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Well, I bought two females to go with my male a few months ago. I was told that they could possibly be gravid but over the months neither has filled out any more than when I got them. Well, I get a phone call from my youngest daughter, all excited, telling me that "little one"its name) was having babies. She had 10 total that we found but 4 of them were about half the size of the other 6. They did not survive. Could they have been premature. The others are doing fine. I was not prepared for babies but I have ordered fruit flies and pinhead crickets. Should be here Friday. I thought I read that they usually won't eat for a few days, is that correct. IF not I will have to send my Hubby off somewhere to get fruit flies or something tiny. Thanks for any info anyone can give me. I will hopefully be able to post pics some day soon.

I have plans to breed Jax when we move to a bigger place. We certainly have a handsome guy already I used to work in a genetics lab so the fruit fly rearing should fit into our menagerie well Post pics and keep us updated!
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The Classroom Zoo is...
1:3 leopard geckos
1:0 Jackson's Chameleon
1:0 Veiled Chameleon
1:1 Bearded Dragons
0:1 Florida Kingsnake
0:1 White's Tree Frog
Hairless Mice, Roaches, Mealies, and Supers...

don't mean to scare you, but you need those fly cultures like YESTERDAY!!! They take a while to produce, don't let your babies starve waiting for production to kick in.
Yes, it's true that baby jax don't eat for the first 3 days, but they were born yesterday, and Friday will be 3 days. I don't think your fly culture will be producing anything upon arrival, and pinhead crix go FAST! Your babies will need lots of little prey items to eat.
Just my opinion.
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Victor Gomez
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