neonatal care questions

[BECHARD4]

Hi

We have successfully hatched our first, second and third clutch of eggs and have a few questions.

I think we have been doing fairly well but at about 3 months of age i think its time for a change

We have been using 55l tubs with about 5 or 6 babies per tub( have over 100 babies), we purchased 6 small reptibreezes and 6 medium reptibreezes.

2 cluthes of Panthers and 1 Veiled

1. At what age do you guys usually move from tubs to a rebtibeeze.

2. What age do you starting using a heat bulb along with the UVB(see a lot of different opinions on this)

3. UVB- we have a solor meter and read that it should between 35 to45 for babies, should it be that at the closet spot they can get to the bulb, because it makes it a lot less through out the rest of the cage

Any other suggestions are most welcomed


Thanks

 

[jannb]

I moved my babies to screen cages around 6 to 8 weeks old. I wanted to get them use to a cage before I sent them off to their new owners.

Here in FL I never used a heat bulb but if you are in a cooler climate probably the same time you move them to a cage.

I use a very weak UVB bulb on my babies. In the past I've had babies have eye problems with to much UVB.

 

[junglefries]

The cages need to be just enough foliage to hide, but they need to easily find food. It is a learning process of what works and doesn't when moving to cages. Bins for hatchlings. I usually have 5-6 babies (6-8 weeks) in a 16"x16"x20". Then, they are moved into 16"x16"x30" cages or their own individual 16"x16"x20" cage. I also use weak UVB bulbs for the babies with no heat bulb. They can dehydrate too quickly.

 

[junglefries]

Watch tail biting and other aggressiveness when grouping. I will keep 4-5 females together from 8-14 weeks, but males should be seperated even at that age. Most the time no problems, but you never know. Some males can mature pretty quickly.

 

[BECHARD4]

Thanks for all the info

Very helpful