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When will my hatchlings start eating crickets??They are 2 to 3 days old now but havent eaten any yet. When i put some in they just look around as if they dont know whats happening. Any ideas??

Hatchlings usually don't eat for the first few days, they live off of the sack they absorb at hatch. They should start eating here pretty soon, some can take up to a week though. No worries yet.

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

they should start eating shortly.
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Tracey
Tracey's Beardies
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It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood" ~Maya Angelou

They seem to love to be misted a couple of times a day. They have eaten some freshly molted baby mealies but nothing else as of yet

I'd go easy on the mealies, even if they are freshly molted. Mealies are very hard on a new baby dragons digestive system. They should be a couple of months old, not a couple of days.

>>When will my hatchlings start eating crickets??They are 2 to 3 days old now but havent eaten any yet. When i put some in they just look around as if they dont know whats happening. Any ideas??

I was just wandering what size crickets you were using? I'm sure you know what size to use but if the crickets are a lil to big the beardies won't eat them cause they are scared of them. I was using 1/4" and had to switch to 1/8" and they started eating right away. Also a couple good tricks to use if they don't is put the crickets in a white starfoam cup and hold it in front of them. Also, sometimes if you hold them and pry they're mouth open a little and put JUST THE HEAD OF THE CRICKEt in they will realize they are food and it kills the hunger... BE VERY CAREFULL not to put too much in or they will swallow it whole and choke. I would only use those tricks if they hadn't began eating on they're own within 3 days or so.
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Robert Wood
Tulsa,OK