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Came home from a short holiday to find that my Jackson gave birth to 17 bouncing beautiful babies. However there were 5 others that were dead around the cage and because I was gone I don't know how many may have been eaten in my absence. Tomorrow I search for aphids to feed them. I'm aware that the mortality rate is high in the first few months of Jackson upbringing, can anyone tell me some pointers they have learned from experience to increase the chances of my baby's survival? thanks Colin

Good luck with your babies. They are hard to keep alive I have found out. My female had 11, 5 of those didn't even make it out of the sack. Of the other 6 I have 2 left. They will be doing so good then I will come home and find one dead. I have them in separate cages, feed them pinhead crickets and fruit flies, mist them at least 3 times a day. These last two seem to be doing great right now. They will be a month old on July 4th. Hopefully I will be able to keep them alive. Have quite a few friends that wanted to buy one. Saving on for my older daughter though.
As I said, good luck with yours. Hope you have better success.

Congrats!
My female had 12 babies, 10 survived the birth and 8 survived the first week. After that, it was cake.

As soon as they were born, I moved them each into their own plastic waste basket. Papertowels on the bottom. A single branch from my ficus. (a few leaves still attached)

I bought flightless fruitfly cultures ahead of time.. had 4 vials thriving, (and boy can those babies eat a ton)

I heard that the mortality rate was high too..and I was a little worried. But, as long as you dedicate the time, you should be able to have a good turnout

Jacksons are the coolest babies in the world. They are, by far, my favorite.

Good luck. If you have any more questions, I would be glad to help out.

Joe

My female gave birth to 10 baby jackson's last April 12th. I housed them together for the first 2 days then modified 2 gallon paint buckets from home depot and hot glued screen in place of the sides, for each baby to be housed alone to reduce stress. 10 were born and just yesterday I sold all 10 at almost 12 weeks old. They all made it to my surprise, but it wasnt easy. A lot of stress and hard work on my part. And keeping there mouths full was a job in itself. They will eat you out of house and home! And mist many many times a day! Good luck!!