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ok so quite a few of you know about my little newborn who hatched yesterday with the yolk sac hanging from her belly. she is currently in a little inclosure inside the incubator on wet paper towels but I'm wondering what is the shortest time I should leave her in there. I would like to get her out as possible so that she is in the baby cage with hides and room to run around and such (I don't like her in such a tiny space) but I also REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to take her out if it could harm her. so just wondering when it is safe to move her to the baby tank. thanks!

why wouldn't you be able to take it out??? as long as it's in it's own "cage" it should be fine, right?
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your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it, and you'll ask yourself, "where is my mind"

You can go ahead and take her out, just keep her on a mmoist paper towel substrate and she should do fine for you.

Good Luck!
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will it be all right if I keep her in the same tank as her clutchmate? the other baby hatched out 3 days before this girl but they are still of similar size. just curious. thanks!

You can keep them together since they are only a few days apart in age. Just make sure the smaller one isn't bullied out of hides or food!!!

Cleo
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If your baby still has a yolk sac attached it really should be left by itself until the yolk sac is absorbed. Another baby could step on the sac and rupture it leaving the gecko suseptible to infection.

Heather

I would leave it in there on the wet paper towel until the "wound" from where the yolk sac detached it healed over. If you put her on paper towels while it is still bleeding, it will stick and pull off the scabs.

sorry for any confusion. the yolk sac has dissingaged and the wound is healed up nicely. no bleeding no oozing. not even open at all. I put her in with her clutchmate and the two seem to be doing well together and the little girl seems REALLY glad to have some hides and some room to run around. also she snagged two pinhead crickets today! I put them in the tank for her clutchmate because it had already gone through its first shed and it took one but she proved quite the eager little hunter as well and she's only three days old! she seems to be doing really well now. now I'm just worried about my little girl who's about three weeks old and miraculously lost the use of her legs today. she just drags herself around and when at rest her legs will bend backewards at horrible angles as if they have no bones in them at all. I posted in greater detail up at the top of the forum but I'm reallly worried. its happening so fast but I'm worrying about metabolic bone disease. help!

For the babies? It's really important for babies to have a dish of calcium in their enclosure

I was sprinkling it on the paper towels. now I've got that Calcimitize stuff in their water also. I'm going to take her into the vet tomorrow to get her on the shots or suppliment or something. I just can't believe that yesterday she was fine and today she's like this.