they will definitely die if left in the care of a pet store that knows or cares nothing , try and get them all , they wont do well individually,dont use an aquarium ,the glass is too cold and too confusing, start with a washed one gallon milk jug , cut out the flat indented area surrounding the handle, on the other side of the milk jug there should be 2 round areas about 2 1/2" in diameter, cut those out and cover with screen use hot melt , the fumes from silicone or other glues will kill them ,put in a few twigs of fake ficus so they have something to climb on and help hold humidity,dont over do it , put about 4-5 neonates in each jug ,you must feed wingless fruitflies until they will no longer take them ,if you can get them insecticide free aphids are also a good starter food, feeding them constantly about 5-10 at a time.even fruitfly maggots can be fed, mist sparingly (with heated distiiled or filtered water , do not start with warm tap water)water temp should be about 83-85* [(when atomized) to prevent chilling] with fine mist every 45 min. max. save the cut out part and tape it back into place for the evenings. even still you need to spritz at least every 2 hrs. even the tiniest pinheads are too big for at least the first week , they will attack and kill the neonates, when you do switch, use genuine pinheads, if they are 1/8' they are too large. leave a low power (2.0 max. ) uva/uvb bulb some distance over head (about 4-5 ft. away)you might be able to get with just a uva 25w reptile basking bulb for the first 2 weeks.you must use temp probes and do whatever is neccessary to keep it at a constant 82* do not use bottom heat, when they have doubled in size you can switch to 3 or 4 gal plastic storage containers, with holes drilled in the sides and lid (not too many, or it will be to hard to maintain humidity, lining with paper towels helps, they(the paper towels) must be kept ever so slightly damp constantly. do not use supplements for the first month. the neonates must be watched constantly , you might find pics of neonates being raised on the BT PETS WEBSITE

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