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first of all Im from Buenos Aires, Argentine (South Hemisphere).
On the 11/29 hatched my first two babies...
Each one has its own tupper, water bowl, calcium dish, two hides and mealies in a dish...
Temps are just fine...
but they dont seem to go for the mealies....
I've also tryied feeding them newborn roaches (I raise them), but they just stare at me and scream!
Sory for the long post!
Please Help Me and help them!
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2.4.2 Leopard Gecko (Abraxas, Trinny, Susahna)
0.2.0 Homonota Darwinii (Talus & Gracilis)
0.1.0 Cham Caliptratus (looking for a name)
1.0.0 Golden Retriever (Cafu)
1.0.0 Black Cat (Felipe)
0.0.8000 Tenebrio Molitor
0.0.2000 Zoophoba Mario
0.0.2500 Lobster Roaches

Try really small crickets

They don't eat for about a week while they finish digesting the yoke from the egg. Also they need to eat their first shed which they digest for the nutrients. I wait til i see stool in their cage before i feed them. Place several small crickets in with them and make sure the cage is clean first so the crickets don't eat the geckos stool.
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Brian
www.thewindycitygecko.com

I agree with what WindyO said. All my hatchlings generally eat at about 5-6 days old. I don't even offer food until I know they have shed and see their first poop. I do keep a small dish of fresh water in for them from day 1 and a small dish of pure calcium. Once they have pooped the first time, they all have seemed ready for their first cricket hunt. I would think baby roaches would work just as well. I sure hope so anyway, I have started a roach colony myself and pray I can get rid of crickets as soon as my colony is big enough to start feeding off. So, I'll be trying baby roaches instead of crickets for my hatchlings next season, hopefully they'll like them just as well