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Hey my female jax had 25 babies about a week and a half ago and now i only have 20 left and i think another one is sick they all start bye only opening one eye and then the other closes and then they slowdown and die this happens over a few days. I have them all housed in their own half gallon cage with a paper towel on the bottom and stix a few inches off the ground they eat pinhead and some f/f is there anything else i could buy to feed them. and i spray them about 2-3 times a day. is there anything i should do to keep them alive.

i would only spray them in the morning, heavily, if they are in closed tanks...and let the tank dry out the rest of the day.

>>Hey my female jax had 25 babies about a week and a half ago and now i only have 20 left and i think another one is sick they all start bye only opening one eye and then the other closes and then they slowdown and die this happens over a few days. I have them all housed in their own half gallon cage with a paper towel on the bottom and stix a few inches off the ground they eat pinhead and some f/f is there anything else i could buy to feed them. and i spray them about 2-3 times a day. is there anything i should do to keep them alive.
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http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
1 neonate texas blue spiny

>>>>Hey my female jax had 25 babies about a week and a half ago and now i only have 20 left and i think another one is sick they all start bye only opening one eye and then the other closes and then they slowdown and die this happens over a few days. I have them all housed in their own half gallon cage with a paper towel on the bottom and stix a few inches off the ground they eat pinhead and some f/f is there anything else i could buy to feed them. and i spray them about 2-3 times a day. is there anything i should do to keep them alive.
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>>http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
>>2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
>> 14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
>> 2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
>>2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
>> 1 neonate texas blue spiny
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http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
1 neonate texas blue spiny

I assume you don't have them in the same two quart cage, I have lost two out of 37 now and I think the heat killed them, it has been in the 90s here and they get very stressed and pale and start gaping. I put an auto mister on them and just leave the mist on them in the hottest part of the day, they have room to get out of the spray but all get under it and stay there. This might be the prob, HEAT.

>>>>>>Hey my female jax had 25 babies about a week and a half ago and now i only have 20 left and i think another one is sick they all start bye only opening one eye and then the other closes and then they slowdown and die this happens over a few days. I have them all housed in their own half gallon cage with a paper towel on the bottom and stix a few inches off the ground they eat pinhead and some f/f is there anything else i could buy to feed them. and i spray them about 2-3 times a day. is there anything i should do to keep them alive.
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>>>>http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
>>>>2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
>>>> 14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
>>>> 2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
>>>>2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
>>>> 1 neonate texas blue spiny
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>>http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
>>2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
>> 14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
>> 2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
>>2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
>> 1 neonate texas blue spiny
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http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
1 neonate texas blue spiny

they are all housed separatly how are you babies housed and why arent they dieng like mine what am i doing wrong i dont think it is the temp because it gets about 80 degrees at the hottest and propally usually around 75 degrees. what do u feed urs.

I have them all in a 4x4x3(approx) cage in the shade of an oak where they get dappled sun. it is stuffed with branches and vines. I just put half a cantelope in the cage every weak or so, breeds and attracts ff by the hundreds. I go to a feild every day or so and just sweep the grass with a butterfly net then feed the larger ghoppers to the big chams and dump everything else in the cage. Usually consists of small caterpillars, lots of small green grasshoppers, hundreds of tree or leaf-hoppers and tiny spiders. I also have a bucket with rotten meat (someone told me not to do this, but it works for me so far) which attracts all kinds of flys, especially greenbottle, which the bigger babies absolutley love. I just put a lid on it then open it at the chams cage door and let them all in.I also put pieces of apple or other fruit around the cage to attract ff. At night I put a light on them for a few hours andlots and lots of small bugs get in and they eat them too. The mesh of the cage is about a quarter inch so bugs can get in.

>>they are all housed separatly how are you babies housed and why arent they dieng like mine what am i doing wrong i dont think it is the temp because it gets about 80 degrees at the hottest and propally usually around 75 degrees. what do u feed urs.
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http://briefcase.yahoo.com/alanvines2002
2.5 Jacksonii Xantholophus (two red phase fem}
14 Jacksonii Xantholophus neonatals (red-phase mothers)
2 Phelsuma M. Grandis
2.3 Anolis C. with 2 neonates
1 neonate texas blue spiny

here's a link you both might like... about baby jackson's mortality, genetics, jacksonii in general...
Adcham Jacksonii thread