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RE: Cant get my 2 hatchlings to eat

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Posted by: vichris at Sat Dec 19 11:56:35 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by vichris ]  
   

Jeff is right. My ornates hatchlings really liked movement. I fed live crickets. In the begining I used to dust them with repti-cal for two reasons. First it would slow down the crickets and secondly it would make them more visible. My little ones really became chow hounds. After about a month or so they could see them well enough without the dusting and chase them down also. I alway would put the crickets in a plastic bag and shake them up to slow them down and stun them a little before dumping them in the turtle tank. These days my babies are brumating in my main turtle enclosure in my back yard.

Here's a few pics.................

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