Supplementing new babies

armyrec1

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Could anyone experienced give any help on how and when to start supplementing babies after they have hatched.....we was expecting our Panther eggs to start hatching about Nov but yesterday found two have already hatched. Totally caught us off guard. So one of the babies is walking around and eating fruit flies, drinking fine but sleeping during the day (today is his first day, we found him last night) The other baby isnt moving and is still laid with the eggs. Not sure if he is dead or not, he doesn't look dead but isn't moving.
So now we have to step our plan up.....we need advice on getting supplements/calcium into the baby that is doing ok atm.

Thank you so much to anyone that can advise us :)
 
from what I know the calcium/phos ratio is much better in pinhead crickets and ff's I would prob only use calcium 1-2 times a week and once every 2 weeks or so untill they are about a month or so old.
 
I start supplementing with calcium without d3 as soon as they start eating. They normally don't start eating for a day or two. Then in two weeks I go to the normal routine of calcium with D3 twice a month and a multi vit. every two weeks and of course plain calcium everyday. Often when first hatched they don't move and I've even had them play dead when they see me looking. The very best of luck with them.
 
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For hatching panthers I follow the same dusting schedule as I do with my adults. Because the babies are fed more often they will get calcium more often.
 
I don't use d3 before there 5 months old, it's also recomended to use a old UVB bulb as they don't need much UVB while young
 
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