hi, new herp mommie here,



I've got a baby Brown (TINY critter!) who so far has defied any attempt at naming (nothing sounds right yet). right now it's between Aztec and Slick. s/he sort of got adopted to me a week and a half ago, and I'm trying to learn about proper care. I'm browsing the pages here. I'm paranoid that I'm going to kill the poor critter! way up here in Indiana, s/he's a long way from home!



in the way of housing, I've just got a little 1-gallon critter keeper for now. for her/his size, it seems okay. s/he spends a lot of time basking on the thermometer and clinging to the side of the wall. when s/he gets bigger, I understand I'll want to graduate to a bigger tank.



in the way of feeding, I've got little shreds of lettuce in there, which s/he has seemed to eat periodically because it's been disappearing. I've also put in there crickets, the tiniest ones they could give me. thus far I've gotten 30 altogether.



I know she's been eating at least some of these, because I count fewer than ten in there now.



the thing of it is, most of them are dead.



a Naturalist friend advised me to put a piece of potato in there for them to munch on so as not to starve to death before Aztec eats them. I've got a little piece of sweet potato in there. last time I looked, there was a cricket snacking on it, so I know they're not all starved to death.



I'm concerned that the others are dead, though. could this be indicative of something wrong with the habitat? should I clear them out of there and go get new ones? or is Aztec just saving them for another time?



thanks in advance.



~~Kim
Her Sacred Temple

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