well, for starters, i have always kept clutchmates together for the fact i think it will make them more ready to be social. i kept henkeli hatchlings in 10 gallon tanks to begin with. as far as feeding goes, they likely wont start eating right off the bat. it will probably be a week or so before they start feeding, but you can try after the first few days. you can sit down and watch them eat, and while they arent quite as tiny as phantasticus hatchlings, you should still be able to see when they got a good meal in them. i also dust often with hatchlings so they get all the nutrition they need.

as for keeping them in groups to socialize them, i will mention that i have had the occasional young gecko drop its tail. more so with the satanics, but i did have a henk do it shortly after i moved (never found the tail either, so i guess it might have been snacked on by another, either causing it to drop the tail, or after it was dropped). good luck with them.
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

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