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Well, 6 of my baby jacksons are still up and running. I was able to come up with fruit flies for them yesterday. (they were born Wednesday) I think my radio station thinks I am realy weird. We have a classified show in the morning and I got on there and asked for people to call me if they had any fruit that was going bad and had flies around it. Explained why but they still laughed. Well, my cultures will be here today and I also have pinhead crickets coming too. What is the best way to feed the babies. Right now I have them all in a critter keeper together with sticks and silk leaves. I have watched to make sure they are all eating and they are. But with the crickets is it best to feed them in separate containers or can they still be housed together for a bit longer? Any help will be deeply appreciated. Thanks

Lesli Miles

1-14yr old shih tzu
1-4yr old persian
2 adult Bearded dragons 1:1
1 2mo bearded dragon not sure of sex
3 jackson chams-1:2 6 babies
4 adults leopard geckos 1:3
5 2mo leopards temped for female
2 cockateils
lots of fish
oh and my hubby has 1 male hairless rat.
big zoo here.

Hi lesli,

congrats on your little ones! I can't answer the feeding question but just a note about FF. Don't let any of the flying ones (from fruit) get into your new cultures. The ones you are getting are either wingless or have vestigial wings and can't fly. If a flyer gets in there it will only be a couple generations before you have more and more flyers - unless you want them

lele

>>Well, 6 of my baby jacksons are still up and running. I was able to come up with fruit flies for them yesterday. (they were born Wednesday) I think my radio station thinks I am realy weird. We have a classified show in the morning and I got on there and asked for people to call me if they had any fruit that was going bad and had flies around it. Explained why but they still laughed. Well, my cultures will be here today and I also have pinhead crickets coming too. What is the best way to feed the babies. Right now I have them all in a critter keeper together with sticks and silk leaves. I have watched to make sure they are all eating and they are. But with the crickets is it best to feed them in separate containers or can they still be housed together for a bit longer? Any help will be deeply appreciated. Thanks
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>>Lesli Miles
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>>1-14yr old shih tzu
>>1-4yr old persian
>>2 adult Bearded dragons 1:1
>>1 2mo bearded dragon not sure of sex
>>3 jackson chams-1:2 6 babies
>>4 adults leopard geckos 1:3
>>5 2mo leopards temped for female
>>2 cockateils
>>lots of fish
>>oh and my hubby has 1 male hairless rat.
>>big zoo here.

I heard the same thing actually someone told me if a flier mates with a non flier all the babies will be fliers because non flying is a reccesive gene. I don't know if it's true or not but that is what I heard.

It may happen in the first generation, but it is almost a moot point since they reproduce so quickly (that's why they are used in research so much...they are the rabbits of the insect world! LOL!)

Anyway, the chances of a flier getting IN to your culture is pretty slim.

lele

>>I heard the same thing actually someone told me if a flier mates with a non flier all the babies will be fliers because non flying is a reccesive gene. I don't know if it's true or not but that is what I heard.