics of her, sorry they are Iphone pics so they aren't the best by all means. I'll try to get a good lic of her now but she probably won't stay still, most the pics I get of her are so blurry because she doesn't like to stay still when she is out of her hides..
 

bman123

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I swapped the tile out for repti carpet today, that's why she's on the tile, I took the pic with the repti carpet just now so you can see the set up. Here comes pics of her
 

bman123

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http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/Bricemaupin/1273958008.jpg
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/Bricemaupin/1273958128.jpg
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/Bricemaupin/1273958168.jpg

sorry the pics aren't good but I took em with a iPhone lol.. These were the best out of 10 pics I took

I have no clue what's going on with that 3rd pic, she doesn't have that yellow in her in person, something with the iPhone or lighting, she looks totally different between the 2nd and 3rd pic. The second pic is more what she looks like in person.
 
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Seibar

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I just got mine too and haven't noticed it drink either. I'm assuming you wouldn't notice any loss of water though due to how little it will actually drink.
Have you tried misting the cage? She may just be licking that up too.
 

bman123

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I don't mist the cage, no reason too lol.
I've had her for 4 days now. Only 1 day she ate 2 crickets, ever other day tho she's ate 6 small crix. I think 6 small crix a day are enough.

I drop 6 in every day at the same time. It's fun watching her hunt, I offer more but she always eats 6
 

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