In the past two weeks, i have had baby veileds hatching, and right now they seem pretty good, except that when i stop by to see them, some just close their eyes for a long time. Is this bad? should i be worrying? And i also have one baby with what seems to be a birth-defect, it has two legs that seem to be like double-jointed or crooked, and he dosent move much, with its eyes closed too. Im worried please help.
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Veiled Babies
demon_hunter
Feb 22, 2004 12:00 PM
Replies (6)
jonas_ott
Feb 22, 2004 01:26 PM
Hi!
About the baby with the double-joint... Are you sure the legs are not broken??
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- Jonas Ott, Denmark
demon_hunter
Feb 22, 2004 01:36 PM
they might be, but how could it have broken its legs? while it was hatching?
epollak
Feb 22, 2004 08:25 PM
It's impossible for anyone to help you unless you tell us how you're keeping them? Caging? How many to a cage? Lighting? Temps? Hydration? Prey items? Supplements? What you describe could be due to a lack or excess in any of the above.
eD
demon_hunter
Feb 22, 2004 08:35 PM
hi, i currently keep them in a 10 gallon tank. I have about 16 in a tank. I know its kinda small, but for the time being, it would have to be that way. for the lightning, i have a daylight bulb 65 watts, with a reptisun 8.0. i feed them fruit flies, and sometimes some pinheads. and i water them regularly. right now i havent given them any supplements of any kind.
epollak
Feb 22, 2004 08:44 PM
1)What's the temp in there???? You could well be cooking them. A glass tank provides very little of the temperature gradient they need and none of the air flow.
2)They need to be separated ASAP into much larger cagews, preferably mesh. These guys stress the hell out of each other.
3)The faster you can get them into individual cages the better. For cheap, home made baby cages and baby care instructions see
http://www.adcham.com/html/husbandry/babycare.html
You need to make some major changers immediately or you'll start seeing those babies start to die off within the next week or two.
Ed
jonas_ott
Feb 23, 2004 05:17 AM
Hi again!
First - how old are the babies?
As long as they are less than a month old, I think you can keep them together still! This makes it easier to feed them. But smaller groupes might be a good idea...
You need to dust your feeder insects with calcium and vitamins every time you feed!!! Or else you will have a lot of babies with MBD -> broken legs...
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- Jonas Ott, Denmark
