One of my rufuscens hatchlings. This guy came out much larger than the others....pretty colorful too.
Chris
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cute, huh?
gila7150
Aug 15, 2005 01:10 PM
Replies (4)
tegulevi
Aug 17, 2005 10:12 AM
very cute.
I love the reds
gila7150
Aug 18, 2005 10:35 PM
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Bill S.
Aug 18, 2005 06:44 PM
Really nice!
Have you ever seen shedding problems with your reds? What have you been feeding them?
Bill
gila7150
Aug 18, 2005 10:34 PM
Oh yea, I had a lot of shedding problems with my adult reds when they were kept indoors but the problems immediately went away when I started housing them outside. (Thanks to Florida's humidity!) I think that regular misting, providing a humid hide, and feeding a variety of fruits helps somewhat but natural sunlight and the outside humidity worked wonders. I haven't experienced a single problem shed since moving them outdoors. It comes off in sheets now 
I think alot of it has to do with the fact that they spend a good amount of time down in their burrow where the soil is a little moist from all the rain we get here during the summer.
I'm feeding them F/T rats and mice and a variety of fruits (melon, grapes, kiwi, mango, cantelope, etc) as their staple diet but I also offer them ground turkey. I use Minerall and Vit-All as supplements.
Chris
