New Baby Melleri

[jpowell86]

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Well she finally had her first shed in my care yesterday. She will be 16 months old tomorrow. She is starting to drink a lot more (or at least I am catching her) over the past week. She took down 5 XS dubias yesterday and has eaten 6 1/4th inch crickets dusted with Calcium today. I think she is setting up to go through a major growth spurt.

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Well done Kevin!!! I am so happy to see the little one doing so well. Can you get me a weight?? The babies I kept are hitting a nice little growth spurt as well.

Glad to see dubia are on the menu still. I have about four that will not touch them still. Keep up the awesome work Kevin and keep me updated!!!!

 

[scchameleon]

@jpowell86 last Friday at 16 weeks she weighted 5.8 grams. With the food she has eaten since then I would say she is easily over 6 grams now. I weight her every Friday so I will update then.

She loves silkworms and crickets. Put in some waxworms and mealworms with no luck this week.

 

[scchameleon]

17 Week Update:

Everything is looking great.

Weight: 6.21 grams

 

[jpowell86]

17 Week Update:

Everything is looking great.

Weight: 6.21 grams

Awesome Kevin! I was just mentioning on Maia's post that some of the babies I kept are in the 5-6 gram range and some are in the 10 gram range. You both are rock'n and roll'n! Keep it up!

 

[scchameleon]

18 Weeks: 6.7 grams

She has consumed about 6 baby dubia/hisser roaches a day for the past week. I think most of her weight is coming in the form of stretching out. she looks to be about 6 to 7 inches now. Still not plumping up yet, but it is coming.

@jpowell86 , question, Have you shown your babies any of the adults yet? And if not what is your plan? If yes, what behavior did you observe?

When I weighted my little one today I let her see Taco for about a minute (first time). Taco spotted up and puffed a little. My baby started rocking like crazy. It was cute.

Just wanted to see what you are doing or have done in the past with introduction and pairing.

Obviously, I am a long way away from letting them live together.

 

[scchameleon]

Hey guys! Sorry it has been so long! Winter is a busy time for me.

Caroline is doing amazing! She eats dubias or crickets daily. She loves to hang out in the canopy of her plant under the basking lamp. Below are some pictures and weekly measurements over the past months. Her little horn is so cute!

21 Weeks - 9.40 g
22 Weeks - 9.31 g
23 Weeks - 9.64 g
25 Weeks - 14.60g

Compare todays picture with the first day I got her. Picture of her in shipping cup from @jpowell86 . Same cup as above. Almost 11g difference!

 

[Nursemaia]

How's Caroline doing? I'd love an update. Mel is at 21 gm and I'm curious as to how she compares.