HI Trace I’m with Jenea on this as well I have hatched and raised quite a few of these little darlings. Your safest way to raise them is on paper towels and a shallow water bowl and plenty of ventilation for their first year, that way you are sure to keep the cage clean. Then you can move them to aspen or dry sphagnum. I like to feed neonates in there cage so as not to disturb them to much. I have 28 yearlings that I kept back last year and for ease of cleaning and fewer problems I keep them this way. Back in 2001 when I had my first clutch I made lots of mistakes like (moist sphagnum, water bowl and small air holes = Respiratory infection) or (Aspen-carefresh, water bowl= dehydration or ingestion). Paper towels don’t look great for the first year but it is the safest.

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