OMG baby jackson's suprise

[mczoo]

apparantly she was el prego when i bought her. it did take her over a month to look normal to me. she was very dark with more red

S

 

[summoner12]

congrats man! jacksons are kinda nice like that... they do the incubation work and you get instant babies! hahaha. I have a male.... I should get a female to give this a whirl!

 

[mczoo]

Update

not only did i not know she was pregnant but 3 more counts find 8 not 7 babies. mom is doing well and babies must be eating based on the number of fruitflies i have put in the cage

sean

 

[summoner12]

Keep us updated

But remember fruitflies do disappear on their own... keep a bit of fruit on a flat dish and they flies will stay central.

 

[mczoo]

down to 7 weeker one did not make it. lots of poop and going through flies.

Sean

 

[Dsignrguy]

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Please tell me you didn't go to check on the wife one morning and found the 4 children???

 

[macro junkie]

Sean, pm me your address and i will send out a well producing d.melanogaster culture tomorrow morning.

frute fly?how is he suppose to feed them when the flies can ex scape through the metal holes in the cage.?

 

[summoner12]

frute fly?how is he suppose to feed them when the flies can ex scape through the metal holes in the cage.?

You place fruit on a dish.. the flies stay close... the chams can then feed.

 

[mczoo]

need help

Lost another baby today

temp 66(nighttime)69-74 daytime, basking 75 heat from florescent does this

humidity 62-85%

misting 4 times daily for 5 minutes

diet plenty of fruit flies, keep cage "full"

cage 16x16x18

others seem fine

curently 8 days old, live in my reptiles room minimal trafic

had 2 look bad from birth so hoping thats who i lost

suggestions or opinions appreciated

Thanks

sean

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Lost another baby today

temp 66(nighttime)69-74 daytime, basking 75 heat from florescent does this

humidity 62-85%

misting 4 times daily for 5 minutes

diet plenty of fruit flies, keep cage "full"

cage 16x16x18

others seem fine

curently 8 days old, live in my reptiles room minimal trafic

had 2 look bad from birth so hoping thats who i lost

suggestions or opinions appreciated

Thanks

sean

Unfortunately this will happen with the Jacksons. They have a high mortality rate.

Here is my recommendation -

Separate them in to smaller groups based on size and continue to separate them as they grow.

Put them in tubs with a paper towel in the bottom and some fake vines or fake ivy for them to climb on. Mist the container to keep it really humid.

Provide them with another form of food. Pin Heads gut loaded and dust them with cal.

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Unfortunately this will happen with the Jacksons. They have a high mortality rate.

Here is my recommendation -

Separate them in to smaller groups based on size and continue to separate them as they grow.

Put them in tubs with a paper towel in the bottom and some fake vines or fake ivy for them to climb on. Mist the container to keep it really humid.

Provide them with another form of food. Pin Heads gut loaded and dust them with cal.

I also want to stress that you should continue to separate them by sex and size as much as possible. You are not out of the water until months into their lives. They have the best chance of survival the more isolated they are.

Also Fruit Flies are not enough for them. Gut loaded Pin Heads will provide a little more nutrition!

Also use caution when misting , not to mist directly on them . Not sure if that was covered.

 

[mczoo]

Please tell me you didn't go to check on the wife one morning and found the 4 children???[/QUOTE]


no but there was a male(me) in the house and i knew where she had been
plus she got this big lump on her stomach that moved
LOL

Sean

PS Thanks Ryan for the advice

 

[mczoo]

update weghts and pics

well 10 days have passed, 6 babies remain, weights 0.6x 2, 0.7 x4

picts below, this was the holding cage while i cleaned theirs

sean

 

[sharkey]

they are just adorable. brings back fond memories (w/a touch of anxiety).

 

[Chameleons Canada]

My experience with jax babies is as soon as I placed them outside to the real sunlight it made a huge difference, they started to eat way better, more active ad more healthy, for some reason as babies they really benefit from natural uv light, however not always an option, specially if you are getting some chilly weather now.

 

[davider]

I never did Jacksons, but I guess all babies need a bit more leaves than that in the enclosure. Just so they catch the water and give the babies a chance to drink from it. Anyways congratulations, they are so cute! I would love to have a surprise like that.

David