Metal725
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Its been almost 3 months now since we had a clutch of 18 babies hatch. All 18 hatched and it was this particular females 1st time laying. The first month was fine and everything seemed great. Fast forward to almost 3 months and we have lost 6 of the 18 babies in the last 2-3 weeks and they don't seem a whole lot bigger than when they hatched. They seem to take little cat naps which i know isn't a good sign and are only able to eat 2 week old crickets due to their size. The crickets are LIGHTLY dusted with calcium without D3. Some seem better than others but none of them have shed. They all have normal poop/urates, their temps are around 80-85 and 70 at the bottom of the container and temps dip to around 65-70 at night. Ive also noticed white, dry looking spots on their heads and backs that look like possible shed but its not. I was thinking they are burns but they aren't close enough to the light for this too happen. The remaining 12 are in a 66 quart plastic storage container with a 50 watt household bulb and a UVB 5.0 light. The other possibly important note is that we closet incubated them and they hatched at 5 1/2 months. I know the normal incubation time is 6-8 months so is it possible they were all preemie and thats why I'm having so many problems with them? This is not my first time breeding so thats why its so strange why they aren't growing. Ive attached pix of their setup, a pic of the dry spots on the head and back, and a most recent pic of one of the better looking babies. Please help!
